China & Japan likely to develop mobile network together

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The political leaders of China and Japan are likely to hold talks on developing 3G mobile telephone network jointly for the Chinese mobile market. Japan already uses 3G mobile standards, which allows smooth transmission of images and music files, while 2G technology still remains predominant in China.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is likely to meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday and President Hu Jintao on Thursday in Beijing.
According to Japanese industry ministry official a mobile phone system upgrade “is one of the subjects that they may discuss during the summit” but he added that no agreement was expected yet.
A local Japanese media report also said that Aso and Wen are expected to agree on jointly developing 3G and the more advanced 3.9G services, enabling quick transmission of video files, for the Chinese market.
The Japanese mobile phone manufacturers in China have been left behind in the race by rivals such as Finnish Nokia Corp. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., driven by incompatible of standards.
If the two countries join hands, according to a media report, will develop applications and content for the 3.9G services which Japan also plans to introduce next year.
With foreign firms dominating 70% of the Chinese mobile handset market, Beijing aims to encourage the technical prowess of home-grown companies through the alliance.
Whereas Japan hopes that the technological alliance will help Japanese firms make inroads into China’s heavily regulated telecoms sector.