Telecommunications Policy
Bridging the digital divide for rural communities: The case of China
Telecommunications Policy
Technical innovation and 3.5 mobile phone generation: Lessons from Korea
Telecommunications Policy
Understanding early diffusion of digital wireless phones
Telecommunications Policy
Telecommunications Policy
Exploring the mass adoption of third-generation (3G) mobile phones in Taiwan
Telecommunications Policy
Profiling the non-user: Rethinking policy initiatives stimulating ICT acceptance
Telecommunications Policy
How stakeholders view the impacts of international ICT standards
Telecommunications Policy
Technological innovations and 3G mobile phone diffusion: Lessons learned from Japan
Telematics and Informatics
The role of mobile handsets in advanced network service evolution: Evidence from Japan
Telecommunications Policy
An assessment of the 2008 telecommunications restructuring in China
Telecommunications Policy
An empirical analysis of the determinants of 3G adoption in China
Computers in Human Behavior
Collect environmental field data through hybrid network technologies
ICICA'11 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Information Computing and Applications
Catching up through the development of technology standard: The case of TD-SCDMA in China
Telecommunications Policy
Telecommunications Policy
Examining China's technology policies for wireless broadband infrastructure
Telecommunications Policy
Telecommunications Policy
Competition and mobile network investment in China's telecommunications industry
Telecommunications Policy
Mapping China's 3G market with the strategic network paradigm
Telecommunications Policy
Market competitiveness of mobile TV industry in China
Telecommunications Policy
Implementation of three network convergence in China: A new institutional analysis
Telecommunications Policy
Promoting green ICT in China: A framework based on innovation system approaches
Telecommunications Policy
Government in standardization in the catching-up context: Case of China's mobile system
Telecommunications Policy
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Since the inception of telecom reform in 1994, structural reform has been a main thread surrounding the course of the development of China's telecommunications industry. In structuring the 2008 reform and the 2009 3G rollout China's government adopted a relatively balanced approach in the hope of creating level-playing-field in 3G era. Nevertheless, due to the presence of substantial switching costs, substitution effects from the present technology mode, that is, 2.5G, the absence of killer applications, among other technological and institutional factors, China may not have a realistic 3G era before moving toward 4G and beyond. At the bare minimum, currently there is a lacking of either adequate technological-push or demand-pull for a full-scale 3G commercialization-there is no sign that this situation will change in the near term. Triggered by recent initiatives of market convergence between the telecommunications, Internet, and cable, a renewed circle of market, and regulatory reform is probably necessary to cast a sounder industry basis for a timing migration toward the next-generation-networks (NGNs). The timing migration toward 4G (and beyond) may provide a chance for a late-mover nation like China to leapfrog its western counterparts in leading the industry in the era of NGNs. To this end, China is confronted with a challenge in re-examining its industry policy as well as technological strategies for a sustainable development in the era of NGNs. This study offers heuristic analysis and insights on the above issues based on archival documents and interviews. While implications are suggested for China's circumstances, the Chinese experiences may also be considered by other countries and investors when it comes to 3G (and beyond) policies, regulations, deployments, and evolutions.