China Mobile is to speed up the process of network deployment of TD-LTE (4G network in China standards), has recently completed a new round of construction of TD-LTE tender, including 10 new large-scale trial network cities and upgrade the existing three large-scale test Network city.
Previously, China Mobile has been building a large-scale trials of TD-LTE network in six cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen. China Mobile is the plan for the new city of the second batch of large-scale trials of TD-LTE network in 10 cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Ningbo, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Shenyang, Wuxi, plans mainly cover the target of 30% of the city's total area of to 50%.
China Mobile's purchases are mainly involved in the TD-LTE base stations, the procurement number about 20,000, Huawei, ZTE, Datang Telecom, Shanghai Bell and other mainstream domestic telecom equipment manufacturers are involved in the tender.
The tender, Shanghai Bell will provide China Mobile, the new 3000 TD-LTE base stations, mainly deployed in Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai Bell, Shanghai Bell also revealed that China Mobile will launch business in the next year.
At present, China Mobile and enterprises to participate in the tender has not yet disclosed the total amount of the tender, according to each base station 100 million cost estimate, the total amount of the tender 20,000 base stations will likely reach 200 billion yuan.
Most industry insiders believe that China Mobile's start building the second batch of large-scale TD-LTE trial network city, and means to accelerate the deployment of 4G networks, building procurement will be fully open.
To start the second half of this year, China Mobile will be fully launched 4G network construction. Including: 2013, 100 cities in China TD-LTE equipment procurement, as well as built in 2013 TD-LTE base station more than 200,000 in 2013 that 180 000 new base stations.
The authoritative industry estimates, in 2013, China Mobile will build about 180,000 TD-LTE base stations, according to each of the 100 million construction cost, only the construction of the base station an investment will reach 180 billion yuan. Earlier, China Mobile has revealed that, from 2012 to 2013, will invest 200 billion yuan for the construction of 4G base station.
Huawei and ZTE executives said China Mobile to start building the second batch of large-scale trials of 4G network city and only 4G related construction procurement prelude to the next two years, according to China Mobile in 2013 to complete the goal of building 20,000 TD-LTE the remainder of the year, and the first half of next year, China Mobile will continue new construction procurement, which will have the telecommunications equipment manufacturing industry have a substantial positive.
