Huawei Passed the Test of WCDMA
BEIJING, Apr 10, 2003 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- The last and the second stage of 3G WCDMA test conducted by the Ministry of Information Industry has come to its end on March 30, 2003.
Shenzhen Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. took the first place of the test. Nokia, Ericsson, Siemens-NEC and Nortel Networks ranked second, third, fourth and fifth respectively. The top five of the test had been certified by the Ministry of Information Industry.
Alcatel, ZTE, Lucent, and Utstarcom had not passed the test.
In the first stage test of WCDMA held in 2002, Huawei and Utstarcom had passed through.
Insiders believe Huawei will become major competitor in the market of Europe. Yu Chengdong, vice-president of Huawei, says Huawei now has more than 3500 of researchers are dedicating to development of 3G equipment. Huawei has invested more than RMB 3 billion in research of WCDMA. Russia and United Arab emirates have adopted Huawei's WCDMA equipment.
The Ministry of Information Industry may grant the 3G mobile phone licenses at the end of 2003. China Mobile will no doubt adopt WCDMA that is means a millions of dollars market for all telecom carriers.
From Beijing Morning Post, Page 21, Wednesday, April 09, 2003 info@SinoCast.Com
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