2012-06-21 11:43
shanghai, june 20 (xinhua) -- china will speed up the development of td-lte, the nation's fourth-generation (4g) telecommunications technology, during the next two years, an official with the country's top economic planning agency said wednesday.
china will strengthen its research and development on td-lte chips, terminals and test instruments, expand the td-lte trial scale, speed up the commercial use of td-lte and promote the globalization of the technology, zhang xiaoqiang, deputy minister in charge of the national development and reform commission, said at the mobile asia expo in shanghai.
td-lte, or "time division-long term evolution," can substantially lower bandwidth costs and allow faster broadband wireless services than the current 3g network.
the technology and europe's fdd-lte are the two major 4g standards set by the international telecommunication union. fdd-lte has already been put into commercial use, accounting for four-fifths of the global lte market.
as china's self-developed 3g td-scdma standard has missed the opportunity to see large-scale application outside the country, china hopes that the td-lte technology can become a globally accepted standard.
"the next two years will be a golden time for the development of td-lte. we cannot afford to miss it, or we may not have such an opportunity again," zhang said.
china mobile, the operator of the 4g technology, has started offering td-lte services in the cities of beijing, nanjing, hangzhou, shenzhen and guangzhou. the company plans to build over 20,000 base stations in 10 cities this year.
（english.news.cn）
