China United Telecom (China Unicom), the world's third biggest mobile telecommunications carrier, said Monday it plans to release mobile phone handsets in mid-July this year with dual-band technology that shares data and voice service between GSM and CDMA users.

China Unicom announcemented today that dual-band technology which shares data and voice service between GSM and CDMA passed preliminary tests.  The company is still determining the price for the new dual-band cellphones.

China United Telecom (China Unicom), the world's third biggest mobile telecommunications carrier, said Monday it plans to release mobile phone handsets in mid-July this year with dual-band technology that shares data and voice service between GSM and CDMA users.

Samsung, LG and Motorola are among the first three hardware vendors to produce the first batch of the hybrid cellphones.  I speculate it won't be too long before the smartphone market will be next in line to be outfitted with the same technology.

Source PeopleDaily