UMTS论坛警告中国3G延迟(转)

UMTSForumwarnsonChinese3Gdelay TimMarshall  Wednesday,01November2006Jean-PierreBienaiméTheUMTSForumispressuringChinatohastenthereleaseof3Gpermits,warningthatmoredelayscouldcauseoperatorstomisslong-standingrollouttargets.Whilesomerecentreportshavepointedtoa3Glicensereleasebyyear-end,Chinahaspersistentlymissedrumouredallocationdeadlinesforatleastthepastthreeyears.Atthesametime,officialshavesetatargetforservicestobeupandrunningfortheBeijingOlympicsinAugust2008,astiffaskaccordingtotheUMTSForum.UMTSForumpresidentJean-PierreBienaimésays,"Issuinglicensesnolaterthanthefirstquarterofnextyearwouldenableoperatorstoplanaphaseddeploymentof3Gintimefor2008'sOlympicGames."BienaiméwaspushingthebarrowforWCDMAinChinathisweek,talkingupits"complementary"relationshipwiththelocally-developedTD-SCDMAandthepotentialforoperatorstoincreaseroamingrevenues.ChinaTelecomandChinaMobilearebelievedtofavourWCDMA,whileChinaUnicomislookingtowardsCDMA2000.AllthreearebelievedtobetriallingTD-SCDMA,whichisdesignedtooffersuperiorperformanceinhigh-densityareas.ChinaisseenbysuppliersasamajorgrowthopportunityandlikewiseWCDMAproponentsarekeentoemphasisetheirtechnology'sexistingdominanceonaworldscale.Inlate2005theGSMAssociationjoinedforceswiththeTD-SCDMAForumtopromoteinteroperabilityandnowtheUMTSForumisjoiningin."Withfastapproaching100millioncustomersworldwide,WCDMAisamature,proventechnology,"BienaimésaidinBeijingthisweek."ChinesevendorswhohavealreadyinvestedsignificantlyintheglobalsuccessofWCDMAstandtobenefitenormouslyfromtimelylocaldeployment.Similarly,operatorsintheregioncanbenefitfromtheimmensesuccessofW-CDMAtodateandmaximisetheirshareofthefastgrowing3G/UMTSmarketworldwide."BienaimépointstotheopportunityforoperatorstoearnrevenuesthroughusersroamingontootherWCDMAnetworksintheAsiaPacificregion,andfromoverseasvisitorsusingtheirnetworksinChina.HeaddsthatadoptioncouldalsogeneratenewIPRopportunitiesforChinesedevelopers.来源:.nz/latest-news/822/umts-forum-warns-on-chinese-3g-delay/1/read.php