China Mobile Begins Phase-3 TD-SCDMA Network Construction
Communications World Weekly, 6/23/09
Based on reports from across the country, all of telecom operator China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) provincial subsidiaries are fully investing in third-phase TD-SCDMA network construction. Jiangsu Mobile and Hunan Mobile, both of which have already completed earlier, second-phase construction, estimate their regional TD-SCDMA third-phase work will be complete by October 2009. Phase-2 deployment was completed ahead of schedule in 28 cities and is essentially ready for commercial use. A China Mobile technician said that TD-SCDMA equipment has advanced since then, and Phase-3 TD-SCDMA hardware can support LTE.
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