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
- previous news
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Chinese government to increase funding for 3G TD-SCDMA
November 10, 2003
It is expected that the Chinese government will invest a further 1.4
billion yuan (US$170million) for the development of the home-grown 3G
mobile network technology, a local newspaper reported. The decision could
be announced at a telecoms expo in Beijing this week.
The investment further strengthens China's ambition to launch 3G networks
based on its TD-SCDMA technology, developed by Datang and its German partner
Siemens.
"The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science
and Technology and the Ministry of Information Industry have a project
to invest 1.4 billion yuan more into our TD-SCDMA Industry Group soon,"
said Qu Guangfeng, an engineer at Datang Mobile Communications.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Information Industry (MII) Science & Technology
Committee vice chairman Chen Ruming said in an interview with Dow Jones
that China will likely let operators choose its own 3G mobile technology
to deploy to foster increased competition. He said, "The competition level
now is too low."
The comment will surprise many in the industry as it was previously thought
that China would force some operators to adopt TD-SCDMA technology as
part of the 3G license requirements. Chen also said that WCDMA and TD-SCDMA
can complement each other.
He did not say when China would award 3G licenses but did expressed,
"The 2004-2005 period will be very important to 3G development in China."
The two current mobile service providers are expected to deploy different
3G technologies in the future. China Mobile, which uses GSM network, is
expected to develop3G services through WCDMA technology. China Unicom
is using a mixture of GSM and CDMA networks for its 2G network but is
anticipated to take the CDMA2000 route.
Chen agreed that two 3G licenses would be too few and opportunities should
be given to fixed-lined operators to enhance competition. China Netcom
and China Telecom could be future players in the 3G mobile industry.
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