Li Yizhong, minister of industry and information technology, said at the press conference recently held by the State Council Information Office that China will issue third generation mobile telecommunication licenses at the end of this year or early next year.
The license of the home-grown 3G mobile telecommunications standard, TD-SCDMA, will be granted to China Mobile, while the newly-established China Unicom will get the WCDMA license and China Telecom will be granted the CDMA2000 license. The latter two technologies are the “European standard" and" American standard," respectively.
Reporters learned that China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have all made adequate preparations through increasing investments and strengthening technological innovation. It is expected that next year the investment into 3G will be at least 200 billion yuan, which will also be of great significance in tackling the financial crisis and boosting economic development.
By People's Daily Online
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