China’s three telecom operators are expected to pour 280 billion yuan ($40.96 billion) into third generation (3G) mobile phone network infrastructure projects in the next two years, the country’s top telecom regulator said on Friday.
Tags: 3G, CDMA, China-Mobile, TD-SCDMA, telecom, WCDMA
Investment in third-generation mobile in 2009 will play an important role in boosting the domestic economy and mitigating the effects of the global financial crisis, Li Yizhong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology said.
‘We estimate that investment (in 3G) will be at least 200 bln yuan next year, and this will also be of great [...]
China will issue 3G mobile wireless licenses by the end of 2008 or early next year, said Li Yizhong, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said at a press conference on Friday.
Networks using China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA platform will be run by China Mobile Ltd<941>, while networks with WCDMA and CDMA 2000 platform will [...]
There has been a lot of confusion around China Mobile’s (CHL) future prospects in the wireless market. China Mobile is currently building out a 3G network standard known as TD-SCDMA, created in China and rife with protectionist tones and technical snafus. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has mandated that China Mobile build [...]
The Chinese government is currently studying the modalities of the 3G licensing policy along with ways to implement it and is likely to announce the policy soon, said China’s vice minister of Industry and Information Technology Xi Guohua.
Speaking at the China Mobility International Summit in Beijing today, Xi said the time is now ripe for [...]
Nokia has reaffirmed its commitment to TD-SCDMA at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau. Colin Giles, president of Nokia China, said at the event: “Nokia firmly supports the development of TD-SCDMA.
“Our goal is to not only develop TD-SCDMA products that can deliver outstanding user experiences to consumers, but also to work with operators, chipset providers, [...]
