China has launched a trial run of home-grown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shanghai. 4G technology provides wireless services at much faster speeds, sharply improving high-quality images and data services, and potentially allowing for such features as multi-channel high-definition TV broadcasting. Third-generation (3G) telephony is still not available in China due to repeated government delays and therefore engineers have moved directly to developing the ultra-fast 4G technology.

The 4G trial in Shanghai cost 150 million yuan (19 million dollars) and was billed by the government as the world's first rollout of the technology. However, South Korea's high-tech giant Samsung Electronics last August unveiled the world's first fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology with a demonstration on a moving bus and expects to put it into commercial use by 2010. After more field tests of the 4G system, China aims to put the technology into trial commercial sometime before 2010.

"It testifies that the technology we've developed is feasible and brings us one step closer to put it into commercial use. The Shanghai system shows that we have entered the final phase of our project," the China Daily quoted You Xiaohu, a leading expert involved in China's 4G development programme.

News source: Physorg


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Croquant on 29 Jan 2007 - 15:15
Damm, nice.
We're still transitioning to 3G here.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by DKAngel on 30 Jan 2007 - 04:35
im pretty sure telstra beat them since we are on nextG which to my understanding is 5thgen
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by linsook on 30 Jan 2007 - 05:27
NextG™ (notice the ™) is just a name, its still a 3G network.
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by Xerxes on 30 Jan 2007 - 07:19
Nope, NextG is a 3.5G network far as I understand. China's network is 4G so they are infact ahead, I'm very surprised I was expecting Japan to roll out the first 4G network.
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