China is pushing global adoption of the TD-CDMA standard. Their proprietary network protocol was developed as an alternative to patented technologies like GSM or WCDMA. The Ministry of Information Industry has been tweaking their TD-CDMA standard for years, chasing reliable 80 Mbps downstream operation. And now China is planning to submit their standard to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for consideration as part of the still-forming 4G network protocol.
The largest wireless market in the world is largely without 3G network access and will be until China can get their 4G standard off the starting line. But you can bet that, with 400 million wireless subscribers, China is going to make some money off domestic patent licenses – and any foreign markets that want to use TD-CDMA.
Via: EE Times