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China includes 5 More Cities to its Homegrown 3G Trial
Cellular News on February 12, 2007 reported Wang Lijian, Spokesperson, the Ministry of Information Industry, saying that China has taken its trial networks for a homegrown 3G mobile phone technology to five more cities, increasing the total number of cities that are testing the technology to ten.
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Wang reported the testing for TDSCMA (Time Division Synchronous Code
Division Multiple Access) would take place in Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in
the east, Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the south and Shenyang in northeast.
Shanghai, Beijing, northern city of Baoding, southern city of Xiamen and
eastern coastal city of Qingdao are already under the trial phase of
TDSCDMA. It is reported that China started to include more end-users in
the tests in these five cities in early November 2006.
The ratification that the TDSCMA tests are being taken to next stage
comes after local media reported China Mobiles parent company, China
Mobile Communications, is planning to roll out 3G services before
October 2007 end. This state-owned enterprise will invest over $1.9
Billion (15 Billion Yuan) to construct its TDSCMA network in 2007.
China is supposed to be waiting for its locally developed TDSCMA
technology to pick pace before opening up its 3G market to overseas
players. The China government earlier restated that China will issue 3G
licenses for operations slated to be launched by the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
According to RNCOS report, China Telecom Sector Analysis (2006-2007),
the landscape of 3G is gradually becoming cleared in China. Features of
3G mobiles are extremely beneficial for manufacturers, carriers, and
end-users. Moreover, 3G ranks over the 2G in terms of cost. The cost of
3G services is half of 2G and the price of 3G-enab led mobile handset is
just 120% of 2G. With the betterment of network construction, an
increased number of 3G subscribers will be able to get access to the
market, and in around next 5-6 years, the fraction of 3G subscribers in
China will become 40%.
The research report also discusses the emerging technologies, factors
affecting the expansion of these technologies, strategies adopted by key
players, and future outlook of the China telecom market.
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