China is finally primed for the issuance of 3G licenses

July 13, 2006

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "China 3G Countdown" to their offering.

This report presents the most comprehensive research and analysis of what the China 3G market will look like conducted by on the ground researchers who know and understand the complexities of the China market. Packed full of primary data obtained from interviews with key industry players in the Chinese government, operators and vendors the report provides a unique insight to the different attitudes towards 3G with a detailed focus on vendor strategies for maintaining and gaining market share. The report answers serious questions for those who need to know and understand China's 3G market including:

-- How will the 3G market evolve? Is there a demand for 3G services by Chinese consumers?

-- What is the attitude of the Chinese government towards 3G and its home grown standard TD-SCDMA?

-- What are the Chinese operators deployment strategies and how much influence do they have on technology selection?

-- What kinds of business models will succeed for each operator?

-- What are the vendors different strategies for gaining and maintaining 3G market share?

Following arguably the longest trialling of 3G technologies prior to network deployment and the recent announcement by the Ministry of Information on the 20 January 2006 of its intention to approve its national standard TD-SCDMA as China's first 3G technology, the China market is now finally primed for the issuance of 3G licenses and network roll out.