HONG KONG, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The world is
welcoming an era of mobile internet that is characteristic of
intelligent terminal, wireless broadband and cloud computing and
China Mobile is doing its best in promoting the fast development of
4G in network, terminal and service, Li
Yue, President of China Mobile, announced at the LTE TDD/FDD
International Summit hosted by Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI)
during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 on Feb 25 in Barcelona,
Spain.
Li Yue pointed out at the event
that China Mobile looks forward to providing ubiquitous and
high-speed network services for users by constructing a
high-quality, widely-covered 4G network.
In network construction, China Mobile hopes to promote the
evolution to LTE-A and increase the data rate from 100M to 200M,
400M or even 1G. The company is performing VoLTE network tests and
plans to initiate scale-up tests in the second half of this year
with the goal of commercializing VoLTE by the end of 2014. In
addition, China Mobile will accelerate the converged networking of
FDD/TDD to provide global universal network solutions with high
efficiency. 500,000 base stations will be constructed across 340
cities in China by the end of this
year. Also, China Mobile joined forces with South Korea's KT to launch two-way global
roaming service allowing interoperability between TD-LTE and
FDD-LTE. In the future, China Mobile will partner with more
international operators to provide 4G global roaming services.
In terms of 4G terminals, China Mobile will focus on the
development of global, large-scale and low-cost 4G terminals to
attract more 4G subscribers. China Mobile plans to purchase more
than 100 million LTE terminals and promote smartphones supporting 5
modes and 12 or more bands. During the summit, GTI showcased 5-mode
13-band terminals in collaboration with its industry partners.
China Mobile will offer more models of 5-mode 10-band terminals
priced at $100-150 to lower the cost
of 4G terminals. Now, China Mobile is cooperating with Orange on a
model of TDD/FDD converged smartphone supporting most global
communications standards and frequency bands and available for
NFC.
For the service, China Mobile formally issued a "White Paper
for the Next Generation of Converged Communications", touting
itself as an operator able to combine the communication capability
of mobile phone terminals with the experience of mobile internet.
New Calling, New Messaging and New Contacting are the three major
highlights of China Mobile's RCS. New voice experience will be
created based on VoLTE, such as HD voice/video calling, sharing
during the call and one click for multi-party call; new messaging
service will enable multiple formats of messaging and group
messaging with an integrated interface; new contacting service
allows more flexible contact management covering grouping, personal
card, etc.
"As the world is being ushered into the 4G era, bandwidth is
growing further and broader," Li said. "There will be more
applications based on video and more service available to all walks
of society. It's hard for us to conclude, at present, what this
will bring to the world. But one thing is certain - this will
greatly change people's lives, change the overall development of
society and the informatization process. So, what 4G will bring to
us is a better life, freer jobs and lower consumption of
energy."
The GTI summit convened over 500 delegates from world operators,
vendors, service providers, media and consulting companies. With
ongoing development over the past three years, now GTI has 100
operator members and 73 partners. Under the promotion of GTI, 28
commercial TD-LTE networks have been launched around the world and
more than 40 operator members are planning and constructing their
commercial TD-LTE networks.