Launch Yea Country Na Company N Network Sta
requency (MH L aunch Mon
Generation Platform Evolution
Live2G GSM None900/1800September1997 China China Mobil
Live 2.5G GSM GPRS900/1800May2002 China China Mobil
China China Mobil Live 2.5G GSM EDGE900/1800May2005 China China Mobil Live3G TD-SCDMA None2000January2009
December2013 China China Mobil Live4G TD-LTE None1900/2300/2500
China China Mobil Planned5G Multi2020 China China Telec Live 2.5G CDMA20001x800March2003 China China Telec Live 3.5G CDMA20001xEV-DO Rev1900April2009 China China Telec Live2G CDMA IS-95A800January2002 China China Telec Live 3.5G CDMA20001xEV-DO Rev850/2100October2009 China China Telec Live4G TD-LTE None2600February2014 China China Telec Live4G LTE None1800February2015
1800/2100July2015 China China Telec Live4G LTE LTE-Advance
China China Telec Live4G LTE None800/1800May2016 China China Unico Live 3.5G W-CDMA DC-HSPA+900/21002013 China China Unico Live4G TD-LTE None2300/2500March2014 China China Unico Live4G LTE None1800/2100February2015 China China Unico Live2G GSM None900/1800July1995 China China Unico Live 2.5G GSM GPRS900/1800Q32005 China China Unico Shut Down2G CDMA IS-95A800January2002 China China Unico Shut Down2.5G CDMA20001x800March2003 China China Unico Live3G W-CDMA None900/2100May2009 China China Unico Live 3.5G W-CDMA HSPA+900/2100Q32011
Coverage
May-17: 99.9%
May-17: 99.9%
May-17: 99.9%
May-17: >446,000 base stations covering all cities of county-level or above
May-17: 95%, 1.51m BTS, 1.3bn people; Jul-16: 88.4%, 1.2bn people, 1.1m BTS; Jul-14: 200 cities; De Pre-commercial field trials due to start in 2019
May-17: all 31 provinces/municipalities/autonomous regions
May-17: all cities of country level or above, including 35,400 rural towns
May-17: all 31 provinces/municipalities/autonomous regions
May-17: Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou
May-17: cities and all developed towns and villages nationwide; Dec-14: 100 cities
May-17: all cities and developed towns and villages nationwide; trial hybrid FDD/TD-LTE network lau May-17: all cities; Jul-16: 45 cities
May-17: ‘nationwide’, uses refarmed 800MHz spectrum in rural areas
May-17: all cities of county level or above
May-17: >139 cities 736,000 4G BTS; Dec-15: major cities, 399,000 BTS; Jun-15: 300 cities
May-17: >139 cities 736,000 BTS; Dec-15: major cities, 399,000 4G BTS
May-17: all towns and major administrative villages, 1.314m BTS; Dec-15: 1.238 million 2G/3G BTS May-17: all towns and major administrative villages, 1.314m BTS; Dec-15: 1.238 million 2G/3G BTS Sold to China Telecom in October 2008
Sold to China Telecom in October 2008
May-17: all cities of county level or above, 1.314m BTS Dec-15: 1.238m 2G/3G BTS; Dec-12: 331,00 BT May-17: all cities of county level or above, 1.314m BTS Dec-15: 1.238m 2G/3G BTS; Dec-12: 331,00 BT
ul-14: 200 cities; Dec-13: 100 cities
: 100 cities
ybrid FDD/TD-LTE network launched in June 2014
Jun-15: 300 cities
: 1.238 million 2G/3G BTS
: 1.238 million 2G/3G BTS
2G/3G BTS; Dec-12: 331,00 BTS; Dec-11: 239,000 BTS 2G/3G BTS; Dec-12: 331,00 BTS; Dec-11: 239,000 BTS