telecom - TD-SCDMA "mature enough"

Chinese companies are pushing for a fast release of the pending 3G-licences, writes The People's Daily today, after the industry gather over the weekend in Hangzhou. No longer they want to wait till all possible flaws have been eliminated, and that is a new tone in the discussion.

"A new technology can not grow mature if not put into the market," said Zhao Yan, vice president with Koretide Corp. in Shanghai engaged in mobile operation system research based on TD-SCDMA.
"It would grow up quickly through self adjustment and international capital would flow in soon once the license is issued," said Zhao.

Ongoing tests with TD-SCDMA seem to have revealed problems, but they do not seem large enough to stop the roll out of the network. Other networks based on European or American standards would only get a chance after the Chinese standard has been put into practise. Because of the approaching Beijing Olympics in 2008 the time frame for rolling out TD-SCDMA is already becoming rather short.