The 2006 China 3G Summit ran from April 12-14 and was held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center. The 3G Summit runs concurrently with the 20th Tele-Expo China and the 67th China Electronics Fair, one of the largest annual telecom exhibitions in China. The 3G Summit was organized by China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and sponsored by Frost & Sullivan, China-CBN, and Hunan Satellite TV.

This year’s discussions revolved around the long anticipated issuance of 3G licenses in China. The 3G Summit draws great attention from industry leaders, telecom experts and scholars, and government officials involved with 3G services, including China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, China Netcom, SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo, ZTE, DaTang’s TD-SCDMA, TechFaith, NEC, Amoi, CECT, Dopod, leading hardware vendors, handset providers, content providers, and value-added service provides involved in the 3G industry value-chain.

According to industry reports, there are currently 151 3G license holders operating in 56 countries and 207 3G-networks globally, serving a total of 200 million 3G users worldwide. In Asia, 3G subscribers have reached a market share of 38% while 62% of the total mobile subscribers are 3G enabled in Japan and Korea, respectively. According to estimates, the total anticipated 3G market size in China will reach RMB 285 billion (US$35.6 billion) within 5 years after the launch of 3G in China, creating about 30 million new jobs annually in China’s 3G services market. [3G!]

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 Print Posted by Budi Putra on April 15th, 2006