UC Mobile to browse in North America

Company plans to establish offices, products in market in first half

BEIJING - UC Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest provider of mobile phone browsers by user numbers, said on Wednesday that it will enter the North American market in the first half of this year, by setting up an office and launching localized products in the United States.

Yu Yongfu, chief executive officer of UC Mobile, said the company hopes to compete for a vital market position in the fast-growing US mobile Internet industry. Meanwhile, by gaining experience in the US market, UC Mobile will be able to create more sophisticated products and introduce them to countries such as China and India.