Released on = March 9, 2007, 2:01 am

Press Release Author = Shushmul Maheshwari

Industry = Telecommunications

Press Release Summary = China is working hard on its plans to expand its homegrown
3G technology. To popularize its 'own' 3G technology, China has included 5 more
cities to the trial phase.

Press Release Body = Cellular News on February 12, 2007 reported Wang Lijian,
Spokesperson, the Ministry of Information Industry, saying that China has taken its
trial networks for a homegrown 3G mobile phone technology to five more cities,
increasing the total number of cities that are testing the technology to ten.

Wang reported the testing for TDSCMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division
Multiple Access) would take place in Tianjin and Qinhuangdao in the east, Shenzhen
and Guangzhou in the south and Shenyang in northeast. Shanghai, Beijing, northern
city of Baoding, southern city of Xiamen and eastern coastal city of Qingdao are
already under the trial phase of TDSCDMA. It is reported that China started to
include more end-users in the tests in these five cities in early November 2006.

The ratification that the TDSCMA tests are being taken to next stage comes after
local media reported China Mobile's parent company, China Mobile Communications, is
planning to roll out 3G services before October 2007 end. This state-owned
enterprise will invest over $1.9 Billion (15 Billion Yuan) to construct its TDSCMA
network in 2007.

China is supposed to be waiting for its locally developed TDSCMA technology to pick
pace before opening up its 3G market to overseas players. The China government
earlier restated that China will issue 3G licenses for operations slated to be
launched by the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

According to RNCOS report, "China Telecom Sector Analysis (2006-2007)", the
landscape of 3G is gradually becoming cleared in China. Features of 3G mobiles are
extremely beneficial for manufacturers, carriers, and end-users. Moreover, 3G ranks
over the 2G in terms of cost. The cost of 3G services is half of 2G and the price of
3G-enabled mobile handset is just 120% of 2G. With the betterment of network
construction, an increased number of 3G subscribers will be able to get access to
the market, and in around next 5-6 years, the fraction of 3G subscribers in China
will become 40%.

The research report also discusses the emerging technologies, factors affecting the
expansion of these technologies, strategies adopted by key players, and future
outlook of the China telecom market.


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