Articles tagged with: M1 and CDMA
China Telecom Offers Free Mobile Internet Access as Prepares for 3G Launch
China Telecom, which recently took over the CDMA network formerly owned by China Unicom has started offering free mobile internet access as it prepares to roll out its 3G network upgrade in the capital city. The South China Morning Post reported that new subscribers will get between 20 and 50 megabytes of free internet usage per month, depending on their tariff. more
Related Tags: 3g, china-unicom, itu, china-telecom, mobile-internet, free-mobile, China
Five Firms Win Multi-Billion Dollar Chinese 3G Tender
Huawei, Motorola and Ericsson are reported to have been the biggest winners in the latest WCDMA infrastructure tender from China Unicom, industry sources have told the South China Morning Post. The firm believed to have issued a tender to cover 55 cities in 30 provinces - the first stage in a rollout to cover 282 cities with a total CAPEX of around US$11 billion during 2009. more
Related Tags: nokia, motorola, china-unicom, wcdma, huawei, zte, capex, china-mobile, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, siemens
China Mobile Close to Launching 3G "Google Phone"
China Mobile is reported to be nearing a launch of a smartphone based on the Google backed, Android operating system - a source close the matter told the South China Morning Post. The handset, codenamed the OPhone will also run on China Mobile's new TD-SCDMA 3G network. more
Related Tags: android, google, smartphone, china-mobile, td-scdma, lenovo, operating-system, ophone, China
Chinese 3G Investment to Top $29 Billion
The Chinese government expects that the country's three mobile phone networks will spend at least 200 billion yuan (US$29 billion) on its 3G networks as soon as the licenses are formally awarded - although this is lower than had been expected by some analysts. more
Related Tags: zte, china-mobile, td-scdma, ccid-consulting, China
China May Delay 3G License Awards - Again
China's government is reported to be considering another delay in offering 3G licenses, partly to give more time for the home grown TD-SCDMA technology to iron out problems, and partly for economic reasons. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, china-mobile, china-telecom, td-scdma, battery, td-lte, infrastructure-sharing, China
China Should Adopt Technology Neutrality for 3G Services
Talking about the development of 3G services in China, Qualcomm's President for Greater China, Frank Meng Pu has said in an interview that there should be scope for additional platforms in the country "based on the principle of technology neutrality" which encourages market competition to drive 3G development. more
Related Tags: base-station, china-unicom, wcdma, qualcomm, driving, china-mobile, china-telecom, td-scdma, compete, ev-do, towers, China
China to Allocate Additional Spectrum to 3G Networks
It has been reported that China is planning to allocate additional radio spectrum to the homegrown 3G service, by taking it from the low-cost XiaoLingTong local area wireless service. Xie Feipo, from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the ministry had asked fixed-line operators to return the PHS radio spectrum so it could be reassigned to the TD-SCDMA network. more
Related Tags: roaming, china-unicom, zte, china-mobile, china-telecom, td-scdma, rcom, utstarcom, china-netcom, radio-spectrum, landline, netcom, miit, China
