People’s Daily | March 8, 2011 | Li Yancheng
China Mobile has launched large-scale telecommunications technology testing of the fourth-generation (4G) of its Time Division-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) in seven cities. Soon it will launch 4G net cards in the latter half of this year. The 4G cards are 10 times faster than the third-generation (3G) net cards, according to the company on March 7.
A large-scale TD-LTE testing network, consisting of more than 1,000 base stations, will be completed in the seven cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Beijing in 2011, according to China Mobile.
It will also launch TD-LTE net cards for users to experience in the second half of 2011. The net cards can realize a peak Internet connection speed of 100 megabytes per second, more than 10 times faster than that of 3G net cards.
The testing terminal procurement is expected to start soon. The 4G cards scheduled to achieve the commercial use by the year 2012, still in the seven aforementioned cities, based on the potential construction after the testing period has passed.
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