Page 22 - China Mobile Limited - Annual Report 2012

Four-Network Coordination demonstrated early success — network
capabilities and coverage continued to improve and structure of traffic
loading was gradually optimized.
Four-Network
Coordination
2G base stations reached 810 thousand, maintaining a reasonable
network utilization rate and a leading position in voice quality.
3G base stations reached 280 thousand, covering cities at county-level or
above and some towns and villages, achieving contiguous coverage for
large and medium cities.
WLAN access points mounted to 3.83 million. WLAN data traffic
increased by 274.0% compared to the previous year.
TD-LTE scale trial was launched and approximately 20 thousand base
stations were constructed in 15 cities. This year will see construction of
more than 200 thousand TD-LTE base stations and LTE commercial
networks will avail.