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Laws in China are a funny thing because no one knows which one the country will, or will not, follow. With regards to patents, the thought of having a Chinese handset manufacture pay royalties on UMTS/HSPA technology to a foreign country is down right terrifying, so the nation developed their own standard called TD-SCDMA. China’s 3G only works in China, and this leaves foreign handset makers who want to tap a market of a billion plus people in a bind. Should they bother devoting resources to this funky radio technology, or just keep on pumping as many GSM/UMTS/HSPA handsets into the market and hope Europe, America and the rest of Asia are enough to keep the company afloat? Nokia has already said they’re going to make a TD-SCDMA Symbian powered device available this year, and now HTC has joined the fray as well by promising to eventually make a TD-SCDMA smartphone, and even TD-LTE devices as well.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
