Bumpy start for China’s homegrown 3G

Despite deployment troubles, China’s homegrown 3G standard will likely be given more than a fighting chance to take off there, according to analysts.
That standard, TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access), has seen its fair share of bumps on its road to deployment.

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ZTE Unveils TD-SCDMA Handset

ZTE Corporation (”ZTE“), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is enhancing 3G mobile TV viewing experience during the forthcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as it officially rolls out U728, the industry’s first-TD-SCDMA TV handset, a wireless device that is capable of receiving crisp and quality TV signals. This is ZTE’s way [...]

Singapore Telecom’s Talks With Chinese Operators’In Progress’

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest phone company, said it was continuing talks to invest in China and was seeking business opportunities in the Middle East.
Chua on June 17 said SingTel was in talks about a potential investment with operators in China, the world’s biggest telephone market by users. China Telecom Corp., the nation’s biggest [...]

Lenovo Mobile Delivers 3G TV Mobile Phones to China Mobile

Lenovo Mobile Communications is poised to deliver 3,000 TD900 TD-SCDMA TV mobile phones with built-in China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) ships to China Mobile Ltd., the nation’s largest mobile carrier, in partnership with Spreadtrum Communications Inc., a Shanghai-based provider of TD-SCDMA baseband chips.
The story was announced on July 31 by the mobile phone unit under [...]

Singapore Telecom’s Talks With Chinese Operators ‘In Progress’

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest phone company, said it was continuing talks to invest in China and was seeking business opportunities in the Middle East.
Chua on June 17 said SingTel was in talks about a potential investment with operators in China, the world’s biggest telephone market by users. China Telecom Corp., the nation’s biggest [...]

3G network all set for Games in Shanghai

Shanghai’s third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone network now covers 98 percent of the downtown area.
This means residents in Shanghai will have access to high-speed data services, such as mobile television, in time for Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Yesterday, China Mobile’s Shanghai branch began offering short-term TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access) [...]