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| LG Electronics Inc , the world's No.3 mobile phone handset maker, on Tuesday said it had been picked to supply third-generation (3G) mobile handsets to all three carriers in China. | ||
Samsung and LG Electronics Inc., top two mobile makers in Korea, are accelerating their pace to take a big bite of third generation (3G) mobile market in China.
LG announced on Tuesday that the company had been chosen as a supplier of 3G cell phones for all three Chinese carriers including China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom.
Th world’s No. 3 mobile manufacturer, LG was named as the biggest provider at the bid to supply handsets to China Telecom by taking up 33 percent out of total needs. China Telecom
China Telecom, the dominant fixed-line phone company in China, has started offering 3G wireless service based on CDMA 2000 technology beginning mid of this month.
The company is also set to produce wireless phones for China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier by subscribers, which is scheduled to give 3G service using China’s homemade TD-SCDMA technology. China Unicom is going to supply the nationwide 3G service through LG-made cells in June.
Another Korean cell phone maker, Samsung has a plan to introduce four TD-SCMA models as well as 6 WCDMA models by making contracts with China Mobile and China Unicom as late as June.
Samsung is going to add three to four additional models for China Telecom apart from Music phone which has already out in Chinese market.
By being selected as main suppliers of handsets to Chinese customers, both companies are likely to take the lead in one of the most potential markets worldwide since Samsung and LG are widely recognized as best providers with high technology and able to offer three different types of 3G service including CDMA 2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA.
Lee Jang Hwa, director at LG marketing for cell phone in China, said that LG will be a leader in the 3G market in China by providing a variety of types of wireless phone.
As Chinese operators roll out the long-waited advanced mobile services this year, the market for 3G handsets in China is estimated to more than double to 30 million units in 2010 from 14 million this year.
By Shin, Kirim
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