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Homegrown 3G standard gears up
www.chinanews.cn 2005-10-22 17:01:55
(Source: China Daily)
(Photo: thebeijingnews.com)
BEIJING, Oct. 22 - Mobile phones based on the Chinese home-grown 3G
(third generation) mobile communications standard, TD-SCDMA, are expected
to be commercialized by the end of next year, a major industry figure
said.
There were some breakthroughs in the development of TD-SCDMA mobile
phones in the past year, according to Yang Hua, secretary-general of
TD-SCDMA Industrial Alliance.
Yet, commercialization of such mobile phones is still lagging behind the
commercialization of network equipment.
"A year ago, we only saw 'samples' of such mobile phones," said Yang.
But at the ongoing PT/Expo Comm China 2005, a major telecoms show, 14
mobile phone makers including Samsung are displaying such mobile phone
models, an indication that the commercialization of TD-SCDMA mobile
phones is picking up speed, he said.
Mobile phone and chip makers need to make substantial efforts to improve
their TD-SCDMA phones, in areas such as stand-by time, Yang noted.
The development of the phones themselves is crucial to the success of 3G
telephony.
In comparison, TD-SCDMA network equipment is already for commercial
roll-out.
TD Tech Ltd, a joint venture between Siemens and Huawei, has already
launched a full set of commercial TD-SCDMA network products and displayed
them at the PT/Expo Comm China 2005.
Yang expected more and more commercial TD-SCDMA network equipment to be
launched on a large scale.
TD Tech Chief Executive Officer Steven Yeo said TD-SCDMA will be a great
success as the development of chips and mobile phones is catching up
rapidly, and the recently opened Open-Lab of TD Tech, which enables
mobile phone makers to test TD-SCDMA handsets, is speeding up the
development and maturity of the phones.
"The homegrown standard will create a big opportunity for China's
telecoms industry due to the technical advantages of the standard itself
as well as strong backing from the government," he said.
"We must ensure the standard success in China, and then we will be able
to promote the standard worldwide."
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