A trial network for China's home-grown technology for third generation mobile communication (3G) is to be established in the Republic of Korea (ROK).

That is China's first international cooperation on the system. China's ZTE announced the establishment of a trial network of the TD-SCDMA technology last November.

TD-SCDMA was mainly developed by Datang Mobile and is the country's first significant mobile communication technology.

 It is undergoing final trials before commercial use in China and the first 3G licenses are expected to be issued late this year for TD-SCDMA.

 The program between China and the ROK would be implemented by SKT of the ROK and Chinese enterprises.

The two sides would jointly develop 3G services based on TD-SCDMA and set up a research center in China.

Experts from China and the ROK would look for operation applications of TD-SCDMA and promote it on the international market.

Post-3G and 4G technologies are also key issues.

The Chinese government is strongly backing its TD-SCDMA technology, which is expected to enjoy good prospects in the world's largest telecommunications market with over 431 million mobile users.

Foreign telecoms companies have closely monitored the progress of TD-SCDMA and began to invest in the technology as it matured.

Source:佚名