China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, plans to invest RMB58.8 billion (US$8.6 billion) this year to build 60,000 third generation (3G) base stations.
Xinhua cited a company announcement as saying the plan would increase the number of China Mobile’s 3G base stations to more than 80,000 across China.
According to Reuters Intel was offering a Core i7 CPU and SSD bundle
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology awarded China Mobile a license to operate a 3G network based on the domestically
developed TD-SCDMA standard.
At the same time the ministry gave approval to smaller rivals China Unicom (0762.HK) and China Telecom (0728.HK) to develop WCDMA and CDMA 2000 networks, respectively.
The ministry said last month that spending on 3G equipment by carriers would total $41 billion over the next two years.
Intel recently began offering its partners a discount bundle deal including a Core i7 CPU and solid state drive (SSD) hoping to increase demand of the two product lines and to clear stockpiled inventory.
Intel is offering a 10-15% discount on the combined price of the CPU and drive as part of the promotion which is mainly targeting markets in China, Europe and North America.