When the Chinese government issued the long awaited third generation (3G) license to three domestic telecom operators a year ago, few imagined the number of the country’s 3G users would reach nearly 15 million within one year.
Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China-Mobile, China-Telecom, industry, mobile, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA
China Mobile and Research in Motion will offer BlackBerry handsets and Internet service to consumers as well as smaller firms in China, the two firms said on Tuesday.
To attract more consumer users, China Mobile would offer BlackBerry phones on China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE networks, the companies said in a joint statement, intensifying the competition [...]
Cellphone maker Nokia yesterday launched its first cellphone for TD-SCDMA, the Chinese-developed 3G standard, and will enhance its cooperation in application services with China Mobile Communications Corp, the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers.
The newly launched Nokia 6788 (N6788) mobile device is integrated with a wide range of applications including China Mobile’s online software and [...]
Nokia Corp launched its first China-standard 3G phone yesterday in Beijing, marking closer cooperation between the world’s biggest mobile phone maker and China Mobile, the world’s No. 1 mobile carrier.
Nokia, which now has produced models for all three 3G systems, has established a research team for TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access), a 3G [...]
The launching of the third-generation services by China’s leading cell phone operators this fall signals the start of a battle for top position in the world’s largest mobile phone market.
For smaller rivals China Unicom and China Telecom, the goal is to topple long-time leader China Mobile.
Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China-Mobile, China-Telecom, China-Unicom, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA
China Telecom has purchased 4 million 3G handsets, including models priced at only 1,000 yuan (US$147), in a move expected to help the telecommunications carrier penetrate the medium-and-entry level market, the firm said yesterday.
China Telecom ordered the handsets from 31 firms, including ZTE, Samsung and Coolpad. The first entry-level phones are expected to debut by [...]
