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China Heading Straight For 4G? |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 30 January 2007 |
While Australia
argues over who will fund the next generation broadband infrastructure,
China is racing ahead with a vision for a wireless future capable of
100Mbps.
According to China Daily, the world's first 4G mobile communication system was
officially launched yesterday in Shanghai's Changning
District after a field trial was conducted last October. The launch
comes before operators have even been awarded licenses to implement 3G
technologies on mainland China.
While Wang Xudong, minister of information industry, told
China Daily reporters that domestic telecom operators could get 3G
licenses "very soon" the rollout of the 4G trial signals the country's
intention to go it alone with wireless networking technologies in the
future.
The US$19.2 million trial is part of the B3G (Beyond 3G)/4G research project initiated under the
label Future Technology for Universal Radio Environment, or FuTURE Project back in in 2001.
As part of the national high-tech development plan. the 100Mbps networking technology is completely home grown.
"It testifies that the technology we've developed is feasible and brings us
one step closer to put it into commercial use," said You Xiaohu, a leading
expert involved in the program. "The Shanghai system shows that we have entered the final phase of our
project," he told China Daily.
The FuTURE
Project involves about 10 leading domestic institutions and has
obtained more than 200 patents and some of its core technologies have
been adopted by international standards organisations, according to the
report.
4G mobile communication, which is expected to be used
commercially in China by 2010, will be able to transmit data as quickly
as optical fiber, dramatically improving the streaming of high-quality
images and data services through wireless transmission.
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