China Mobile Targets 400,000 TD-SCDMA Subs by Year-end
The Beijing News, 9/17/08
China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) insiders have revealed that the company's headquarters insists on reaching a total of 260,000 TD-SCDMA users across the current 10 trial cities before the close of the Special Olympics on September 20. Headquarters is also on the verge of issuing orders detailing a second-stage mission to expand the network to 400,000 users by the end of the year.
Editor's Note: China Mobile president Wang Jianzhou said at China Mobile's mid-year earnings report conference on August 27 that China Mobile had 104,000 TD-SCDMA trial users, plus an additional 60,000 users from Olympic trials and 11,000 from commercial trials. For more background on this topic, please see "China Mobile TD-SCDMA Trial Users Reach 104,000", MD 8/28/08 issue.
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