China to invest US$41 billion in 3G network in next two years
19/12/2008 16:39
China will invest 280 billion yuan (US$40.96 billion) in developing
third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications networks over the next two
years, said Li Yizhong, head of the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, in Beijing today.
He said the government will give "strong
support" to promote the self-developed TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code
Division Multiple Access) standard. Efforts will be made to enhance
industrialization of core chips, terminals and test equipment as well as to
expand network coverage.
3G networks handle faster data downloads, allowing
cell phone users to make video calls and watch TV programs.
The country's top
three telecom companies are expected to receive 3G licenses either this month or
at the beginning of next year. China Mobile will apply TD-SCDMA, while China
Unicom and China Telecom will use Europe's WCDMA and North America's CDMA 2000
respectively.
Xinhua
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