Guangdong Mobile TD-SCDMA users increased to
120,000
Guangdong Province has 14,000
TD-SCDMA users. And Guangdong Mobile plans to expand the users to
120,000. 4200 TD-SCDMA base stations are mainly located in Guangzhou,
Shenzhen, and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway and highway, and the
amound will increase to around 5,200. |
| Round 2 TD-SCDMA terminal deliveries delayed
to end of July
China-CBN news, TD-SCDMA terminal delivery is delayed to the end
of this month. At the same time, according to news from China
Mobile, due to time constraints, TD-SCDMA / CMMB terminal may
not be able to serve the Olympics Games,
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3G license released by year-end
At
a recent press conference on Olympic communications and security,
Xi Guohua, Vice Minister of MIIT, said that the 3G licenses will
be issued after the operator restructuring, which may take about
six months. This also means that the first 3G licenses may be issued
by the end of this year or early next year. This is the first official
timetable of 3G license. |
TD-SCDMA entered into Europe Market
Chinese telecoms vendor Potevio has teamed up with Italy's Mywave
Electronics to build a trial TD-SCDMA mobile phone network in
Italy. Potevio will provide TD-SCDMA equipment to Mywave to build
a trial network dedicated to serve corporate users. |
Qualcomm and Nokia royalties fight ended in
reconciliation
Nokia and Qualcomm suddenly agreed to settle their legal battles
over intellectual property and royalties. The accord will have wide-ranging
implications for both companies and the future of the mobile sector.
The two sides said they have agreed to drop all legal complaints
against each other in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The companies
also struck a 15-year licensing deal that gives Nokia rights to
a wide portfolio of Qualcomm patents, covering a wide range of different-generation
mobile-phone standards. Nokia will pay Qualcomm an up-front sum
and ongoing royalties, but the companies did not elaborate on terms.
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Zou Dongqi, Director of Department
of EMC test, China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL)
The test results released by CTTL indicate that TD-SCDMA base
station¡¯s radiation resistance is 10dB-20dB lower than that of
GSM base station under the same conditions. All tests were conducted
under full power. But in reality, the radiation will be even lower.
Zhou Shuangyang, Senior Engineering of China
Netcom
Low radiation is an inherent advantage of TD-SCDMA base station.
Under the same condition, Compared to other communication systems
under the same condition, TD-SCDMA radiation should be lower by
10dB at least, so TD-SCDMA is more environment friendly than other
systems.
Li Xinze, General Manager of Marketing Department
from Guangdong Mobile
TD-SCDMA internet access data rate is as high as 1.55Mbps, as
recently tested by Guangdong Mobile and Huawei. Guangdong users
are expected to experience this high speed by next month. Within
this year, TD-SCDMA will provide 2.8Mbps for internet access£®
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Nokia Chinese JV to Build 3G TD-SCDMA Network
in Italy
cellular-news
Chinese telecoms vendor, Potevio has teamed up with Italy's Mywave
Electronics to build a trial 3G network in Italy based on the
Chinese developed TD-SCDMA standard. The official China Daily
newspaper reported that the deal was signed last week and is for
a trial network dedicated to serving corporate users.
Potevio is the brand name of a joint venture between Nokia (49%)
and China Putian (51%) and was created in Oct 2005 to develop
both TD-SCDMA and WCDMA network equipment.
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Ericsson Wins HSPA Contract in Japan
cellular-news
Ericsson has signed a frame agreement with a leading Japanese operator,
Softbank Mobile, to expand and upgrade its HSPA (High Speed Packet
Access) network. With this contract, Ericsson will expand its business
with Softbank by providing enhanced HSPA on new and existing base
stations in the high traffic areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
The deal also includes an extension of the Ericsson circuit and
packet switched networks, a field maintenance service and a full
turnkey service for the rollout of new base stations. No financial
details were provided. |
US investors team up to bid for Huawei unit
Reuters
US private equity firms Silver Lake and Providence Equity Partners
have teamed up to bid for a stake in a unit of China's Huawei Technologies,
a Reuters report said. The Reuters report, citing sources involved
in the process, also said the deal could fetch more than $2 billion.
If priced at more than $2 billion, a Huawei deal would be the fifth
largest cross-border inbound deal in China on record, and the largest
so far this year, according to Thomson Reuters data. It would be
the second largest private equity deal in China ever, after ICBC's
acquisition by an investor group comprising Goldman Sachs, Allianz
and American Express. |
China Telecom mulls multi-billion domestic
bond issue
telecomasia.net
China Telecom plans to issue up to 50 billion yuan ($7.3 billion)
worth of bonds in the domestic market for business development,
a Reuters report said.
The bonds would have a maturity of up to 10 years, China Telecom
said in a statement.
The company will hold an extraordinary general meeting on September
5 in Beijing to seek shareholders' approval for a general mandate
to issue up to 80 billion yuan ($11.7 billion) worth of debentures,
including the 50 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) bond issue, from a
previously approved 60 billion yuan ($8.7 billion). |
ZTE's shares leap as investors anticipate
3G buying spree
telecomasia.net
Shares in ZTE rose over 9% as speculation grew that the country
will soon allow carriers to begin building high-speed 3G networks,
a Reuters report said.
Beijing in May unveiled a masterplan to remould its telecoms industry
into three giant players and enable the construction of 3G networks,
a spending boon for ZTE and other equipment manufacturers such
as Huawei, the Reuters report said.
Other newspapers said China Telecom was about to expand a newly
acquired CDMA network, a move Goldman Sachs reckoned could result
in up to 4.2 billion yuan ($616 million) in contracts for ZTE
in 2008.
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