China Mobile has garnered an all-ok, all-cheesy stamp from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and can now roll out a nationwide TD-SCDMA test network.

The ministry has told China Mobile to hurry up with building the all-China network and that it ought to sit down and do its homework and come up with a plan to make sure everything goes smoothly. Apart from all that, China Mobile also has to evaluate the net and file another development plan for a second network, so TD-SCDMA will get some support and some equipment will be made.

A spokesmobile said that although a trial network has been approved, it shouldn't be mistaken for a general 3G-license. As a matter of fact, there aren't any 3G licenses whatsoever in China. China decided it would be an all-round spiffing idea to come up with and patent its own 3G standard, TD-SCDMA. TD-SCDMA was developed by China and the part of Siemens which is now Nokia Siemens. Siemens investment hasn't really materialised, as TD-SCDMA has been delayed since what seems the Pleistocene era of the fast-moving globalised world we all live in. However, the Chinese government deemed it would be clever to restructure the mobile market in May and it plans on handing out 3G-licenses when the reforms have been completed.

TD-SCDMA also is getting a test network in Europe. Italian electronics maker Mywave inked a deal with Chinese equipment maker Shanghai Potevio in July to test the standard in Italy. Apart from that, Microsoft and Dell have already asked Datang to supply them with drivers and wireless cards, so it seems everyone is reckoning the standard will be some sort of success. X