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3G trouble for China Mobile?
2009-1-6
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China Mobile faces an uncertain future as China is ready to launch its third-generation (3G) mobile services. The company will be licensed to use a homegrown standard, which may leave users unenthused and shake its market dominance.
China Mobile will receive a license to operate services based o...
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Expert: China's 3G users to reach 500 mln in five years
2009-1-6
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China is expectable to develop 500 million 3G users within five years and the fourth generation (4G) mobile telecom technology will be exploited in the short run, with 2G and 3G technology being developed in the meantime, said Chen Jinqiao, an industrial expert with the Ministry of Industry and Info...
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China Unicom Chairman sees future success for 3G
2009-1-5
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China Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing says the development of China's third-generation mobile phone network service will enter a golden period, despite the gloomy industrial situation worldwide.
He says diversified customer demand will lead to the expansion of such services, including faster dat...
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China to issue 3G licenses by end-Jan
2009-1-5
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China is expected to issue third-generation mobile phone licenses before the end of January, the official Shanghai Securities News reported, citing sources close to the matter.
The report, citing a source from Datang Mobile, developer of the TD-SCDMA mobile platform, added that direct investment...
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China Gets 3G Green Light
2009-1-5
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China took another step toward becoming a high-speed wireless economy this week when the country's State Council, its highest government body, gave the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) the go-ahead to award 3G licenses.
China Mobile Ltd. is set to get a license to operate ...
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China OKs the Issuing of 3G Licenses
2009-1-4
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On the last day of 2008, China finally agreed to grant telecom operators licenses to offer the third-generation (3G) services using WCDMA, CDMA 2000, and China's home-grown TD-SCDMA standards. The licensees are China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.
We think the fact th...
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China Mobile, China Unicom Buoyed by New Chinese 3G Licenses
2009-1-4
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For some time, China has been pushing to create its own telecommunications standards, for a number of reasonably obvious reasons. But now the country has decided to award a number of 3G mobile licenses, based not only on the Beijing-created TD-SCDMA standard, but on CDMA and WCDMA as well. From a pu...
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China opens 3G floodgates and handset makers race for position
2009-1-4
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Starved of bright new sales prospects, the wireless industry has been waiting with bated breath for China finally to make its 3G license awards official and open the floodgates for a multibillion dollar spending spree in 2009-2010.
Approval for the licenses came at last on Wednesday, and the cou...
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China Mobile Signs Deal to Lease TD-SCDMA Network from Parent Company
2008-12-31
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China Mobile Ltd has agreed to lease the TD-SCDMA network being built by its parent company, China Mobile Communications (CMCC) and has announced that it will pay a maximum of RMB1 billion (US$146 million) during 2009. The company has already invested some US$2 billion building its trial network.
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China Mobile to Rent TD-SCDMA Network from Parent in 09
2008-12-31
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China Mobile Limited (SEHK: 0941 and NYSE: CHL) has agreed to spend up to CNY 1 billion renting the 3G TD-SCDMA network from its parent China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile Group) next year, announced the publicly-traded integrated telecom carrier on December 29.
Such move indic...
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China's 3G rollout sets off sales scramble
2008-12-31
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China's 3G rollout sets off politically charged scramble for equipment sales amid global slump
China is starting a long-delayed introduction of third-generation mobile phone service, setting off a politically charged scramble by foreign and Chinese equipment makers for up to $41 billion in order...
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China's Lenovo considers restructuring
2008-12-31
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China's Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world's No.4 personal computer maker, is considering a restructuring because of tough economic conditions, China Business News reported on Wednesday.
The influential business newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying Lenovo might merge its Greater China and R...
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Designers cutting R & D on possible reduction of TD-SCDMA handset tenders
2008-12-31
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Mobile handset design companies in China are cutting their research and development of TD-SCDMA due to the possibility that China Mobile could reduce its TD-SCDMA handset purchases in 2009, industry insiders told Interfax recently.
"Our company has been cutting jobs in its TD-SCDMA handset R &am...
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Two Companies OKed to Launch CMMB-based 3G Mobile Phones
2008-12-30
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Two Chinese mobile phone makers have gained licenses from the Chinese regulators to launch two models of 3G mobile phones based on the country's homebrewed China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard, disclosed sources familiar with the matter on December 28.
In detail, Hisense Grou...
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TD-SCDMA/CMMB Handsets to Win Network Access Permits
2008-12-29
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An industry source has stated that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has lifted its ban on CMMB-enabled TD-SCDMA handsets. For other standards with CMMB functionality, however, MIIT stated that it will place increased focus on network testing.
Both Hisense (600060.SH...
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China Telecom to become first operator to provide nationwide 3G services
2008-12-29
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China Telecom has started to upgrade its 2G CDMA2000 1x network in 342 cities to the 3G CDMA2000 1x EV-DO standard and plans to complete the project by the second quarter of 2009, which will make the operator the first to offer nationwide 3G services, a China Telecom official told Interfax on Dec. 2...
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MIIT Announces November 2008 Statistics
2008-12-29
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its November 2008 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:
Telecom revenues were RMB 66.3 bln (USD 9.8 bln), bringing the cumulative year-to-date total to RMB 746.1 bln (USD 109.7 bln), up ...
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ARFT Unveils Results for CMMB Terminal Procurement
2008-12-26
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Of the 120 participants, 33 companies, such as Lenovo, ZTE Corporation, Hisense, and Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment, succeeded in bidding for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) terminal procurement, according to results unveiled by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Televi...
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MIIT: GSM Association Issues IMEI Numbers To Chinese Mobile Phones
2008-12-25
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that the GSM Association has approved China's Telecommunication Terminal Testing & Approval Forum to issue international mobile equipment identity numbers to Chinese mobile phone and more than 200 types of mobile phones have r...
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Chip Developers Score Wins in CMMB Terminal Procurement
2008-12-25
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Following the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television's (SARFT) release of bidding results for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) terminal procurement contracts, CMMB chipset developer Innofidei has announced that over 80% of the approximately 120 enterprises that obtained procu...
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