The organization, or namely Future Mobile Communication Forum, has 26 co-founders including nine multinationals, Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Philips, Shanghai Bell-Alcatel, Motorola, Samsung, France Telecom and NTT Docomo from Japan.

[...] Beyond 3G could provide high-quality image transmission at a price as low as fixed-line Internet, said Zhou Hong, vice president of Huawei. He said Huawei spent 15 percent of its annual sales on research and development of future technologies including Beyond 3G and the company is making great investment in the new technology.