3G ready but users lag behind

China Unicom, one of the nation's three leading mobile operators, started trials of its high-speed, third-generation (3G) network Sunday.
China's telecom industry is now on a downward spiral despite the arrival of the long-anticipated 3G era, analysts said.
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