China last week approved long-awaited licenses for next generation (3G) mobile networks, whetting investor appetites with the promise of major new orders for equipment makers and revenue for network operators.
The new licenses will see dominant player China Mobile (0941.HK) forced to build and operate a 3G network based on a home-grown experimental technology, called TD-SCDMA.
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China Mobile has slashed the mobile Internet traffic fee by up to 70 percent in many areas, including Shanghai and Beijing, since Thursday.
The latest move will attract more of the more than 600 million Chinese handset users to access the Internet, and boost the demand of smartphones and lift sales of mobile service providers, industry [...]
The State Council, or Cabinet, agreed at an executive meeting on Wednesday to start issuing licenses to mobile phone operators for third-generation (3G) high-speed networks.
3G networks handle faster data downloads, allowing cell phone users to make video calls and watch TV programs.
The 3G networks will use three technological standards, including the domestically developed TD-SCDMA (Time [...]
China’s state council, or cabinet, said on Wednesday it had approved the issuance of long-awaited licences for next generation (3G) mobile networks, opening the door to $41 billion in spending for equipment.
Licences will be issued for TD-SCDMA, a standard backed by Beijing, and two globally accepted standards, WCDMA and CDMA 2000, the cabinet said on [...]
Two Chinese mobile phone makers have gained licenses from the Chinese regulators to launch two models of 3G mobile phones based on the country’s homebrewed China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard, disclosed sources familiar with the matter on December 28.
In detail, Hisense Group is authorized to launch Hisense TM86 and its peer Yulong Computer Telecommunication [...]
China Mobile<941>, China’s largest provider of mobile telecommunications and related services, plans to build 100,000 base stations for third generation (3G) network in the period of 2009 to 2011, sources reported.
The plan is part of the Chinese telecom operator’s overall strategy of developing the homegrown TD-SCDMA network, and the total number of base stations will [...]
