Operators Tested At Beijing Olympics

To date China Mobile has concentrated its 3G arrangements through a locally produced standard called Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDM). Although TD-SCDMA is recognised by the International Telecommunication Union, the standard sits separately from Europe's Wideband CDMA and North America CDMA 2000. This lack of compatibility will affect visitors at the games as they will automatically be shifted across to EDGE, a 2.5G technology offering much slower connection speeds. "This should, of course, be of great concern to foreign operators" said Peter Collingwood, vice president, JDSU’s Communications Test & Measurement business segment, EMEA. "Users are used to, and therefore expect, an excellent quality of experience whatever their location, 24/7. In addition, users are aware of the increased voice... [read full story]