China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has selected UTStarcom to conduct official field trials of its 3G W-CDMA solution in the capital city of Beijing with China Netcom. The selection follows MII’s MTNet lab testing from June 2001 to August 2003. The outdoor field trials, conducted by the MII’s Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission (RITT) and 3G Technical Trial Expert Group (3GTEG), were officially announced in November 2003, with testing slated to begin in February 2004. The trial requires each participating vendor to provide a 3GPP-compliant commercial system, including a Radio Access Network with wide geographic coverage, and a Core Network with a full complement of commercial network features.
A total of twelve W-CDMA system vendors/partnerships will participate in the field trials. The outdoor trials are open to all operators, which must provide base station sites and backhaul transport facilities.
http://www.utstar.com
