Beijing will merge the state-owned telecom equipment makers China Datang and Potevio by the end of 2010. The combined firm will be China’s third-largest telecom manufacturer, behind Huawei and ZTE. Authorities had mulled the prospect of a merger when the two were struggling in 2007, but abandoned plans when both firms started seeing black. Officials [...]
China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said it is interested in selling Apple’s iPad tablet computer in China. The company is also in discussions with Apple about developing a next-generation iPhone that would run on TD-SCDMA – the home-grown 3G mobile standard being used by China Mobile – the company’s chairman Wang [...]
Mobile telecom giant Ericsson announced plans yesterday to deepen cooperation with its Chinese counterpart Datang to develop TD-LTE technology for next-generation mobile networks. TD-LTE is the basis for products like WiMax, and is favored by China Mobile, Russian telecom operator Svyazinvest and Qualcomm. The new agreement will combine Ericsson’s leading position in mobile network gear [...]
China’s 3G users increased to 16.06 million in February, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network reported 6.86 million users in February; China Telecom reported 5.14 million users of its CDMA2000 service; and China Unicom’s WCDMA subscriber base expanded to 4.06 million. No data was given [...]
Alcatel-Lucent said it has been selected, together with Datang Mobile, to deploy mobile networks for China Mobile in 11 Chinese provinces. The group will launch China Mobile’s phase three mobile networks running on TD-SCDMA, China’s homegrown third generation mobile standard. In a public statement, Alcatel-Lucent said, “With this win, the consortium expands its market footprint [...]
Motorola announced that it has signed a one-year US$310 million deal with China Mobile to provide telecommunications products and services. China Mobile will use Motorola’s products to develop infrastructure for existing second-generation (2G) networks using GSM, GPRS and EDGE technologies. Additional equipment and services are intended to smooth the transition between 2G and 3G networks. [...]
China Mobile announced plans to invest 31 billion yuan in Shanghai over the next three years. The telecom firm will help Shanghai improve its telecommunications infrastructure for the upcoming Shanghai Expo 2010 and assist the city in meeting its goal of becoming China’s official global financial center. Investments will include the deployment of 100,000 wireless [...]
China Mobile on Monday called for a third round of tenders for third generation (3G) telecom equipment worth US$1.3 billion. The third round of bids calls for 39,000 base stations operating on homegrown 3G technology TD-SCDMA in about 290 prefecture-level cities. This construction could bring TD-SCDMA, widely seen as the least mature of the three [...]
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that China will discontinue its wireless personal handphone system (PHS) system to make room for the TD-SCDMA third-generation wireless service. Introduced in 1998, the PHS system, known as Xiaolingtong, was designed as a low-cost alternative to other mobile technologies provided by China Mobile and China Unicom. [...]
China on Thursday announced 15 new policies meant to support its homegrown third generation (3G) mobile technology standard TD-SCDMA. The measures, announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), will benefit the world’s largest mobile network operator, China Mobile, which received a TD-SCDMA license earlier this month. Key among the measures was the [...]
