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December 28, 2005
Chinese government signals 3G arrival next year
What many consider delaying tactics by Chinese authorities to allow home grown 3G technology to develop before opening local market is now coming to an end.
China's top telecommunications regulator, the Minister of Information and Industry, this week made his most definitive public statements yet on the timetable for licensing third-generation, or 3G, networks. According to a ministry spokesperson who later confirmed statements made by Wang Xudong the Information & Industry minister that China will be finalizing policies guiding 3G deployment in the country by 2006.
With 388 million users, China today is the world's largest mobile phone market. Already networking infrastructure heavy weights Nortel, Alcatela, Ericsson and Lucent along with mobile set makers Motorola, Nokia and Siemens are eagerly making plans to play major roles in the 3G rollout.
China's homegrown 3G technology based on TD-SCDMA met with some initial disappointment during tests several months back. China wants to have at least one of the 3G networks running TD-SCDMA.
Posted by admin at December 28, 2005 05:26 AM