MII sees SCDMA as key steppingstone to TD-SCDMA

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China's ministry of Information Industry has pledged its full support to Beijing Xinwei's limited-mobility WLL technology, synchronous CDMA (SCDMA), while confirming that CDMA WLL services in the 450MHz band are "not allowed" on the mainland, says a source close to the ministry. "The Mil's position is very clear," the source says. "It fully supports SCDMA technology, owned by Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology, which is 40%-owned by government-backed Datang Telecom." The MII views SCDMA as the foundation of the Datang/Siemens-developed TD-SCDMA 3G interface, and it wants SCDMA to launch in a "big way" and be developed as a "smooth transition" to 3G, says the source. Meanwhile, the MII has declared that CDMA in the 450MHz band is "not allowed." Many observers had already written off CDMA450 late last year after Li Haiqing, an official from the Mil's Wireless Administration Bureau, said it was not a "practical option" for China.