Wireless Oom

10/26/2009
Communications World Weekly

Sources from China Telecom and the China Telecom Guangzhou Research Institute said after completing the EV-DO Rev. B lab tests, China Telecom has begun to conduct EV-DO Rev. B field tests in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The sources also emphasized that China Telecom will actively upgrade EV-DO Rev. B based on the progress of China Unicom’s HSPA+ update over the next two quarters, which is a bid to maintain a constant advantage in its 3G networks. Reportedly, ZTE, Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent participated in China Telecom’s EV-DO Rev. B field tests. According to previous reports, China Telecom Sichuan branch will complete the upgrade to EV-DO Rev. B in select areas at the end of this year.