China is expected to complete access testing on CMMB TD-SCDMA mobile phones in January 2009 and then issue access licenses, officials from the nation's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed on December 29, 2008. 

Products under the access testing include TD-SCDMA mobile phones made by ZTE Corporation, Eastcom Corporation, Lenovo Group Limited, Guangzhou New Postcom Equipment Co., Ltd., and Samsung.

Earlier, the Chinese regulator granted the first CMMB TD-SCDMA mobile phone access license to Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

The move signals that more and more CMMB-enabled mobile phones will come into the market in line with the nationwide deployment of the CMMB networks.

The country is scheduled to build up CMMB networks in more than 100 cities ahead of 2009 and kick off commercial operation of the networks in the second half of 2009, said an official for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).

Source: dycj.ynet.com