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Article: MII issues 3G mobile phone numbers to China Mobile.
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- China Business News
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- August 25, 2005
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MII issues 3G mobile phone numbers to China Mobile
Shanghai. August 25. INTERFAX-CHINA - The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) granted China Mobile the right to use new mobile phone numbers beginning with 159 on Thursday, which are widely expected to be for the carrier's 3G services, thus marking an important first step in the march towards 3G rollout in the world's largest mobile communications market.
"The MII has authorized China Mobile to use the new phone numbers for its growing GSM subscribers, but in the future they could be used for 3G services," MII Spokesperson Wang Lijian told Interfax.
The MII previously said mobile phone ...