[Government funded research in China may lead to a competing technology termed TD-SCDMA.]

Beijing -- "China said on Thursday it was stepping up research on a homegrown cellular phone standard that could pose a threat to foreign technologies backed by Nokia Corp, Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc.

"The technology, called TD-SCDMA, is being developed by government-funded Chinese researchers and Germany's Siemens AG.

"... TD-SCDMA spells bad news for companies including Finland's Nokia, Sweden's Ericsson, Motorola Inc of the United States, and Alcatel of France. Those companies have patents and manufacturing stakes in a rival standard: W-CDMA.

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