Telecom News From Around The World - 3
In this issue:
- China -Â Opens Handset Manufacturing Market To Outsiders; SK Telecom Attempts To Break Into Chinese Telecom Market
- India Working On 3G Policy, New Players Expected
- Cell Phones To Solve Africa’s Problems?
China will allow foreign handset manufacturers to compete for their huge market, reports Shanghai Daily. China now has more than 500 million mobile-phone subscribers and is adding an average of about 6.8 million subscribers per month, according to the Ministry of Information Industry.Â
China announced that it would relax license regulations for handset manufacturing. China’s State Council has abolished some 186 administrative examination and approval items covering mobile communication systems and terminals. Now is the time to let the market rule and see qualified new players replace the market positions held by established companies which depended heavily on the income from renting licenses to other companies, according to United Securities. The new players such as Tianyu, largely unknown by established industry players, have challenged and even surpassed leading domestic firms like Ningbo Bird and TCL Communications.
At PT/EXPO COMM China 2007, a telecom tech fair held in Beijing, SK Telecom offered tech-savvy Chinese consumers a taste of their mobile future. Using a Chinese-developed mobile telecommunication technology called TD-SCDMA, Korea’s largest mobile phone operator showcased international video telephony and high-speed mobile multimedia functions such as video on demand and real-time TV. SK Telecom is expected to accelerate a foray into the Chinese telecom market after becoming the second largest shareholder of China Unicom.
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