Chinese Minister of Information ruled out the possibility of
telecommunication industry recombination on Tuesday on the sidelines of Telecom
World 2006, which is being held here from Monday to Friday.
"We have so
far no intention of industry recombination and therefore the ministry has not
prepared on this subject," Wang Xudong, minister of information said during his
visit to the largest telecommunication exhibition organized by International
Telecommunication Union (ITU).
As an emerging and enlarging
telecommunication market in the world and the host country of the so-called
"Telecom Olympic" exhibition, China is drawing much attention from the industry.
On the issue of 3G's development, Wang said, "Any new technology needs
time to be mature and to be accepted by the market. Therefore, we will start 3G
program according to the development of market in China and the technology
itself."
The minister admitted that Chinese telecommunication companies
have done much research on 3G during the past years, including the TD-SCDMA
standard developed individually by China.
For which standard to choose
among the three major standards in 3G technology, including TD-SCDMA, WCDMA,
CDMA2000 EV-DO, Wang said it should be decided by the telecommunication
companies according to the market.
However, the minister acknowledged
that the choice of the telecommunication companies in turn would affect the
number of license granted by the government.
He said China has promised
to provide 3G services before Olympic 2008 in Beijing and China is optimistic in
realizing the promise.
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