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Digia recently announced that it has successfully integrated TD-SCDMA, aka Chinese 3G, to Nokia S60 platform using Digia Telephony solution earlier created for GSM and WCDMA.
The solution was demonstrated in Beijing, China using TD-SCDMA/EDGE modem by ST-NXP Wireless and T3G Technologies as well as China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G network.
Commenting on the announcement, Digia’s Jari-Pekka Heikkil said: “Digia believes that the Chinese users desire to use fast 3G connections with their high end phones. Due to congested networks and limited capabilities of GSM networks in China, TD-SCDMA networks offer dramatic increase of data speeds, and truly enable the smartphone market in China.”
TD-SCDMA 3G networks are currently operational in eight major Chinese cities and coverage is planned to shortly cover all major cities.
Now the question is whether some of the S60 licensees will actually take advantage of Digia’s solution and make the Symbian S60 smartphone for the Chinese users. Samsung perhaps? We’ll have to wait and see…
[Via: SymbianOne]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
