BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

China Mobile announced today that it is set to join LTE (Long Term
Evolution) trials already being carried out by Vodafone and Verizon Wireless,
a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone.

The resultant three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD (the
Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) for use with paired spectrum
allocations and TD-LTE (the Time Division Duplex version of LTE) as an
evolution of current TD-SCDMA technology to enable the exploitation of
unpaired spectrum globally.

The trials are designed to explore the performance of LTE with different
spectrum types as a potential next generation mobile technology. They will
provide an opportunity to adopt a harmonised access platform with global
scale and high performance inter-working with the existing technologies of
all three companies.

The availability of LTE FDD and TD-LTE systems will enable an effective
and low cost solution for both paired and unpaired spectrum. Multi-mode
devices will create regional and global roaming opportunities. This also
raises the prospect of providing greater interoperability between different
global operators offering customers greater convenience and seamless global
roaming.

The LTE technology, which is still being tested and standardised is
designed to deliver mobile data networks with higher speeds and throughput
performance, lower latency, global roaming, and improved efficiencies. LTE is
an evolution of existing 3G (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and CDMA) cellular networks and
has the advantage of offering inter-working with existing 3G technologies.

"China Mobile is happy to work with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless to
explore TD-LTE together with FDD LTE as a high-performance and low cost
evolution option from our current networks. This will help to build an
ecosystem that could result in a win-win situation for the whole industry to
meet the growing customer demand for wireless broadband," said Mr. Sha
Yuejia, China Mobile's Vice President.

"Verizon looks upon LTE as a singular opportunity to align wireless
carriers on a 4G technology which will support the desires of customers to
have a common experience, with any device of their choosing, anywhere in the
world. We look forward to working closely with China Mobile and Vodafone,
sharing trial results, and ultimately planning compatible networks with them,
and all the other worldwide carriers who are considering the deployment of
LTE," said Richard Lynch, CTO for Verizon.

"Vodafone relishes the opportunity of working alongside China Mobile as
well as Verizon Wireless in the development of LTE FDD/TDD technology, and
we're looking forward to assessing the results of the trials. We fully
support China Mobile's efforts to explore LTE as a potential candidate for
its future wireless broadband needs," said Steve Pusey, Vodafone's Global
Chief Technology Officer.

About China Mobile

Officially established on April 20th, 2000, China Mobile Communications
Corporation (herein after called "China Mobile" or "the Company") has been
playing a leading role in the development of the mobile communications
industry in China and holds an important position in the international arena
as well. After over ten years of efforts, China Mobile has established a
comprehensive network with large coverage, high quality, rich variety of
businesses and first-class customer services. It ranks the first in the world
in terms of the network scale and the customer base. For more information,
please visit http://www.chinamobile.com .

About Vodafone

Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile communications group
with over 252 million proportionate customers as at 31st December 2007.
Vodafone currently has equity interests in 25 countries across five
continents and a further 40 partner networks worldwide. For more information,
please visit http://www.vodafone.com .

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the most reliable wireless voice and data
network in the U.S., serving 63.7 million customers. The largest U.S.
wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues,
Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 68,000
employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more
information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com . To preview and
request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon
Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia .

For further information:

    China Mobile

    Media Relations
    Email: lijun@chinamobile.com
    Office Phone: +86-10-6600-6688

    Research Institute
    Email: xuzhaoji@chinamobile.com
    Office Phone: +86-10-6600-6688

    Web site:  http://www.chinamobile.com 
               http://www.vodafone.com  
               http://www.verizonwireless.com