Indian state-owned telecom operator BSNL has announced that it has canceled the 20 million GSM equipment order that it had previously placed with the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei.

As part of the Chinese government's USD586 billion economic stimulus package, the government of Hengyang in Hunan has agreed to provide lead acid battery manufacturer China Ritar Power Corp. with a new industrial park in Hengyang, which will enable China Ritar to expand its production capacity three fold.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of China's largest semiconductor foundry, has announced the successful completion of its first 45-nanometer high performance yield lot.

China Ritar Power, a major Chinese manufacturer of lead acid batteries, says that despite the slowdown in the global economy there is a healthy increase in the demand for batteries to be used in telecommunications and alternative energy.

Shenzhen-based ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has announced the launch of two new data cards as part of its high speed packet access product family.

OKI has bought out its partner's share of Changzhou OKI-GEG Telecoms Ltd, a joint company established in 1997 by OKI and Jiangsu Guoguang Electronic Information Technology.

Nokia has signed an agreement for China P&T Appliances' China Postel Mobile Communication Equipment Company to purchase mobile devices valued at approximately US$2 billion from Nokia in 2008.