(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-22 10:17 China 3G spending slows to $880 mln in Q1

BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – China spent more than 6 billion yuan ($880 million) expanding its 3G telecoms network in the first quarter, the government said on Thursday, with just under a third of the money going to its home-grown TD-SCDMA standard. China’s three telecom operators spent about $21 billion building their 3G networks in 2009, following the much-delayed issue of licences earlier …
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