Telco calls for quicker 4G adoption
By Jane Feng |
October 27, 2011, Thursday
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CHINA is ready to launch a new fourth-generation mobile network, and China Mobile has urged the country's telecommunications regulator to quickly approve commercial operations for the network so that China will not lag behind other countries.
"China is the first country to promote the network, but we haven't started commercial use yet," Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, said yesterday in Geneva. "We will lag behind if we don't hurry."
The telco's 4G mobile network, known as TD-LTE (Time Division-Long-term Evolution), is able to offer mobile devices download speed of more than 100 megabits per second, 10 times what the current 3G network can offer.
Wang said that Softbank Mobile, the third-largest mobile network operator in Japan, will start commercial 4G services in Japan in November. Other operators, including UK's Vodafone and United States-based AT&T, are also pushing forward with 4G development.
"The technology is no longer a problem," Wang said. "The key problem is the spectrum. The government should specify the spectrum available for the network."
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology yesterday said the first trial of the 4G network in six cities was a "success," but the technology is still three phases away from a full-scale commercial use in the country.
China Mobile was approved by the ministry in December for a technical trial of its 4G TD-LTE network in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen.
The trial has "driven the technology forward" and helped establish a "complete production chain" that's attracting equipment makers from overseas, providing a good foundation for nationwide adoption of the technology, said Chen Jiachun, vice director of the ministry's telecom development department.
"China is the first country to promote the network, but we haven't started commercial use yet," Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, said yesterday in Geneva. "We will lag behind if we don't hurry."
The telco's 4G mobile network, known as TD-LTE (Time Division-Long-term Evolution), is able to offer mobile devices download speed of more than 100 megabits per second, 10 times what the current 3G network can offer.
Wang said that Softbank Mobile, the third-largest mobile network operator in Japan, will start commercial 4G services in Japan in November. Other operators, including UK's Vodafone and United States-based AT&T, are also pushing forward with 4G development.
"The technology is no longer a problem," Wang said. "The key problem is the spectrum. The government should specify the spectrum available for the network."
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology yesterday said the first trial of the 4G network in six cities was a "success," but the technology is still three phases away from a full-scale commercial use in the country.
China Mobile was approved by the ministry in December for a technical trial of its 4G TD-LTE network in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen.
The trial has "driven the technology forward" and helped establish a "complete production chain" that's attracting equipment makers from overseas, providing a good foundation for nationwide adoption of the technology, said Chen Jiachun, vice director of the ministry's telecom development department.
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