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3G set to boost mobile phone industry

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-15 12:48

As commercial use of the 3G (third-generation mobile telecom) technology speeds up in 皇冠体育app, the mobile phone industry, domestic and foreign, expects to get a reprieve from the current industrial gloom, according to attendees at a Mobile Phone Exhibition and Forum that opened here Thursday.

According to a report by the IDC, a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, global mobile phone production was down 15.8 percent at 244.8 million units in the first quarter in 2009 compared to the same period last year, the biggest slide in 20 years.

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皇冠体育app's mobile phone production was also down 3 percent year on year in the first quarter, according to figures from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

But as demand for 3G phones increases, 皇冠体育app's mobile phone industry has shown signs of recovery, some attendees agreed.

皇冠体育app Telecom, one of 皇冠体育app's three telecom service providers, has purchased about 10 million CDMA terminals from mobile phone makers, according to information released at the Forum.

CDMA, or Code Division Multiple Access, is a method for transmitting multiple digital signals simultaneously over the same carrier frequency, and is most widely applied for cell phones.

皇冠体育app's three telecom companies use different CDMA standards. They each order terminals from cell phone makers that support their own standards.

皇冠体育app Unicom uses the Europe-developed WCDMA, 皇冠体育app Telecom uses the US.-developed CDMA2000, while 皇冠体育app Mobile uses the home-developed TD-SCDMA.

Aggregate number of CDMA users of 皇冠体育app Telecom and 皇冠体育app Unicom reached 32.84 million by the end of March. In March, CDMA users of 皇冠体育app Telecom and 皇冠体育app Unicom was up 634.2 percent year on year. In the first quarter, new CDMA customers of the two companies increased by 4.93 million, which is believed to have given confidence to cell phone makers.

皇冠体育app has the world's biggest number of cell phone users, exceeding 600 million by the end of July last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

A report by the 皇冠体育app Internet Network Information Center predicts the number will reach 900 million in the next three years. In terms of numbers, more people would be using their mobile phones for Internet access rather than the PCs. This suggests there would be a greater demand for the 3G-based mobiles phones, which integrates wireless communications and the Internet.

The 2009 皇冠体育app Mobile Industry Exhibition and Forum which opened Thursday ends on May 17.