Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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Siemens and Huawei to form a joint venture for TD-SCDMA
August 31, 2003
Siemens mobile and China's Huawei Technologies announced that they will
join forces to promote the upcoming mobile communication standard TD-SCDMA.
The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a
joint venture to develop, manufacture and market TD-SCDMA technology.
The new company, with an investment exceeding USD 100 million, will be
based in Beijing. Siemens mobile will hold 51 percent of the joint venture
and Huawei will hold 49 percent.
Complementary to GSM and W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA technologies and products have
become mature. The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry allocated
155 MHz spectrum to TD-SCDMA in October 2002, paving the way for the commercial
use of the standard in China. Both Siemens mobile and Huawei are confident
that TD-SCDMA succeeds in the Chinese market and could encourage operators
outside of China to adopt the standard. The TD-SCDMA standard can satisfy
the requirements for stand-alone networks for large geographic coverage,
and can also provide complementary solutions to GSM or W-CDMA networks
to meet specific market demands.
Manufacturing and Marketing efforts of the joint venture will initially
be focused on China while emphasizing on the market introduction of TD-SCDMA
Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure products in a starting phase.
TD-SCDMA infrastructure products are undergoing field tests currently
in China, first commercial products of the joint venture will be available
in China at the beginning of 2004. The joint venture's products will help
operators to attract more mobile phone subscribers especially in low-penetration
areas, while also being applied for the rollout of highly efficient networks
to cover existing and future demands. Operators of TD-SCDMA networks will
be able to fully satisfy the increasing demands of mobile consumers.
Siemens started its development in TD-SCDMA back in 1998 and has been
investing more than USD170 million so far. Today, several test networks
running in China are proving that this technology is mature.
Siemens mobile Networks President Christoph Caselitz said: "We are proud
to work with Huawei Technologies, a partner who shares the same vision
and aspiration for TD-SCDMA. Together, we will make TD-SCDMA a success
in China. Siemens mobile is able to offer both technologies TD-SCDMA and
W-CDMA to Chinese mobile operators. It is Siemens' stated objective to
be the 3G market leader in China." With 240 million mobile phone subscribers
today, China is the world's largest mobile communication market.
"We are looking forward to co-operating with Siemens mobile, a leader
of mobile communications," expressed Xu Zhi Jun, President of Huawei Wireless
Business. "The cooperation will quickly push TD-SCDMA technology into
the commercial business and optimize development costs for both of us.
Huawei has always been synchronously developing 3G products on a worldwide
basis, and will deliver state of the art 3G products and solutions through
partnerships with top companies in the telecommunications industry."
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