3G networks commercially launched in nearly five years later , China has finally entered the 4G era , three major telecom operators in the afternoon formally issued by the Ministry of 4G licenses , 4G official business at hand.
And the same as the previous forecast , the Ministry for the three operators jointly issued the TD-LTE license does not grant FDD-LTE license ( previously ZDNet 's argument is wrong ) .
Specific terms of the spectrum , the Ministry announced in the previous three operators assigned to TD-LTE bands resources. Among them, China Mobile to get 130MHz, respectively, for the 1880-1900MHz ,2320-2370MHz ,2575-2635MHz; China Telecom to get 40MHz, respectively, for the 2370-2390MHz ,2635-2655MHz; China Unicom also get 40MHz, respectively, for the 2300-2320MHz, 2555 - 2575MHz.
In addition , the Ministry also said it is the 1.4GHz and 3.5GHz bands for the subsequent development of both TDD and to study to explore more than 50GHz band for broadband mobile communications to meet future development needs .
4G licenses issued officially licensed marks the currently available tests of several 4G 4G phones will be positive , became the first mobile phone to support 4G networks , while the long- rumored iPhone 5S/5C mobile version is also expected to meet in the near future and we officially . It should be noted that the 4G network is currently still in its infancy , the network coverage is not high , the popularity of specific real still has a long way to go.
Why the three operating companies issuing only TD-LTE license is a violation of the relevant WTO provisions on "technology neutral" ? Ministry pointed out that recently , China Mobile, China Telecom , China Unicom, to submit to the Ministry of the TD-LTE license application , the Ministry in accordance with legal procedures , the three companies issued TD-LTE license is in full compliance with the "objective , timely, transparent and non-discriminatory "principle, licenses issued in accordance with international rules. After which the Ministry will be based business applications , according to the relevant legal procedures , verify development mode TD-LTE and FDD-LTE hybrid network of re- issuing FDD-LTE license.
MIIT announced as follows:
To implement the " State Council on the promotion of information consumption to expand domestic demand " requirement, according to MIIT and relevant enterprises to apply , according to the " PRC Telecommunications Regulations " , in the " objective, timely , transparent and non-discriminatory " principle, accordance with the " telecommunications business license management approach" , the enterprise applications are reviewed on December 4, 2013 to the China mobile Communications Corporation , China Telecom and China United Network communications Group Company Limited issued "LTE / fourth-generation digital cellular mobile communication services (TD-LTE) " operating license.
