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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China Mobile may use rival technology
March 25, 2003
The developer of a Beijing-backed 3G mobile standard said on Wednesday
that top mainland cellular carrier China Mobile would probably adopt a
rival European technology, WCDMA.
"As the world's biggest GSM mobile phone carrier, I think it is technically
logical and easier for it to choose WCDMA," Tang Ru'an, Chief Operating
Officer of China Datang Mobile.
The current-generation GSM standard was developed in Europe and is the
prevalent standard globally, and most carriers using the technology are
expected to choose WCDMA when they upgrade.
The home-grown 3G standard that Datang is developing, called TD-SCDMA,
is a potential rival to Europe's WCDMA and the CDMA2000 standard developed
by US -based Qualcomm.
Qualcomm, which collects royalities on every CDMA chipset sold and has
patent claims on both WCDMA and CDMA2000, is expected to assert intellectual
property claims on TD-SCDMA.
Tang said that his company was willing to discuss such issues with Qualcomm,
although the two have not yet done so.
"We are open to talk to any parties on the intellectual property right
issues," he said.
China has had to buy mobile equipment from foreign vendors or pay royalties
in order to manufacture its own gear, and hopes to use its clout as the
world's biggest cellular market to establish its own mobile standard.
Some industry watchers have said it is possible that carriers would use
TD-SCDMA in conjunction with rival standards, possibly in high-traffic
areas.
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