China Mobile to Take Over Qingdao, Baoding TD-SCDMA Networks
CWW, 6/18/08
The supervisor of the TD-SCDMA network trials in Qingdao has revealed that China Netcom (NYSE: CN; 0906.HK) will hand its TD-SDCMA project over to China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK).
A former employee of China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) in Baoding has also confirmed that the company will transfer its TD-SCDMA network to China Mobile following the initial testing of the network's expanded capacity.
China Netcom has a total of 413 TD-SDCMA base stations in Qingdao, and has invested RMB 1.6 bln in the TD-SCDMA standard. China Telecom has 300 TD-SCDMA base stations in Baoding.
Keywords: 0728.HK 0906.HK 0941.HK CHA China Mobile China Netcom China Telecom CHL CN network Qingdao TD-SCDMA wireless 3G base station