Joint 3G test network to be built
5/4/2004 15:23
Four telecom giants from Beijing and Shanghai will jointly build a
test network for TD-SCDMA, the China-developed third-generation telecom
standard.
China Putian Corporation, ZTE Corp., Datang Telecom Technology and
Industry Group and Nortel Networks (China) Limited signed the cooperation
agreement over the weekend in Shanghai, today's Sina.com reported.
According
to the report, the network will provide a telecom environment to test 3G
technologies and enable resource sharing among China's TD-SCDMA Industry Union
members, including the four companies involved in the cooperation.
As
planned, Datang, developer of the homegrown 3G standard Time Division -
Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access, will cooperate with ZTE to build a
network for TD-SCDMAMTNET, a core net for the TD-SCDMA technology, in
Shanghai.
And it will join hands with China Putian and Nortel to build the
same network in Beijing.
Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
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