China is looking the further develop its fledgling domestic market, before it moves into the realm of the much heralded, and underdeveloped 3G market. The Chinese could see the resistance to 3G markets as a protectionist measure.
Preventing a flood of companies into the most lucrative of markets will only strengthen the position of the state run China Mobile. Although this is a notion that the Chinese delegation disagreed with, stating that any company that moved into China would first have to build a vast infrastructure, which would be costly and time consuming, and that penetration rates are relatively low at the present time.
