Samsung releases the GT-I6320C TV phone in China

Andrew Rafter

Samsung has announced the GT-I6320C, a handset that will be exclusively available on China Mobile

Published on May 18, 2009

Samsung has announced the Samsung GT-I6320C, exclusively available on China Mobile which will allow customers to watch TV in 150 cities across China.

The GT-I6320C supports the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CCMB) service, allowing users to watch mobile TV in a 150 cities in China.

The Samsung GT-I6320C phone will never see the light of day in America and Europe due to the fact that China runs its own mobile phone network that makes all US and European phones useless.

Samsung has been developing TD-HSDPA technology in the pursuit of not having to rely on western technology - meaning that they do not have pay huge licensing fees.

On January 7, 2009 China granted TD-SCDMA 3G licences to China Mobile and the Samsung TV phone will one of the first handsets to take advantage of this new technology.

TD-HSDPA technology represents an evolution from TD-SCDMA, and enables users to download files at 2.8Mbps - a speed that is faster than TD-SCDMA.