Microsoft has announced that it will be launching its new mobile OS in China in the second half of 2011. Yang Tianyang, Microsoft’s communications director for China announced that they would be launching Windows Phone 7 in China next year.
He also announced that Microsoft was currently in discussion with a number of Chinese handset manufacturers including Huaewi, Lenovo and ZTE about the possibility of them launching Windows Phone 7 Smartphones.
Microsoft are obviously hoping that Windows Phone 7 will become a popular mobile OS in China, just like Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS has.
via PC World