AsiaPulse News back issues from October 2006:
PER CAPITA PRODUCTION AT NORTH KOREAN INDUSTRIAL PARK RISES.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - Per capita production at an industrial complex for South Korean companies in North Korea passed US$1,000 a month in August, South Korea's Unification Ministry said Sunday. South Korea began financing and building the complex in the North Korean border ...
SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS REACH RECORD US$29.93BLN IN SEPTEMBER.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's exports rose 22.1 percent from a year ago to a record high of US$29.93 billion in September, fuelled by strong overseas demand for cars, petrochemicals, semiconductors and steel, a government report said Sunday. During the cited month, ...
S. KOREAN COMPANIES BUY STAKES IN GULF OF MEXICO GAS FIELD.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean companies bought stakes in an offshore gas development project in the Gulf of Mexico that allowed them to gain access to the North American market, South Korea's Commerce Ministry said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Commerce, ...
KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK PICKED TO MANAGE US$1BLN BOND SALE.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - The state-run Korea Development Bank said Sunday it was picked as a lead manager for the planned sale of US$1 billion in bonds. Barclays Capital, Citigroup Inc., and Credit Suisse were also named to co-manage the global bond sale, the South Korean ...
SHARES OF SAMSUNG, LG RISE IN S. KOREAN NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's top electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co. and rival LG Electronics Inc. saw their shares in the domestic small laptop computer market jump in the second quarter of this year as their wide-screen displays successfully attracted customers, ...
S. KOREA TO INTRODUCE MORTGAGE INSURANCE NEXT YEAR.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean non-life insurance companies are planning to sell a policy that guarantees repayment of a mortgage loan in the event of a borrower's default, industry sources said Sunday. According to the sources, Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co., ...
S. KOREAN TECHNOLOGY FIRMS MAY POST MIXED QUARTERLY RESULTS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's top technology companies are expected to report mixed results for their third-quarter operating profits this month because of narrower margins for flat panels and mobile phones, but robust chip prices may help Samsung Electronics Co. and Hynix ...
S. KOREA TO PURCHASE PATRIOT MISSILES FOR DEPLOYMENT BY 2008.
Oct 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea plans to purchase a surface-to-air missile system from a U.S. manufacturer for deployment by as early as 2008, South Korean and U.S. officials said Friday. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement that the U.S ....
FOUR COMPANIES IN INDIA JOIN THINK3 NETWORK.(Company overview)
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) CINCINNATI, Oct 2 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - think3 Inc., a provider of innovative, next generation industrial design solutions and a leading supplier of product development solutions, have announced the addition of four value-added ...
SOUTH KOREA TO BUILD LNG POWER PLANT.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea plans to build a new power plant fired by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in an eastern region of the country in an effort to raise electricity reserves. The envisioned plant will be built in Yeongwol, about 200 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at ...
HYUNDAI HEAVY BUYS STAKE IN CHINESE STEELMAKER.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, has purchased a 20-per cent stake in the China Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co. for 491 billion won (US$51.9 million). The stake purchase is designed to secure a stable supply of ...
TWO KOREAS TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL MILITARY TALKS MONDAY.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South and North Korea plan to hold military talks this week, the first since the North fired seven missiles in July, the South's Defense Ministry said Sunday. "North Korea suggested a meeting between the chief delegates to the working-level ...
KOREAN LIVESTOCK POPULATION HITS 7-YEAR HIGH.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - The number of domestic cows raised in South Korea for meat increased sharply this year, hitting a seven-year high, on the back of rising demand for local premium beef, a report showed Sunday. As of September, there were 2.02 million head of "hanwoo" ...
SEOUL EYES INTRODUCING $US270MLN WATER TAXI, BUS SERVICES.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - The Seoul metropolitan government plans to test water taxi and amphibious bus services on the Han River in Seoul starting next September in a bid to transform the river into a tourist attraction, regional government officials said Sunday. The regional ...
S. KOREAN COS TRIED TO EXPORT MILITARY GOODS TO NORTH: LAWMAKER.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Two South Korean companies made failed attempts to export military-purpose materials to North Korea last year, an opposition lawmaker claimed Sunday. Citing data from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE), Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon of the Grand ...
TWO KOREAS TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL MILITARY TALKS MONDAY.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea and North Korea will hold working-level military talks today, for the first time ...
SOUTH KOREA RAPIDLY BECOMING AGED SOCIETY: REPORT.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea is rapidly moving toward an "aged society" with the percentage of people aged 65 years or more expected to reach 9.5 per cent this year, a government report showed Sunday. The report compiled by the National Statistical Office (NSO) said ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW - There are calls on federal and state governments to rein in the estimate $10 million a week spent on highly paid consultants, with inadequate monitoring of the expenditure; ...
JAPAN KEEN TO INVEST IN INDIA'S TAMIL NADU.
Oct 02, 2006 ... CHENNAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday met industry bodies here to facilitate business partnerships, remove operational and policy hurdles for long term and sustainable Japanese investment in the country. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi ...
GUJARAT NRE COKE BAGS OIL & GAS EXPLORATION RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... AHMEDABAD, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Gujarat NRE Coke Limited (BSE:5122579) has bagged exploration rights for oil and gas in Western Australia, official sources said. "This is the first time we are entering the oil and gas exploration business," company vice chairman and managing ...
CHINA PRODUCES MORE LCD TV SETS IN FIRST 8 MONTHS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - China produced 755,000 LCD TV sets in the first eight months of this year, accounting for 8.8 per cent of the country's total color TV output in the period, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII). ...
CHINA LISTS FIRST BATCH OF TIME-HONORED TRADEMARKS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has publicized the first batch of time-honored trademarks in China through its e-government network. The 434 time-honored trademarks covers restaurants, hotels, food processing, medicine, service and commerce ...
STOCKS - TOKYO SHARES OPEN HIGHER - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TOKYO, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Tokyo shares opened higher Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei-225 index ...
CHINA'S TAISTEEL BUILDS UP WORLD'S TOP STAINLESS STEEL CAPACITY.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIYUAN, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - With a new stainless steel production facility completed, the Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co Ltd (TaiSteel) based in China's northern Shanxi Province has formed an annual production capacity of three million tons, becoming the world's biggest stainless steel ...
STOCKS - SEOUL SHARES OPEN LOWER - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct. 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks started lower Monday, but soon ticked up as institutional investors increased buying amid weak investor sentiment, ahead of a long holiday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 0.02 point to 1,371.43 in the ...
LUPIN, DAFRA CALL OFF AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE ARTIFEX FINANCE CVA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Pharma major Lupin Limited (BSE:500257) on Saturday said it has called off an agreemnet with Belgium's Dafra Pharma Limited for acquiring Artifex Finance CVA, Belgium. The companies have mutually agreed not to the MoU that was signed in May this year ...
EXPERTS EXPECT FIERCER COMPETITION IN CHINA'S CAR MARKET.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Competition in China's car market is expected to become increasingly fiercer in the fourth quarter of this year when a large-scale price war is likely. An expert with the China Automotive Technology Research Center blamed the acceleration of competition in the ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN INDEX OPENS HIGHER - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market has opened higher, despite public holidays in three states, as strengthening commodities shrugged off a bad US lead. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.7 points to 5,178.8 and the all ordinaries gained ...
INNER MONGOLIA TO BUILD METAL BASE.
Oct 02, 2006 ... HOHHOT, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - East part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region adjacent to the three northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning will be built into a nonferrous metals production and processing base, focusing on aluminum, lead, zinc, copper and precious metals ....
THREE POSITIVE CHANGES TAKE PLACE IN CHINA'S BANKING SECTOR.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Some positive changes took place in China's banking sector in the first half of this year, mainly in the three aspects of loan maturity structure, directions of loans and mix of income, according to a report published by the China Banking Regulatory Commission ...
FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM INDUE SET TO RAMP UP BUSINESS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Unlisted financial services company Indue Ltd said customers of its cards business will produce good levels of transactional activity over the next 24 to 36 months. The company reported a $A1.92 million ($US1.43 million) profit and declared a fully ...
CHINA'S IMPORT OF CRUDE OIL UP 15.3% IN JAN-AUG.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - China imported 95.80 million tons of crude oil in the first eight months of this year, an increase of 15.3 per cent over the same period of last year, according to statistics released by the Economic Operation Bureau of the National Development and Reform ...
VIASYSTEMS ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ROUND OF PRICE INCREASES.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2006--Viasystems, Inc., a global provider of printed circuit boards and electro-mechanical components and assemblies announced today that as a result of significant ongoing ...
KIM JONG-IL PLEDGES DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDSHIP WITH CHINA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - As North Korea congratulated China on its 57th founding anniversary on Saturday, its leader Kim Jong-il pledged to develop friendship and cooperation with the ally. Relations between China and North Korea have been uneasy since the latter test-fired ...
US-BASED CYTYC TAKES 13.5% STAKE IN AUSTRALIA'S VISION SYSTEMS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SYDNEY, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Predator Cytyc Corp has taken a 13.5 per cent stake in takeover target Vision Systems Ltd (ASX:VSL), according to a substantial shareholder notice filed with the Australian Stock Exchange today. Last week, Cytyc's rivals for Vision, Ventana Medical ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... HONG KONG, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STANDARD: - Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam- kuen has pledged to bolster Hong Kong's financial, logistical and tourism infrastructure to create a better life for the city as supporters hit the ...
SOUTH KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: VERNACULAR DAILIES: - Local companies suffer labor shortage at factories (Kyunghyang Shinmun) - Two S. Korean companies suspected of exporting military goods to N. Korea (Kukmin Daily) ...
TAIWAN HAS 30 AUTOMOBILES FOR EVERY 100 PEOPLE: DGBAS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIPEI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - There were roughly three automobiles for every 10 people in Taiwan as of the end of August, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) reported Sunday. The number of officially registered automobiles in Taiwan stood at 6.73 ...
TAIWAN'S TRADE SURPLUS FORECAST TO TOP US$20BLN FOR 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIPEI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan is expected to post a trade surplus of US$20.37 billion for 2006, up from US$15.82 billion last year, according to a report released Saturday by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Officials at the ministry's Bureau of Foreign Trade noted ...
NEW JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES GENERAL POLICIES.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO, Sept. 30/Kyodo JBN - AsiaNet/-- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a general policy speech in a plenary session of the Diet on September 29, 2006. Prime Minister Abe stated in his speech, "I will ...
WORLD CHINESE TRADERS CONVENTION SLATED TO BEGIN IN TAIPEI OCT. 2.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIPEI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The 25th World Chinese Traders Convention is scheduled to be held in Taipei Oct. 2-5, with the participation of some 200 business leaders of Chinese or Taiwanese origin from more than 30 countries. The Chinese and Taiwanese business leaders from around ...
TAIPEI MAYOR TOUTS PROMISING FUTURE OF HSINYI DISTRICT.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIPEI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Taipei's chic and sleek Hsinyi district boast "infinite" business opportunities as it has all sorts of modern infrastructure, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday. Ma touted the district's advantages for business development at a seminar marking the ...
TAIWAN FIRMS HOPE FOR STABLE POLITICS, BETTER CHINA TIES: MOEA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan manufacturing companies hope for political stability, better cross-Taiwan Strait ties and fewer legal restrictions to help their investments at home, according to the results of a survey published Sunday by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). ...
S. KOREA TO SPEND RECORD US$2.56 BLN ON STRUGGLING RICE FARMERS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The government on Monday said it plans to allocate a record 2.42 trillion won (US$2.56 billion) to help sustain the earning levels of rice farmers coping with the local market's gradual opening to cheaper imports. The figure marks the first time that ...
INDIA'S L&T TO INVEST US$150 MLN OVERSEAS, SEEKS JV IN CHINA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) (BSE:500510) on Friday said it would invest US$100-150 million over the next 18 months overseas. "The proposed investment will predominently go to the Middle East and in China," company's chief financial ...
WESTERN UNION TO BEGIN TRADING ON NYSE.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2006--The Western Union Company today announced that it has completed its previously announced spin-off from First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) and expects that shares ...
INDONESIAN MANPOWER MINISTER TO OPEN WORKERS BANK.
Oct 02, 2006 ... TANGERANG, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Eman Suparno said here Friday he was scheduled soon to inaugurate an Indonesian Workers (TKI) Bank which would handle the financial affairs of Indonesian workers. After the bank had been established, Indonesian ...
MATSON SIGNS US$17 MILLION CONTRACT WITH ATLANTIC MARINE ALABAMA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2006--Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (Matson) announced today that it has signed a $17 million contract with Atlantic Marine Alabama, LLC to perform work related ...
INDIA'S HINDUJA TO MERGE OVERSEAS HOLDINGS INTO ONE ENTITY.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Hinduja TMT Ltd (BSE:HTMT), on Friday said it has decided to consolidate its overseas holdings under a single entity. The group's outsourcing company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its overseas holdings would be bought under its wholly owned ...
INDIA'S NALCO LIKELY TO SET UP SMELTERS IN OMAN, INDONESIA.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BHUBNESHWAR, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Public sector aluminum major National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) (BSE:542234) is eyeing Oman and Indonesia to set up smelters to avail of cheaper energy sources there, a top company official has said. "Cheaper power is a vital factor for our ...
INDIAN TELCOS USE BRITISH SOFTWARE TO COMBAT MOBILE CONGESTION.
Oct 02, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Actix, a British software solutions provider, claims to have developed a program that can overcome problems of congestion on mobile networks. The company, whose product has already been picked up by telecom operators Tata Indicom and BPL ...
HINDUJA TMT TO CONSOLIDATE ITS OVERSEAS HOLDINGS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Hinduja TMT Ltd (BSE:500189) on Friday said it has decided to consolidate its overseas holdings under a single entity. The group's outsourcing company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its overseas holdings would ...
INDIA'S SURAJ STAINLESS ALLOTS 515,000 SHARES TO BELGIAN CO.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Ahmedabad-based Suraj Stainless Ltd on Friday said it will allot 515,000 equity shares to Belgium-based Bsurinvest Bvba. A meeting of the company's board of directors was held on Saturday to consider the allotment of 515,000 equity shares to ...
TATA TEA SELLS 4.5 PCT STAKE IN GROUP CO FOR US$13 MLN.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Tata Tea Ltd (BSE:500800) on Friday sold a 4.5 per cent stake in another group company Tata Investment Corp (BSE:501301) to Tata Sons Ltd for about Rs 600 million (US$13.07 million), aimed at part-funding its Rs 31.46 billion acquisition of US-based Energy ...
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 2, 2006.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SINGAPORE, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: STRAITS TIMES: - OCBC wants to grow from strength to strength. - Just over a week ago, about 60 listed firms were given awards by the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) for ...
DAVIS AND HENDERSON INTEGRATES IT SERVICES USING CA SUITE.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) TORONTO, Sept. 29 /CNW-AsiaNet/ -- CA Canada today announced that Davis + Henderson, a market leader serving Canada's financial institutions since 1875, has chosen a comprehensive suite of CA solutions to ...
TWO KOREAS TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL MILITARY TALKS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea and North Korea will hold working-level military talks on Monday, the first official meeting between the two sides since the North test-fired missiles in early July, South Korean officials said Sunday. North Korea proposed the talks via ...
SEOUL SHARES SEEN TO REMAIN FLAT THIS WEEK.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean share prices are likely to remain in a tight range this week as investors remain on the sidelines ahead of a long holiday, analysts said Saturday. Also, major economic data in the United States are due this week, which prods investors to ...
INDIA'S GODREJ GROUP SEEKS RANGE OF OVERSEAS ACQUISITIONS.
Oct 02, 2006 ... MUMBAI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Godrej Group on Friday said it is looking at acquisitions in the areas of personal and household care in a host of countries, including China, where it has identified a few target companies. Besides China, the Indian FMCG major is also looking for buy ...
SHEIKH MAKTOUM BIDS FAREWELL TO A1GP.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2006--Delighted with his motorsport creation, A1 Grand Prix Founder and Chairman Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hasher Al Maktoum will soon be completing a multi-million dollar ...
MICRON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS LOTHROP, WEBER.
Oct 02, 2006 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2006--Micron Technology, Inc., (NYSE:MU) Chairman, CEO and President Steve Appleton today announced the retirement of two long-time directors, Robert A. Lothrop and ...
INDIAN REGULATOR REJECTS SUMITOMO CORP'S ARBITRATION PETITION.
Oct 02, 2006 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The Company Law Board has rejected an arbitration petition filed by Japan-based Sumitomo Corporation (TSE:8053), which is engaged in a battle with Punjab Tractors Ltd (BSE:500344) for control of the management of light vehicle manufacturer Swaraj Mazda ...
ABN AMRO TO OPEN BRANCH TO IN CHINA'S CHENGDU.
Oct 02, 2006 ... CHENGDU, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Bank expects to open a branch in Chengdu, capital city of China's southwest Sichuan Province after the week-long National Day Holiday (October 1-7). The application has already been submitted to the China Banking Regulatory ...
S. KOREA'S CREMATION RATE REACHES RECORD 52.6% IN 2005.
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEOUL, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - More than half of South Koreans who died in 2005 were cremated, pointing to the public's increasing preference for cremation over burial, a government report said on Monday. The country's cremation rate stood at 52.6 per cent last year, up 3.42 ...
VODAFONE, HUAWEI JOIN HANDS IN LAUNCHING 3G MOBILE PHONE.
Oct 02, 2006 ... BEIJING, Oct 2 Asia Pulse - The world's largest mobile telecom operator, UK-based Vodafone, released its first WCDMA mobile phone with independent brand recently. The new terminal will be produced by China's Huawei Technologies Ltd. in the form of OEM (original equipment manufacture). ...