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China Mobile reports 320,000 TD-SCDMA “Friendly Users”

  • November 28th, 2008
  • 8:19 am

China Mobile has recorded more than 320,000 TD-SCDMA “Friendly Users”, among whom 15,000 use TD-HSDPA data cards. Presently, there are 45 TD-SCDMA handset and data card models available in the market.

Nokia to roll out its first TD-SCDMA handset for China

  • November 18th, 2008
  • 12:38 pm

Nokia is planning to roll out a mobile phone based on China’s home grown 3G (third-generation) technology standard, TD-SCDMA, in tandem with service provider China Mobile. According to the Chairman and CEO of China Mobile, Nokia’s handset will be launched “very soon”. The handset which is set to rollout with China Mobile, is the Nokia’s first based on TD-SCDMA technology. It is anticipated that  Motorola and other companies will also launch TD-SCDMA-based handsets to increase competition in the market.

Datang to grab major share of China Mobile TD-SCDMA orders (China)

  • October 31st, 2008
  • 5:31 am

Datang Mobile is anticipated to win the largest share of China Mobile’s contracts to build TD-SCDMA networks in 28 cities, media reported. ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies are also eyeing significant contracts. More than 10 companies have joined the race for tender.

China Mobile persists expansion in its GSM network (China)

  • October 20th, 2008
  • 5:00 am

China Mobile will continue to expand its GSM network, Zhou Jianming, General Manager for the mobile telecom carrier’s technology department, revealed. Zhou further explained, the company is continuously building TD-SCDMA networks, it does not shift the 2G to 3G quickly. Presently, the business volume of GSM is growing at a fast pace. Thus, it is necessary to expand 2G networks to meet users’ demands. China Mobile prepares to spend CNY 70 billion on GSM network building and upgrading this year, including CNY 20 billion in the first six months and CNY 50 billion in H2.

It has been forecasted that China Mobile would have a robust performance in the third quarter of 2008, seeking a year-on-year 42% rise in net profits. With the decrease in roaming charges and new entrants in mobile market a drop in ARPU from CNY 89 a year ago to CNY 83 is speculated.

NSN augments its current strength for TD-SCDMA in China

  • October 14th, 2008
  • 9:57 am

In order to meet the need of the upcoming increase in TD-SCDMA deployments in China, Nokia Siemens Network is going to increase its current strength. Recently, Nokia Siemens Networks has acquired official approval for deployment of its TD-SCDMA equipment from the Chinese ministry of industry and information technology.

China Mobile to launch 3G services by June’09 (China)

  • August 27th, 2008
  • 11:44 am

China Mobile has announced the launch of it’s home-grown 3G services in China’s 38 cities by June 2009. The mobile operator has invested 15 billion yuan ($2.19 billion) for it’s TD-SCDMA networks to be operated in 10 cities and will further extend the coverage to another 28 cities in the second phase.
   

China Mobile gets a green signal for nationwide TD-SCDMA expansion (China)

  • August 20th, 2008
  • 11:33 am

China Mobile has got a thumbs up by the Chinese government in order to build a nationwide commercial trial network based on TD-SCDMA technology, the local 3G standard.

According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology China Mobile has received approval to expand the network, currently operational in select cities, to national coverage. But no time frame for the start of expansion was mentioned.

A spokesman for the operator confirmed the development, but said this does not mean the government has issued it a 3G licence.

   

TD-SCDMA network in 28 cities (China)

  • August 4th, 2008
  • 1:32 pm

After the Beijing Olympics, China Mobile has got the approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to start the second phase of construction of its TD-SCDMA network in 28 cities. Among the 28 cities, 10 cities are not provincial capital where the first stage construction took place. The total investment in the network has reached $4.38 billion according to a Media report.

TD-SCDMA, a new technology for China Mobile subscribers (China)

  • July 16th, 2008
  • 8:40 am

China Mobile has become the very first operator to secure the membership of the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance (TDIA), as reported by Xinhua news agency.According to the reports last month, China’s Ministry of Information and Industry (MII) ordered China Mobile to sign-up more than 100 million subscribers to its TD-SCDMA services in the next three years. TD-SCDMA technology, a homegrown mobile standard that may be used as a commercial 3G technology once national licenses are allocated, will be tested by China Mobile across eight cities where TD-SCDMA networks will be deployed during the Beijing Olympic Games this August. TD-SCDMA is a rival 3G technology to globally deployed commercial standards W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to improve the sales of the device both before and during olympics, China Mobile intends to subsidise TD-SCDMA handsets, notes Digitimes. Sources of Digitimes state, that the operator will subsidise purchase of the handsets by US$146-219 (1,000-1,500 yuan) each, nearly 60% of the total price and China Mobile will able to “absorb” the cost of a few TD-SCDMA services during the Olympics. According to the reports, the operator placed an initial order of 60,000 handsets, and has recently finished a second procurement of 200,000 units. A third order of 40,000 handsets, incorporating China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting technology for mobile TV services, is reported to be planned.

TD-SCDMA - a new goal for mobile linux in china

  • July 3rd, 2008
  • 6:14 am

In contrast with the leadership of Symbian and the potent growth of Windows Mobile, mobile Linux witnessed a diminution in 2007, which lend to Motorola’s poor market performance. Chinese handset vendors like ZTE, Hair, and TCL  has been adopted mobile Linux with low non-recurring engineering (NRE) and royalty fees.
However, the miss of applicable third-party applications and the immaturity of its ecosystem negatively wallop growth. In addition, our consumer survey shows that Chinese consumers attach high importance to the OS when purchasing smartphones, and when compared with Symbian and Windows Mobile, mobile Linux has the least name recognition in China, which further impacts growth.

On the flip side, Google’s Linux-based Android, TD-SCDMA, and mobile Linux’s open-source features will be big drivers to mobile Linux in China.
We prognosis that in 2012 total shipments of mobile Linux smartphones in China will reach 8.4 million.
This report first analyzes China’s smartphone market, including market size, players, and market share by vendor and by OS. Then it describes the intact value chain of mobile Linux including structure, business model, and profile of key players. This report includes the advantages/disadvantages of mobile Linux and market drivers and barriers. Finally, it presents a forecast of shipments for the mobile Linux smartphone in China from 2008 to 2012.