BDA China, a telecoms consultancy, said by introducing TD-SCDMA, Beijing hoped to give China Telecom an edge over domestic rivals that use foreign-backed standards and to support local equipment providers.

• 标准,希望给予中国电信某种优势,使其领先于采用国外标准的国内竞争对手,并希望支持本国的设备供应商。