Handsets to support 4G service due next year
By Zhu Shenshen |
July 6, 2012, Friday
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MORE than 10 models of handsets supporting home-grown 4G technology will make their debut next year and by 2014 there will be more than 100 available on the domestic market, China Mobile said yesterday.
The handsets will include models made by ZTE, Huawei and probably Apple, according to China Mobile.
They will support the China-developed TD-LTE (time division-long term evolution) technology, a 4G technology to be adopted by the company, the world's biggest mobile carrier with more than 700 million users.
The lack of handset models is a bottleneck in 4G's development, Li Zhengmao, China Mobile's vice president, said.
"But the TD-LTE industry chain has become mature and it will have enough models within one or two years," Li said.
Users of 4G will be able to access the Internet through mobile devices about 10 to 20 times faster than current 3G technology.
China Mobile is currently testing its 4G network in 13 cities across the country, including Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou.
Apple will probably launch an iPhone that supports TD-LTE before 2014, Li said.
ZTE is launching a TD-LTE phone by the end of this year with a 4.5-inch screen and dual-core chip, the Shenzhen-based firm said.
"The model is being used in the test in Guangdong Province," said a ZTE Shanghai official.
Qualcomm Inc, the world's No. 1 chip designer for mobile devices, also said recently that a TD-LTE chip for phones would "be completely ready" next year.
With enough 4G handset models, China Mobile will be able to compete with smaller rivals China Unicom and China Telecom in the high-end segment, according to analysts.
At present, China Mobile's 3G models using home-grown 3G technology are less popular than other carriers' models such as the iPhone, industry insiders said.
The first 4G mobile phone using TD-LTE technology is expected to debut in Shanghai in the first half of next year, when commercial use of 4G services will have begun, the company said last week.
The network will cover areas within the Inner Ring Road in Shanghai next year, according to Mao Weiliang, vice general manager of Shanghai Mobile's data services division.
The handsets will include models made by ZTE, Huawei and probably Apple, according to China Mobile.
They will support the China-developed TD-LTE (time division-long term evolution) technology, a 4G technology to be adopted by the company, the world's biggest mobile carrier with more than 700 million users.
The lack of handset models is a bottleneck in 4G's development, Li Zhengmao, China Mobile's vice president, said.
"But the TD-LTE industry chain has become mature and it will have enough models within one or two years," Li said.
Users of 4G will be able to access the Internet through mobile devices about 10 to 20 times faster than current 3G technology.
China Mobile is currently testing its 4G network in 13 cities across the country, including Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou.
Apple will probably launch an iPhone that supports TD-LTE before 2014, Li said.
ZTE is launching a TD-LTE phone by the end of this year with a 4.5-inch screen and dual-core chip, the Shenzhen-based firm said.
"The model is being used in the test in Guangdong Province," said a ZTE Shanghai official.
Qualcomm Inc, the world's No. 1 chip designer for mobile devices, also said recently that a TD-LTE chip for phones would "be completely ready" next year.
With enough 4G handset models, China Mobile will be able to compete with smaller rivals China Unicom and China Telecom in the high-end segment, according to analysts.
At present, China Mobile's 3G models using home-grown 3G technology are less popular than other carriers' models such as the iPhone, industry insiders said.
The first 4G mobile phone using TD-LTE technology is expected to debut in Shanghai in the first half of next year, when commercial use of 4G services will have begun, the company said last week.
The network will cover areas within the Inner Ring Road in Shanghai next year, according to Mao Weiliang, vice general manager of Shanghai Mobile's data services division.
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