Earlier this year we reported that China Telecom’s European subsidiary planned to launch an MVNO on the Everything Everywhere network, targeting Chinese residents and businesses in the UK.

The deal would be the first MVNO outside China launched by a Chinese telecom operator. 

The network, which is called CTExcelbiz, is being officially launched today in London. It’s a ‘pay as you go’ service and will will offer Chinese language voicemail services along with bilingual Chinese/English customer service. Calls between CTExcelbiz users will be free.

The United States International Trade Commission has ordered an import ban for certain Android-based Motorola Mobility devices.

It follows a ruling that a number of Motorola mobile devices infringe a Microsoft patent for ‘generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device’. Nine patents were listed in the original complaint from October 2010.

A new UK virtual mobile network is offering parents the ability to monitor and control their child’s mobile phone.

Bemilo, which is running over the Vodafone network, will offer concerned parents the ability to check and restrict connections from their child’s SIM card. Unlike app-based solutions, the controls cannot be switched off by the user.

High-street bookshop Waterstones has signed a commercial agreement with Amazon that’ll see Kindle digital devices and ebooks being sold through its UK shops.

The company has already planned to incorporate dedicated digital areas and free WiFi access as part of its 2012 store refurbishment plans.

Google and Motorola Mobility have confirmed that Chinese authorities have approved Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings.

The planned deal was announced in August 2011 and was given the regulatory go-ahead by European and US regulators earlier this year.

Nomad Digital says it’ll be providing cross-channel Eurostar trains with WiFi throughout the journey from next year.

The company, which provides wireless technology for the transportation sector, was awarded the contract by Eurostar last September.

Facebook, the world's biggest social media website, started selling stock to the public on Friday, with its initial $38 share price edging above $40 in the first hours of trading.

Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, signaled the start of trading on the Nasdaq exchange in New York by remotely ringing a bell from company headquarters across the continent in California.

The latest research from Strategy Analytics suggests a nine-fold increase in 4G LTE connections this year, with 90 million connections worldwide by the end of 2012.

This new mobile technology is expected to exceed one billion connections by early 2017, just over seven years since it was first introduced. It’s a faster growth rate than the company predicted just a couple of months ago.

New quarterly smartphone sales figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech show Android retaining its number one position in the UK, now accounting for 50.1% of sales.

Last year it led with 44.6%.

New research commissioned by BT shows that over 80% of IT managers think enterprises with a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy have a competitive advantage over other organisations.

It’s a strong endorsement for allowing employees to use their own laptops, tablets and smartphones to carry out their employer’s work.