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  • China to build 3G TD-SCDMA test network by year-end

    08.31.2005, 04:11 AM

    BEIJING (AFX) - The TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance will build a proxy third generation TD-SCDMA network - China's homegrown standard for 3G wireless telecommunications technology - by the end of year for trial 3G operations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

    Citing Yang Hua, secretary-general of the government-backed alliance, Xinhua said the test network will be quickly converted into a trial commercial network after mobile operators receive 3G licenses, which will enable the home-grown standard to become the first 3G technology for commercial use.

    Yang said the test network can readily be converted to commercial use.

    Xinhua also quoted Hu Jian, TD-SCDMA product general manager of ZTE Corp (SZA 000063) - the main builder of the network - as saying ZTE is prepared to set up the test network in Shanghai where a few dozen base stations have already been erected.

    Hu said ZTE will build another five or six base stations for the test network in Shanghai soon, which will cover 10 sq km, adding that another three builders including China Putian Corp are also preparing to build such a network in Beijing.

    Che Lingfang, a media official with the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, told XFN-Asia in June that China will start commercial field tests of TD-SCDMA in the second half of this year, with the tests to last three to five months.

    The alliance, which represents China's six system developers, 14 terminal producers and four chipset producers, said TD-SCDMA technology can transmit live TV, streaming video and video conferencing through mobile networks.

    Earlier state media reports said that TD-SCDMA did not perform well in a technical trial and triggered rumors that Beijing would delay licensing until its TD-SCDMA standards are as problem-free as foreign rivals -- WCDMA and CDMA2000.

    Beijing's pledge to have 3G deployed by 2008 requires licensing no later than mid-2006, ABN AMRO said earlier.

    The government has been waiting for TD-SCDMA to mature before issuing 3G licenses.
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