More than 130 delegates from all over the world will attend the three-day congress, co-sponsored by China Institute of Telecommunications and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), including experts, equipment manufacturers and international investors interested in the mobile communication industry, said congress sources.

The congress has attracted a number of world-famous experts in the field of mobile communication, such as Martin Cooper, the inventor of cell phones, Arlene Harris, the "First Lady of Wireless", and Li Shihe, the man credited with establishing China's home grown third generation (3G) standard.

Their discussion will mainly center on hot issues such as time-division synchronous code-division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) technology, communications networks for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and the commercial application of 3G mobile communication technologies.

According to the congress, there will be special workshops focusing on China 3G Rollout, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and future Chinese Research and Development (R&D) programs.

"The congress serves as a platform for the research community to share achievements and experimental data, and to discuss future directions in Beyond (B3G) and fourth generation (4G) wireless telecommunications," said Willie W. LU, founder of Global Mobile Congress Mission Worldwide.

A R&D league of 4G mobile communication technologies is also expected to be set up during the meeting.

This congress, established last year in Shanghai, will be held annually.

(Xinhua News Agency October 11, 2005)