Tuesday May 21 2013

Content about 4G

March 25, 2013
4G market set to ignite hot competition

Foreign companies vie for a slice of the potentially lucrative action.

Foreign telecom companies are keen to join China's fourth generation (4G) mobile network deployment with the country looking likely to issue the relevant licenses as early as this year.

Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei said the country is expected to award 4G licenses to domestic telecom operators by the end of 2013.

March 25, 2013
Evolving standards in telecommunications

Technologies are expected to link up, says Nokia Siemens China senior executive.

The number of the world's commercial Time-Division Long-Term Evolution 4G networks is very likely to catch up with those of commercial Frequency-Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution networks in three to five years, according to the president of Nokia Siemens Networks China.

Building a converged LTE 4G network, which supports both TD-LTE and FDD LTE telecommunication standards, has won a greater popularity among global telecom operators, said Markus Borchert.

March 21, 2013
China Telecom aims to recruit 30m new 3G Internet users

Profit falls from rising costs despite jump in number of subscribers.

China Telecom Corp Ltd said it has set a target of recruiting 30 million new 3G subscribers to its mobile service this year.

The telecom services provider, the third-largest in China, released its annual results on Wednesday. Its net profit fell 9.5 percent to 14.9 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) in 2012, compared with 16.5 billion in the previous year, while operating revenue grew 15.5 percent from 245 billion yuan in 2011 to 283 billion yuan last year.

February 27, 2013
4G network to lead the world

China Mobile set to deploy new system covering 500m people across country.

China Mobile Communications Corp, the parent company of the world's largest telecom carrier by subscriber, announced on Tuesday that it plans to deploy the world's biggest 4G LTE network in China this year, covering more than half a billion people, according to the company's chairman.

In a keynote speech at the Global TD-LTE Initiative summit in Barcelona, Xi Guohua said the homegrown TD-LTE technology is gaining in popularity across the globe as the industry matures.

December 19, 2012
Hong Kong launch site for dual-mode 4G network

China Mobile Hong Kong Co Ltd, the Hong Kong subsidiary of China Mobile Ltd, has announced the launch of a fourth-generation, or 4G, dual-mode network in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

China Mobile Hong Kong Co Ltd, the Hong Kong subsidiary of China Mobile Ltd, has announced the launch of a fourth-generation, or 4G, converged network in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

The mobile network will use both TD-LTE, or time-division long-term evolution, and FDD-LTE, or frequency division duplex long-term evolution, technologies. It is expected to provide experience that might prove useful in China Mobile's current large-scale trials of a 4G network on the Chinese mainland.

November 19, 2012
Preparing for a 4G network across China

A bus installed with professional testing equipment is driven slowly along the main roads in Qingdao’s Huangdao development zone.

A bus installed with professional testing equipment is driven slowly along the main roads in Qingdao’s Huangdao development zone. Engineers watch a screen in the center area of the vehicle, checking ever-changing numbers that reflect the status of a TD-LTE 4G trial network.

The average download rate is around 35 megabits per second, with the maximum rate sometimes reaching 95 mbps. When engineers open a popular TV drama on the Chinese video website Youku.com, there is almost no download waiting time and the picture quality is good.

September 28, 2012
China Mobile plans 3G market cooperation

Company to invest further in distribution.

China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile carrier by subscriber, plans to step up cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers and marketing partners, in the hope of improving performance in the domestic third generation (3G) telecommunications market.

September 26, 2012
Hutchison to start 4G service in UK next year

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's UK mobile-phone unit will start a faster fourth-generation network next year using spectrum from rival EE.

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's UK mobile-phone unit will start a faster fourth-generation network next year using spectrum from rival EE, reducing the company's need to buy expensive frequencies in an upcoming auction. 

September 3, 2012
Telecom sector's testing times

Opportunities arrive as 4G mobile standard is embraced.

China's deployment of third-generation wireless networks and its embrace of the fourth-generation mobile standard have not only created business opportunities for the world's telecoms equipment vendors but also for the test equipment makers, analysts said.

Ever since Chinese telecom operators received 3G licenses in 2009, the huge demand for network infrastructure has helped Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp to grow fast and compete in the world's top league, rivaling Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.

August 25, 2012
New chapter of success 4G-ing ahead

New chapter of success 4G-ing ahead

The people of Hong Kong have long been receptive to new technologies. The significant amount of mobile data accessed in the past few years attests to this. There has been a doubling from 2.36 billion Megabytes in early 2011 to 5.05 billion Megabytes this year, with mobile users growing by 15 percent to 15 million over the same period.

July 13, 2011
Taiwan to step up influential LTE research: Inventec CTO

Taiwan will step up research of long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology, which has become more influential among operators around the world, said Chen Yi-ping, chief technology officer of Inventec.

Taiwan will step up research of long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology, which has become more influential among operators around the world, said Chen Yi-ping, chief technology officer of Inventec.

She made the remarks while attending a 4G forum held in Taipei yesterday. The event was held from July 11 to 12. LTE is a 4G technology, a step up from the currently adopted 3G.

During the forum, participants discussed various overarching issues facing operators.

March 18, 2011
4G to be adopted within 3-5 years

China’s top telecom regulator said that the country plans to adopt the commercial use of fourth-generation (4G) technology “in three to five years”, providing the first official timetable for China’s move to the next generation telecom service. 
Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, told China Daily at the just-concluded National People’s Congress meeting that “it will still take three to five years” before China will begin large-scale commercial use of the 4G service.


China’s top telecom regulator said that the country plans to adopt the commercial use of fourth-generation (4G) technology “in three to five years”, providing the first official timetable for China’s move to the next generation telecom service. 


Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, told China Daily at the just-concluded National People’s Congress meeting that “it will still take three to five years” before China will begin large-scale commercial use of the 4G service.


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