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 HONG KONG,  Oct. 17, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th GTI Workshop jointly hostedby China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; HKEx: 941) and Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) tookplace in  Dubai, the  United Arab Emirates  from  October 15th to 16th, 2012.More than 100 representatives from international operators, internationalindustrial organizations, system vendors and terminal/chip/test instrument OEMsattended this workshop, discussing key issues for commercialization of TD-LTEincluding R&D of highly-integrated  Multi-Mode Multi-Band  smart phones,convergence of LTE TDD/FDD, LTE roaming framework, VoLTE,as well as theapplication of TD-LTE in consumer electronics and the Things of Internet.  The workshop was highlighted by the release and demonstration of work outcomesof GTI's Terminal Working Group. In the beginning of 2012, GTI has set itstarget to promote the industry to facilitate highly-integrated  Multi-ModeMulti-Band  terminal products. So far, GTI has preliminarily clarified thedemands for  Multi-Mode Multi-Band  operation, finishing the draft of  GTI WhitePaper on Multi-Mode Multi-Band Terminal Requirements & Realization Structure,GTI LTE Terminal General Technical Requirements,  and  GTI Multi-Mode Multi-BandMobile Hotspot Terminal Technical Requirements. In addition, GTI has set up ateam composed of core operators, such as China Mobile, Clearwire, SoftBank andKT, in an effort to assist chip OEMs partners including Qualcomm and HuaweiHisilcon and radio frequency front end OEMs, such as Avago, RFMD and Skyworks indeveloping highly-integrated  Multi-Mode Multi-Band  terminal products.  In particular, the world's first global roaming enabled  Multi-Mode Multi-Band mobile hotspot prototypes supporting five modes (LTE TDD/LTEFDD/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GSM) and eleven bands (Band 38/39/40/41/3/7/34/1/2/5/8)developed by Quanta and Gemtek were exhibited at the workshop. Later, GTI willperform a testing on the commercialization of the products.    Under GTI's effective promotion in the technical field, substantial progresseshave been made in the commercialization of Multi-Mode Multi-Band TD-LTEterminals, global roaming and convergence of LTE TDD/LTE FDD. The launch of theglobal roaming enabled highly-integrated  Multi-Mode Multi-Band  data terminalproducts is considered as a key milestone toward the globalization of TD-LTE,laying a solid foundation for the global deployment and application of TD-LTEand realization of global roaming.    SOURCE  China Mobile LimitedMs. Rainie Lei, China Mobile Limited, +852-3121-8888