With Chinese regulators set to issue 3G licenses at 2008-end, China Unicom is set to launch its first WCDMA trial network on December 31st, and users in Wuxi can apply to participate in the experiment.
Initially, the mobile carrier plans to build WCDMA networks in seven Chinese cities — including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Foshan, Liuzhou, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Wuxi.
The plan is to finish the 3G network deployment in major Chinese cities by mid-2009, and extend the service to smaller cities before the end of next year.
Earlier, China Unicom’s Chairman and CEO Chang Xiaobing said that the company’s investment in the 3G network infrastructure would total around CNY 100 billion in the coming three years…
[Via: TradingMarkets]