China's future mobile communication forum.

"Xinhuanet reports 'a forum organization was kicked off here Monday in Shanghai to boost the development of technology beyond the third generation mobile communication (3G).The 'Future Mobile Communication Forum, has 26 co-founders including nine multinationals, Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Philips, Shanghai Bell-Alcatel, Motorola, Sumsung, France Telecom and NTT Docomo from Japan'. Further,'China, which began to study beyond 3G technology in 2001, has made breakthroughs in key areas. According to the present research, new technologies could realize a transmission speed 5-10 times faster than under the 3G technology, said You Xiaohu, director of National Mobile Communication Research Laboratory."