China Mobile says its TD-SCDMA networks in 10 Chinese cities have covered 95% of the areas covered by 2G networks, of which, the TD-SCDMA signal has covered all areas within the fifth ring road area of Beijing.
In addition, some large communities and counties outside the fifth ring, including Shangdi and Huilongguan, can receive the TD-SCDMA [...]

Alcatel-Lucent will soon deploy 3G WCDMA networks in 14 Chinese provinces and municipalities.
China Unicom granted Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, this contract in which Alcatel-Lucent will provide about 11000 Node B base stations in Hebei, Fujian Guangxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Shandong and Xinjiang. The financial terms of [...]

China's State Council has announced that it approves China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to start the issuing of 3G licenses and it will continue to support the development and promotion of the Chinese-made TD-SCDMA wireless technology.

China Unicom (CHU) has started the deployment of its WCDMA trial networks and it plans to set up the networks first in seven Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Foshan, Liuzhou, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Wuxi.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has give the authorization to China Mobile to use mobile phone numbers that begin with 188 in TD-SCDMA.

Chinese media reports that China Mobile (CHL), one of the major mobile service providers in China, is slowly taking over the TD network of China Netcom and China Telecom (CHA).

News from the 2008 LTE Summit is that the three telecom operators in China have set up a total of 14772 TD base stations across the country.