China Goes it Alone on Mobile TV Standard

From electronicsweekly.com:

"China is reported to be going its own way on mobile TV with the announcement of a home-grown, recommended standard for the technology.The standard, called GY/T220.1-2006, is expected to be formally implemented by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) on 1 November 2006."

"This is not the first time China has gone its own way on technology standards. It also put forward its own standard, TD-SCDMA, for 3G mobile telephony, competing with W-CDMA and CDMA2000."