Review of the development of China's mobile broadband networks

The year of 2014 saw the beginning of China’s LTE, which marks that China has become one of the major engines for the global LTE development. China dazzled in the construction of LTE networks, subscribers, and industry chain. However, the policy formulated around TD-LTE also put China in predicament and brought it many challenges. With this article, we are going to put China’s market for mobile broadband networks into perspective, focusing on the development of China’s LTE market, challenges that encountered, and the research in this area in the years to come. Besides, in regards to the problems that already appeared, we will, from policy- making, industry-level, and technological points of view, offer our suggestions on how China should do to make this market robust.