Government moves to deregulate the market for handset makers could lead to a reshuffle among the market leaders, writes Zhou Sensen in the Shanghai Business Herald

After more than three years of courtship, Research in Motion (RIM) has finally announced a deal with China Mobile to sell its popular Blackberry smartphones in China. More than 5.4 million smartphones were sold in China during the first half of 2007; if RIM can grab even a fraction of this market it should provide a big boost to the company's fortunes. ...