China and Japan to get together and develop 4G
China and Japan have decided to develop together the next generation of mobile telephony, 4G. It does make sense since Japan was the first country to launch 3G, and China has the largest mobile market in the world. They said they “expect to sign an agreement regarding co-operation in research and development, with a view to creating a standard to be used worldwide”. Fine, but where is South Korea? Anyone knows??
According to the AFP, Samsung, which is one of the key members of the 4G Forum — a vendor coalition conducting 4G R&D — said recently that “he spectrum of R&D could be almost anything, given that the technical specifics of 4G have yet to be firmed up”. They added that “currently, the debate is around the uses for 4G. We will then base the technical specifications around those uses”, he said. So basically, it is Japan, China, and Samsung? Sorry I just don’t get it…
Anyway, it’s today that the agreement should be signed in Tokyo between state representatives.
Via Silicon.com
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