Nokia to ship phones based on China's 3G standard
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia is getting ready to ship mobile phones based on China's homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile standard. The company plans to ship handsets based on TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code division multiple access) early next year, said Thomas JÃ¶nsson, a spokesman for Nokia China. "We want to be there when the market is ready, and we think it will be ready during the first half of 2008," he said. JÃ¶nsson declined to discuss Nokia's TD-SCDMA handset plans in detail, including the number of handset models the company plans to make available. China does not currently permitÂ operators to offer 3G services. Equipment and handset makers have been waiting for Chinese regulators to issue 3G licenses, but officials have held off, giving TD-SCDMA's backers time to further develop the technology. With increasing signs that TD-SCDMA is ready for commercial services -- and a public commitment to make 3G services available during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing -- China appears close to issuing the long-awaited licenses. Since only China has announced plans to use TD-SCDMA for 3G services, Nokia handsets based on the technology are unlikely to be sold outside the country. China is one of Nokia's most important markets. Out of 347 million handsets sold by Nokia in 2006, 51 million of those went to customers in Greater China, a region that includes China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, JÃ¶nsson said. Counting revenue from both handsets and mobile infrastructure equipment, Greater China accounted for 13 percent of Nokia's total revenue, he said.
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InfoWorld - Operators in India and China are waiting for government approval to roll out 3G (third-generation) mobile services based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), according to an industry group that backs the technology.
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(InfoWorld) - Operators in India and China are waiting for government approval to roll out 3G (third-generation) mobile services based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), according to an industry group that backs the technology. In China, mobile operators and equipment makers have longÂ waited for the government to issue licensesÂ for 3G services. In the meantime, operators such as China Mobile Communications (China Mobile) have built trial 3G networks to prepare for the eventual rollout of commercial services, widely expected before Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics. The country's second-largest mobile operator, China United Telecommunications Co. (China Unicom), which now operates a CDMA2000-1X network, is ready to roll out services based on CDMA2000-1X EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized), which offers much faster data speeds than its current network. "China Unicom is ready to launch that network," said James Person, chief operating officer of the CDMA Development Group, an industry group that promotes CDMA technology. The only factor holding them back is government approval for 3G licenses, he said. Indian operators Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices are also waiting for the go ahead to roll out 3G services based on EV-DO, Person said. Approval from India's Department of Telecommunications could come as soon as next month, he said. Indian licenses for 3G services have been held up by issues related to how the radio spectrum is allocated, said Kunal Bajaj, director of telecommunication consulting company BDA Connect (India), in Delhi. While Indian government ministers have been meeting to discuss how to resolve the impasse, so far been no decision has been reached on 3G licenses. However, some observers expect a decision to be made this quarter, but not necessarily this month. "The expectation is that March may be a more reasonable time frame," Bajaj said. When China's Ministry of Information Industry will issue 3G licenses is also not clear. The government has not issued a timeline for when it expects to issue the license, leading observers to speculate the licenses will come when China's homegrown 3G technology -- TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous CDMA), which is now in testing -- is ready for commercial deployment.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world&#039;s  largest mobile phone maker, said it would stop making phones  using the CDMA standard and had scrapped plans to produce them  with Japan&#039;s Sanyo Electric Co. (6764.T).
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SHENZHEN, China  - Waiting for a friend in Shenzhen's plush Kingglory Plaza, Chen Jing, 25, admires her new red Nokia mobile phone. Complete with 3G and MP3 features, the phone cost just over 3,000 yuan ($400) -- Chen's entire monthly wage.
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China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.
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