Digia Plc has integrated TD-SCDMA to Nokia S60 platform. TD-SCDMA, also known as Chinese 3G, is integrated for the first time to S60 using Digia Telephony solution earlier created for GSM and WCDMA. The new solution allows creation of 3G S60 phones for the rapidly growing Chinese market. The solution was demonstrated in Beijing, China using TD-SCDMA/EDGE modem by ST-NXP Wireless and T3G Technologies as well as China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G network.

Jari-Pekka Heikkilä, VP Smartphone from Digia: “Digia believes that the Chinese users desire to use fast 3G connections with their high end phones. Due to congested networks and limited capabilities of GSM networks in China, TD-SCDMA networks offer dramatic increase of data speeds, and truly enable the smartphone market in China.”

TD-SCDMA networks are currently operational in eight major Chinese cities and coverage is planned to shortly cover all major cities. As the only 3G network technology already accepted in China TD-SCDMA is expected to become the main 3G access technology. The number of TD-SCDMA devices will grow rapidly in China similarly as has already happened with WCDMA 3G devices in Europe.