China Telecom’s 3G plans revolve around Unicom’s CDMA network, not TD-SCDMA, a Shanghai Telecom executive has revealed.
China Telecom’s Shanghai branch – its biggest subsidiary – has stopped work on TD-SCDMA and has conducted cdma2000 training sessions for engineers, the Economic Observer reports. China Telecom’s design group began planning for all aspects of TD-SCDMA deployment in early 2006.
However, the executive said the when China Mobile began rolling out its TD networks in May, “we were told to stop working on the plan and some of the investments we had already embarked upon.” Shanghai Telecom has since held training sessions studying CDMA technology and how to integrate it with TD-SCDMA. China Telecom chairman Wang Xiaochu has in the past made it clear Telecom wants to become a full-service carrier.
If given a 3G license it would initially build in the southern coastal provinces and major cities, rather than building out a national network. The executive said that by acquiring the CDMA network Telecom would reduce its 3G upgrade cost by about 70%, although he added that an important unresolved question was how to deal withUnicom’s base stations that contained both GSM and CDMA equipment.
China Telecom estimates that Unicom’s CDMA network and licenses would be worth 110 billon yuan ($14.3B), the source said. A China e-capital analyst said the market valued the network at 80 billion yuan and the license 40 billion yuan.
NETCOM FOCUSES ON UNICOM INTEGRATION: Meanwhile, rival fixed-line carrier China Netcom is focusing on merging with Unicom and its GSM network operation.If the two carriers combined, Unicom could upgrade its GSM network gradually and systematically, a Netcom official said. Netcom is now examining the feasibility of first upgrading o W-CDMA in key districts, such as Beijing’s Xidan business center.
“One 3G licenses have been issued, W-CDMA network construction will go ahead very quickly. We estimate it would take six months or so to cover all of Beijing,” the source said.
China Telecom’s 3G plans revolve around Unicom’s CDMA network, not TD-SCDMA, a Shanghai Telecom executive has revealed. China Telecom’s Shanghai branch – its biggest subsidiary – has stopped work on TD-SCDMA and has conducted cdma2000 training sessions for engineers, the Economic Observer reports. China Telecom’s design group began planning for all aspects of TD-SCDMA deployment in early 2006. However, the executive said the when China Mobile began rolling out its TD networks in May, “we were told to stop working on the plan and some of the investments we had already embarked upon.” Shanghai Telecom has since held training sessions studying CDMA technology and how to integrate it with TD-SCDMA. China Telecom chairman Wang Xiaochu has in the past made it clear Telecom wants to become a full-service carrier. If given a 3G license it would initially build in the southern coastal provinces and major cities, rather than building out a national network. The executive said that by acquiring the CDMA network Telecom would reduce its 3G upgrade cost by about 70%, although he added that an important unresolved question was how to deal withUnicom’s base stations that contained both GSM and CDMA equipment. China Telecom estimates that Unicom’s CDMA network and licenses would be worth 110 billon yuan ($14.3B), the source said. A China e-capital analyst said the market valued the network at 80 billion yuan and the license 40 billion yuan. NETCOM FOCUSES ON UNICOM INTEGRATION: Meanwhile, rival fixed-line carrier China Netcom is focusing on merging with Unicom and its GSM network operation.If the two carriers combined, Unicom could upgrade its GSM network gradually and systematically, a Netcom official said. Netcom is now examining the feasibility of first upgrading o W-CDMA in key districts, such as Beijing’s Xidan business center. “One 3G licenses have been issued, W-CDMA network construction will go ahead very quickly. We estimate it would take six months or so to cover all of Beijing,” the source said. THIS ARTICLE IS EXTRACTED FROM A SUBSCRIBER COPY OF COMMS CHINA ... FOR A FREE TRIAL, SIGN UP AT LEFT
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