China could issue 4G licenses by end of year

Fourth generation wireless services are on the way. Licences to operate the 4G wireless system have still not been issued in China, but the government says that could happen by the end of the year.

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The fourth-generation wireless service is designed to deliver speed... four to ten times faster than today's 3G system, which is currently the most widespread, high-speed wireless service.

Shen Zhiwei, engineer of China Mobile, said, “The max download speed at peak rate can reach to 112 mega bits per second. And the average speed can also reach to 100 mega bits per second as well. It means if we download a movie of 1 gigabyte, it will take only 1 minute to complete in a 4G connection. That’s ten time faster than 3G.”