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China’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G networks haven’t seen much in the way of adoption, but with the Ministry of Industry of Information opening up licenses and some $41 billion-worth of equipment purchacing in technologies, local carriers have a shot at really pushing wireless data services. China Mobile is already hooked into TD-SCDMA, but China Unicom will be awarded a license for a WCDMA network and China Telecom will get one for CDMA 2000 sometime early this year. This is great news for world roamers who would be unable to get their phones working in China, and opens the doors for hardware manufacturers looking to peirce the juicy Chinese market, but a lot of that will depend on how much more partners are willing to pitch in to develop those networks.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
