Background and Significance of the Summit

　　In year 2005, TD-SCDMA has become more and more concerned globally. With the maturity of the industry chain and the shaping of multiple supplier environment, the technical aspects of TD-SCDMA has been made perfect gradually and this results in the emergence of its market advantages. The international cooperation in this field has also been enhanced. Additional investment on TD-SCDMA has been poured in continuously by more and more world-renowned vendors and most of R&D vendors also initiate their preparation in the standalone deployment of TD-SCDMA network. According to the timetable generally accepted by the industry, TD-SCDMA industry will realize its commercialization in year 2005. As a result, TD-SCDMA has already become an eyeball of the global telecommunications industry.

　　At this crucial moment in the development of the whole industry and the eve before the issuance of 3G licenses, 2005 International TD-SCDMA Summit, which is jointly held by TD-SCDMA Forum and TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance with the assistance of China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - is of great significance. This milestone event will have far-reaching influence upon the development of TD-SCDMA and will go down to the history of TD-SCDMA development.

　　2005 International TD-SCDMA Summit will carry forward the concept of the previous summits, which is “high-level, professional and authoritative” and the topic of this summit is "The Outstanding 3G Standard, The Global TD-SCDMA —Promoting the Commercialization Process of TD-SCDMA Comprehensively！". In-depth discussion will be held on a variety of topics including TD-SCDMA technology and its operational advantages, developments in TD-SCDMA R&D, field tests, special applications, business operations, industry policy, TD industry financing and issuance of 3G/TDD licenses. The host will arrange different symposiums within the summit varying from major forum and sub forum to subject presentation, exhibition and interactive discussion. The goal of the summit is to analyze the latest achievements and future trend of global TD-SCDMA and 3G technologies penetratingly, accurately, timely and in all perspectives, display the achievements and to provide an all-round and multi-level communication channel for our guests.

　　In addition, the form of 2005 International TD-SCDMA Summit will differ from that of the previous ones, which were simply the introduction and promotion of technologies. The host of the summit will disclose the staged achievement in the process of 3G testing. In addition, the host also wants to take this opportunity to propagandize that the TD-SCDMA industry has already stepped into a mature period and presents the government the fact that TD-SCDMA industry is developing healthily and rapidly and has already become more mature. This will further increase the government’s confidence in TD-SCDMA industry. On the basis of this more explicit understanding, the government can strengthen its support to the industry and dedicate to make the industry policy clearer.

• High Starting-point: This summit will be a large-scale press conference of the latest TD-SCDMA achievements and an exhibition of the latest products in the industry chain.

• High-profile: The level of the guests of this summit is higher than that of any previous ones. The host of this summit will invite ministerial level officials or higher level from TD-SCDMA relevant ministries to show the attitude and dedication of the government in supporting the TD-SCDMA industry. The host organization will also invite authoritative scholars from relevant fields to analyze this industry from different aspects like the macropolicy of the industry, its influence on the national economy, its improvement to the employment, etc. All these efforts are for more concern to the TD-SCDMA industry from the public.

• High-quality: This summit is a three-dimensional, multi-layered and all-directional conference focusing on TD-SCDMA. It displays the achievements of different sectors in the mature industry chain, discloses the important testing results, and promotes the interactivity of the attendees comprehensively.

• Highly Convergence: This summit advocates the philosophy of “weaken competition and encourage co-opetition”. It will dedicate to display different advantages of TD-SCDMA standard while accepting the other two 3G standards. It will also provide explicit references for the operators and customers by respecting the objective reality and positively advocate TD-SCDMA.