WiFi Is on the Way - WiFi mobile phones soon may get a nod of approval from China's telecom industry regulator (journal article)
By Lan Xinzhen
from Beijing Review, 9 October 2008
At present, China's telecom regulator prohibits phone calls made via the Internet or the browsing of Web pages via a mobile phone in wireless network-covered areas. But signs that the government will relax the restrictions have surfaced now that China Telecom Corp. Ltd. will offer a wireless fidelity (WiFi) phone to users on a pre-test basis, starting this month, before a full-scale product launch.