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China has 714,000 3G mobile phone towers
Updated: 2011-06-28 14:08
(Xinhua)
BEIJING -- China had about 714,000 3G mobile phone towers by the end of May this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Monday.
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The number of Chinese 3G users topped 73.76 million by the end of May, according to the statement. Forty-three percent of China's 3G users also use TD-based mobile phone services.
3G, or third-generation mobile telecommunications, is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services such as mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV.
TD, or TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), is a 3G standard created by China that serves as an alternative to Europe's WCDMA standard and America's CDMA2000 standard.
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