December 24, 2005
China starts building 3G trials
China has begun building large-scale trial networks based on a home-grown third-generation mobile telephone standard, writes The Australian.
Construction of the networks in Shanghai and other cities is the strongest evidence yet of China's determination to create a central role for the TD-SCDMA standard as part of its 3G rollout. The Shanghai trial involves two core networks and 16 "base stations" that cover commercial districts, development zones and residential neighbourhoods.
"They started with Shanghai and are also drawing up plans for other cities," said a source. "The trial networks will be progressively expanded to a pretty big scale."
A telecoms consultancy, said by introducing TD-SCDMA, Beijing hoped to give China Telecom an edge over domestic rivals that use foreign-backed standards, and to support local equipment providers.
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