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The recently published Ovum report, China Is Hotbed for OC Industry Change, highlights Chinese optical component supplier growth, the drivers leading to their ascension, and the problems transceiver vendors are facing.

Technology industry watchers are accustomed to looking at Silicon Valley tech giants such as Google and Facebook as the market leaders. However, Chinese Internet players have now established a serious presence, and Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba and Sina have already broken into the global top 25 in terms of market capitalisation,

France Telecom/Orange and Baidu, the leading Chinese-language Internet search provider, have signed an exclusive deal to co-develop a new mobile browser for emerging markets. The new browser will be designed for the Android platform and will be available in Arabic, English and French across Orange's footprint in Africa and the Middle East.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MITT) recently announced that it has opened a consultation period to gauge whether mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) should be allowed into the Chinese market.

Besides Facebook, Google is the best example of a global Internet powerhouse that has been blocked from entering the Chinese market in a fair and meaningful way.

For Calix, already doing well in North America, the deal is most likely a cheap opportunity to buy an additional GPON portfolio, the expertise of mainly ex-Entrisphere GPON personnel, association with a global brand, and access to a global sales network.

EMC has struck a deal with Chinese PC and server maker Lenovo. The arrangement is likely to provide EMC with improved access to the Chinese market, and has parallels with EMC’s formerly successful resale arrangement with Dell.

According to the latest market study by ABI Research, mobile Internet usage will account for 25 percent of China's mobile phone service revenues in 2012 -- that's up from less than 23 percent in 2011.