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To: slacker711 who wrote (80060)	9/2/2008 7:32:41 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196634

Interesting if true, though something could have been lost in the translation. webwereld.nl China Mobile moves in on mobile broadband via TD-LTE Dinsdag 2 september 2008, 09:55 - China Mobile plans to start testing a mobile broadband system based on TD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution) technology, but a lack of chipsets stands in the way, the company's top executive said Tuesday. eKudos MSN Reporter NUjij.nl Symbaloo Geen reacties Door Dan Nystedt "We hope to start testing very soon," said Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile's chairman and CEO, on the sidelines of the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 exhibition in Bangkok. LTE technology is considered the next generation of wireless Internet technology, a possible successor to HSPA (high speed packet access) telecommunications technology and a potent rival for WiMax, the planned successor to Wi-Fi, commonly found today in places such as coffee shops and airports. TD-LTE uses China's TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) technology, which is the basis for China Mobile's 3G network (third generation mobile telecommunications). That 3G network is heading towards a commercial launch, likely late this year. China Mobile is working with the Vodafone Group and Verizon Wireless to test a combination of TD-LTE and the LTE-FDD (the Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) technology Vodafone and Verizon hope to roll out. The three companies announced a plan to work together in February. One reason they chose to combine efforts was to make both technologies less expensive by promoting their combination in chipsets and other components. Mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm and other companies are working on chipsets with TD-LTE and LTE-FDD on board, Wang said. The ability of chipsets to support both technologies will also allow greater roaming across countries using the different technologies in their networks. A Verizon subscriber, for example, wouldn't have to switch handsets if they visited China, if chipsets carried both technologies.

To: slacker711 who wrote (80060)	9/2/2008 9:27:19 AM
From: brian h	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196634

There are at least three points that China will quarantee to build out the long awaited 3G networks this time (within a year). 1. With China's "exporting" bubble, "real estate" bubble, and "stock market" bubble deflating, China gov. is almost quaranteed to push some infrastructure projects (including CDMA networks and/or WCDMA-GSM networks) to stimulate it own economy. 2. All merged China Telcomm. opeartors are public companies. They spent a premium to buy out or merge other China operators or their assets. They need to do something to justify shareholders' concern. 3. The world wide 3G networks trend already proved to be unstoppable. China operator/China gov. can no longer afford not to build up 3G networks to respond their business needs. China Telcomm's CDMA networks are quaranteed to build whether we call them 2G CDMA networks or unlicensed yet 3G CDMA networks. China Telcomm. has to replace their "Shiao Ling Dong" networks fast enough to prevent further client deflecting to China Mobile's or China Unicom's GSM networks when these operators kept cutting fees to lure China Telcomm's clients. The new China Unicomm. need to respond to shareholders by enhancing their GSM networks to compete with China Mobile's GSM networks and China Telcomm's CDMA networks if 3G lincenses continue to be delayed. They will be the first one to upgrade their GSM networks to WCDMA networks to differeniate themselves from China Telcomm's TD-SCDMA networks as soon as 3G licenses are issued. China Mobile are left to support TD-SCDMA networks under the reshuffle plan while making the most money from their GSM networks. They will have to respond to both China Unicom's WCDMA networks' and China Telcomm 3G CDMA networks' push if the 3G licenses are released. my 2 cents.