TD-SCDMA Update
January 11, 2008
- WJ Communications, a US-based provider of RF (Radio Frequency) products and solutions, announced on January 10 that it has secured a preliminary order for TD-SCDMA MCM (Multi Chip Module) chipsets, Business Wire reported. The first batch is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2008, and the second batch in late 2008, in anticipation of the launch of TD-SCDMA in China. The order is valued at US$0.5 million. Further details as to the name of the client or shipment volume were not yet disclosed.
- Following the release of 20,000 TD-SCDMA mobile phone numbers regionally in mid-November 2007, as reported in an Asia Express dated November 10, 2006, TD-SCDMA Alliance announced on January 8 that the ensuing batch of TD-SCDMA numbers is scheduled to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2008, Sina Tech News reported. The total numbers to be released in the second batch are expected to substantially exceed those in the previous batch, according to the same report.
- According to Sina Tech News, citing a reliable source, Chinese government is expected to demand that telecom operators conclude TD-SCDMA network deployment by May 1, 2008, so as to offer an optimal TD-SCDMA environment in time for the imminent Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.