Telecom ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Sunday to promote joint research on the standardization of formats of fourth-generation mobile phones capable of high-speed, large-capacity data transmission, officials said. Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka, Chinese Information Minister Wang Xudong and South Korea's next Information and Communications Minister Rho Jun Hyong reached a six-point accord in their trilateral telecom talks in Xiamen in Fujian Province, southeastern China, the officials said. (CRI)

The country's communication industry revenue in January and February rose 10.7 percent from the same period a year earlier to 108.8 billion yuan (US$ 13.55 billion), the Ministry of Information Industry said. The latest revenue growth rate is slightly slower than January's 10.8 percent rise. Telecom revenue in January and February rose 10.4 percent to 98.54 billion yuan, slightly slower than January's 10.7 percent increase, while postal revenue grew 14 percent year on year to 10.26 billion yuan, faster than January's 11.3 percent rise. (Shenzhen Daily)