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EU Urges China to Follow its 3G Leaddate: April 18, 2002 - source: BWCS A leading EU official has urged Chinese Telecoms Regulators to follow the same next generation mobile phone standards as Europe. China is currently deciding which 3G systems it should use, although few expect much progress on actual network building before the middle of next year. Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, who is representing the EU, said he hoped the country would follow a path that guarantees smooth transitions between European and Chinese networks. During the 1980s and 1990s China was happy to follow Europe’s lead and use GSM infrastructure. The administrators in Beijing must now make decisions which will have great bearing on how the major mobile equipment vendors fare in the future in what is the world’s largest market. The Chinese are currently weighing up various options including the country's home grown TD-SCDMA, Qualcomm’s CDMA and the Japanese and European-backed WCDMA standard. Ericsson and Nokia would benefit most if the Chinese plump for WCDMA. Siemens, which would also support a move to WCDMA, has hedged its bets by investing in the TD-SCDMA standard and would earn royalties from it. However, the field would not be entirely free for European companies as local manufacturers are keen to get in on the act too.
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