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...

The momentum propelling TD-LTE towards full commercial launch in the world’s two largest mobile markets continues to build as chipmakers and equipment vendors climb on board the China Mobile-powered bandwagon. Read more...

In the second part of our feature on spectrum for LTE, we focus on mobile operators' strategies in the US, Japan and China. We also assess the challenges they will face as the technology develops. Read more...

Commercial and Chinese government interests are ramping up efforts to clear the way for TDD mobile technologies in UHF. Their favoured TD-SCDMA standard should now be available in over two hundred Chinese cities with a drive underway to introduce it in other markets ranging from Korea to Ghana. Read more...

China’s Ministry of Information Industry Technology has approved the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology in the country with immediate effect. Read more...

China is finally issuing 3G licences but these are for specific technologies, including the home grown TD-SCDMA standard. Read more...

An exercise by the Hong Kong regulator is set to gauge the likely popularity of the new Chinese mobile TV standard as well as determine the regulatory approach in a key regional market gearing up for the 2008 Olympics. Read more...

The Chinese authorities have agreed not to make WAPI a mandatory market access requirement for the time being but that is not to say that the country’s industrial policy is no longer of concern for Europe’s policy makers. Read more...

Tensions are mounting at the ballot resolution meeting for the existing international WLAN security standard 8802-11 which got underway in Prague this week. Read more...

The June edition of PolicyTracker is now available for download and our themes this month are the WAPI standards dispute and the start of RRC-06. Read more...