The telecommunication industry in China maintains a sound and fast growth. According to the statistic of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), telephone users in China had mounted to 775 million by April 2006. Song Naiqi, an official with the Office of the Telecommunications Authority under MII, revealed in Shenyang, Liaoning province. She added that the number consisted of 360 million fixed telephone users and 415 million mobile phone users.(People's Daily Online)

Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, has unveiled its SMB Essentials plan in China, a programme that targets the country's small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) market. Under the scheme, the US chipmaker will partner with local governments, computer makers, software developers and telecom operators to provide IT application and counterpart services to SMEs. (China Daily)

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