As far as Intel’s Barrett is concerned, WiMAX is here to stay because of its first mover advantage in the market while LTE is still “two years away”. On the other hand, Ericsson’s Eriksson is adamant that there is an inevitability that carriers will upgrade to LTE from their existing, less advanced 3G technologies, as [...]
China has awarded its long-awaited 3G licenses, and Ovum expects this to incite “new waves” of 3G investment in the country.
Following China’s awarding of the licenses Wednesday, the analyst firm released a statement saying the booming mobile market in the country spells a “golden opportunity” for global equipment and handset manufacturers.
With a growth of over [...]
Cogo Group, Inc. reportedly is predicting that its mobile networks in China will show higher revenue potential in 2009.
The company provides customized module design solutions for a set of applications and end markets, serving as a gateway for its technology component suppliers to access electronics manufacturers in the communist nation.
Currently, telecom industry trends depict China [...]
The issuance of the 3G licenses also marks the standardization of domestically developed TD-SCDMA technology. This has set a new record in China’s telecom history by enabling the nation to set its first standard.
Nearly 340,000 subscribers in China have already used the TD-SCDMA network. Over the past six months, eight cities including Beijing and Shanghai [...]
China Mobile (0941.HK), the world’s largest wireless carrier, plans to launch a 3G handset built on the Android platform in the first quarter, a source with direct knowledge of the issue said on Friday.
The handset, named “OPhone”, will be the first phone in China that features Google’s (GOOG.O) Android operating system and will use China’s [...]
China’s telecommunications supervisor on Wednesday issued long-awaited third-generation (3G) mobile phone licenses to three mobile operators, a move that is expected to lead to billions of dollars being invested in building new networks.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said China’s biggest mobile operator, China Mobile, was awarded a license for TD-SCDMA, the domestically-developed [...]
