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To: foundation who wrote (14590)	9/4/2001 8:58:04 AM
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China Market Could Support 4 Mobile Carriers; 3G Trials to Be Delayed By AFX News Limited , Sep 04 2001 China wants to focus on 2.5 G first... China's mobile phone market could sustain four licensed 3G mobile carriers, Chen Ruming, deputy director general of the Ministry of Information Industry's Radio Regulatory Bureau was quoted as saying in the Business Weekly. Although the MII has not yet decided which 3G standard it will adopt nor how many new licences it will issue, Chen, whose bureau is responsible for radio spectrum management, said having four carriers would improve competition and market efficiency. He said China will probably delay commercial trials of third generation mobile communications technology because of the problems experienced by foreign operators in European markets. China originally planned to launch trial operations of 3G technology later this year and start commercial trials in late 2002 and early 2003, the newspaper said. However, "as most foreign operators have found major problems in the application of 3G technology and have postponed their commercial operations, 3G commercial trials in China will also most probably be delayed," Chen said. The arrival of 2.5G, or GPRS, the bridge technology between 2G and 3G systems, will also help delay the launch, the newspaper said. Lu Xiangdong, deputy president of China Mobile, said the company will not transfer to 3G within the next three years and said 2G and 2.5G will still dominate the market. China Mobile, which has 70 pct of the mobile market, launched trial commercial operations for 2.5G several months ago. Chen said the government's decision on which 3G standard to adopt will be made "much later", adding: "We must be cautious as nobody can afford the result of an improper decision." He added that each of the three mainstream 3G standards, W-CDMA, developed by European companies, CDMA2000, developed by Qualcomm Inc, and TD-SCDMA, developed in China with Siemens AG, could satisfy different market demands. TD-SCDMA could supplement W-CDMA and CDMA2000 as its technology is said to be more efficient in using radio spectrum, he said. thefeature.com