Hisense and China Telecom are about to show Windows Phone more support in China

Ever since Microsoft removed the licensing fee for the Windows Phone operating system, we have seen a good for you number of new OEMs joining the ecosystem in a pretty short time. Now Hisense, a relatively depression profile Chinese smartphone maker that previously has been focusing on Android, is virtually to announce their first e'er Windows Telephone device on June 26. That is the 26th day of June in China, which ways by the time you are reading this story, the device would have already been unveiled, and our follow-upwards story will be almost set.

News of such an announcement past Hisense came yesterday, though we take more details to add to the story today.

The announcement comes as quite a surprise. Microsoft has never mentioned any possible partnership with Hisense, and the latter has never shown whatsoever involvement in the Windows Phone OS. All in a sudden, Hisense not only joined the gang, simply also has a product prepared. That'southward some hi(gh) sense of secrecy.

Meanwhile, co-ordinate to Chinese tech site WPDang's insider source, China Telecom, the country's third largest carrier (and the just one running a CDMA network), will before long support carrier billing for the Windows Phone Shop. Despite China'due south economic boom in contempo years, credit cards are not household items there yet. Thus being able to purchase games and apps with ane's phone account is a giant convenience to many. China Mobile, the largest carrier there, has already been doing this. If Communist china Unicom could besides have carrier billing in place, Chinese Windows Phone users volition enjoy easy billing everywhere.

Stay tuned for our coverage of the Hisense phone. The brand is not exactly known for producing top-notch flagship powerhouses, so we presume the mysterious device volition be either entry-level or mid range. Only we are more happy to exist proven wrong on this.

Source: WPDang (ane) (2)

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