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Wed 31 Dec 2008 14:43

China to issue 3G licenses tonight

Shanghai. December 31. INTERFAX-CHINA - China's long-awaited 3G licenses will be issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) tonight, a source from a telecom equipment company told Interfax on Dec. 31, giving the green light to the country's three telecom operators to start commercial 3G operations.

According to the source, who wished to remain anonymous, the State Council, the chief administrative body of the Chinese government, decided at a meeting on Dec. 31 to release the licenses on the same day. China Mobile will be issued with a TD-SCDMA license, China Unicom with a WCDMA license and China Telecom with a CDMA2000 license.

MIIT had previously stated that 3G licenses would be issued around the end of 2008.

"The release of 3G licenses has been awaited for several years," Yu Zhoujun, an analyst with CCID Consulting, said. "The move will boost China's telecom service operation sector, the telecom equipment sector and the telecom terminal sector, and spur market demand."

12/31 14:43
Tagged as: 3G licensing CDMA2000 WCDMA TD-SCDMA



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