For some time, China has been pushing to create its own telecommunications standards, for a number of reasonably obvious reasons. But now the country has decided to award a number of 3G mobile licenses, based not only on the Beijing-created TD-SCDMA standard, but on CDMA and WCDMA as well. From a purely practical consideration, this [...]
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 [...]
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.
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