Chinese telco jumps starting gun in 3G race China's deployment of TD-SCDMA, its own incarnation of 3G, is well underway despite the fact that the government isn't expected to issue any 3G licences until after it completely overhauls the industry later this year. China claimed it would have a 3G network in time for the Beijing Olympics, but with only a couple of months …
The only way to have the notional free market so beloved of Economists is to have iron control over the market to avoid gaming of the system and monopoly. The out and out fraud which is built into US capitalism such as naked short selling and the sort of bullshit perpetrated by the Enron criminals would lead to a bullet sandwich in China.
Given that the number of visitors to the Olympics whose handsets are TD-SCDMA capable will be as near zero as makes no odds, the whole thing is just wind-baggery and empty posturing of the highest order. But that seems to be all the PRC's Communist government is about, these days.
'So...its £3.50 subscription with 4.5p per minute on video! *cough rip off Britain*. Guess things are done differently in China...and alot better it seems.'
Maybe you would like to work for the average Chinese wage then ? May seem cheap, but as a percentage of average monthly income I bet it isnt.
"the whole thing is just wind-baggery and empty posturing of the highest order. But that seems to be all the PRC's Communist government is about, these days."
Now all they need is to learn how to quietly pension off corrupt officials instead of executing them and they'll be just like our glorious western governments.
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