China Mobile Said to Begin Closing Its 3G Base Stations

(Beijing) – Several of China Mobile's branches around the country have closed 3G-only base stations as the telecoms giant shifts its focus to 4G, several sources with knowledge of the matter say.

Branches in several provinces, such as in Jiangsu in the east, recently started closing base stations that only support the TD-SCDMA standard, said a person who provides operations and maintenance services to the country's largest wireless carrier by number of subscribers.