The Latest Breaking News from China Mobile

A bipartisan initiative wants to ban DeepSeek on government devices over national security concerns.

DeepSeek had a sudden rise to popularity after it launched a powerful AI model that it said had been trained extremely cheaply.

China Mobile announced what it calls a 'super' SIM card, so called thanks to the single RISC-V CPU core onboard running at a blazing 120 MHz. Like many IoT solutions, the use-case of a smarter SIM card is not immediately apparent.

Apple is working on a deal to bring Apple TV+ to China. It would be the first US streamer in China, but things aren't that simple – it would only be available on certain devices.

Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and…

The country’s telecommunications regulator has cleared the way for the country’s second and third largest mobile operators — True Corp and Total Access Communication (DTAC) — to merge, but with conditions.

The chief of Advanced Info Service (AIS) is pushing the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to decide whether to approve or decline the True-DTAC mega merger, noting that the agency has the legal authority to do so.

Baidu, Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) is exploring selling its controlling stake in iQIYI, Inc (NASDAQ:IQ) at a potential valuation of ~$7 billion, Reuters reports. Baidu, which owns 53% of iQIYI and holds over 90% of its shareholder voting rights, looks to sell all its holdings in China's Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) counterpart. Baidu's targeted valuation of $7 billion represents…

Geopolitical tensions between China and the US have escalated in recent years amid efforts by both countries to become the world’s economic powerhouse.