Both China Mobile and China Unicom have unveiled their 3G plans after the recent approval of 3G license issuance by the country's State Council.
China Mobile announced Saturday that it will invest RMB 58.8 billion (US$8.6 billion) to build 60,000 3G base stations within this year.
The operator said the total number of its 3G base stations will exceed 80,000 and cover 70 percent of cities administered by provincial governments in China.
China Unicom also announced that May 17 has been slated for the formal operation of its WCDMA network. The firm said tender for WCDMA equipment supply will be put forward in January while implementation is estimated to begin in February.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology predicted that RMB 280 billion will be made in 3G networks in the country within two years.
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