Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA?
The Financial Times reports (hat tip Telecom Asia):
The head of China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone group, said the country’s homegrown third generation mobile technology was “a few years behind” other international standards because of problems with handsets.
…Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile’s chairman and chief executive, said: “[TD-SCDMA’s] network operation is normal but there are [...]
Xiamen: We Don’t Need No Stinking WiFi
China Tech News reports:
China Mobile (CHL) has signed a wireless cooperation memo with the Xiamen Municipal Government to build a wireless city.
Unlike other Chinese cities which adopt Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology is their wireless construction, Xiamen will become the first wireless city in China that based on the TD-SCDMA/HSDPA network. This is also the first [...]
Pricing TD-HSDPA in Shanghai
I was over in Pudong visiting a client the other day and, when I noticed a China Mobile shop, went in to ask about HSDPA devices.
It’s not as cheap as I would have thought.
The USB dongle itself was RMB700 (about US$100). The SIM card was an additional RMB120.
5RMB gets you 30MB of data traffic
20 [...]
TD-SCDMA: Ix-nay on the Rap-cay Andsets-hay
Marbridge Daily reports:
After receiving a free TD-SCDMA handset on August 6, a friendly user in China Mobile’s (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) commercial TD-SCDMA trials discovered that his handset, a Panda TD988, would not power-on. When visiting China Mobile’s authorized repair center he found another 20 people also looking to repair their Panda handsets. However they [...]
HSDPA Up and Running in Shanghai
Marbridge Daily reports:
Shanghai Mobile has confirmed that its TD-HSDPA 3.5G network has been put into use in Shanghai. Users can now purchase TD-HSDPA data cards to experience network speeds of close to 1 Mbps per second, which is approximately 2-3 times faster than the original TD-SCDMA network.
No word on any giveaway, subsidy, specials from China [...]
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