by Toby Youell
The relatively small amount of spectrum proposed to be identified for IMT (mobile broadband) by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) at WRC-15 is being circumvented by multi-country proposals (MCPs) signed by Japan and China. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Senior officials from China Mobile and Huawei emphasised the importance of the C-band for future deployments of TD-LTE at a recent spectrum workshop hosted by the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI). Read more...
by Toby Youell
A combination of an auction and an administrative assignment of spectrum in the 2 GHz band has allowed China Mobile to enter Hong Kong's 3G market. The incumbent operators were able to renew most of their 3G spectrum for amounts close to the reserve price. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A recent workshop on the use of spectrum for TD-LTE provided a snapshot of the current state of the technology. Read more...
by Toby Youell
In the space of two months, two of the world's most populous countries have reportedly pushed back the use of the 700 MHz band for IMT beyond 2020. Read more...
by Toby Youell
China's three incumbents can now use TD-LTE on their networks. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The government's move could help to boost the growth of TD-LTE technology, but this growth may be restricted to China. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
China looks set to allocate more spectrum for LTE and award licences to the country’s three operators earlier than expected. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The world’s largest operator by subscriber numbers, China Mobile, has launched its first LTE service, a joint FDD/TDD network in the autonomous Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Providing the Chinese government can be persuaded to authorise a quick release of the necessary countrywide 2.6 GHz spectrum, China Mobile appears ready to commercially launch TD-LTE in the second half of 2012 - well ahead of previous expectations. Read more...