PHS network in 2007. China Telecom operated a PAS system in China, although technically it was not regarded as allowed to provide mobile services, because of some particularities of the Chinese governance. China Netcom, the other fixed-line operator in China, also provides Xiaolingtong service. The system was a runaway hit, with over 90 million subscribers signed up ; the largest equipment vendors were UTStarcom and ZTE. However, low priced mobile phones rapidly replaced PHS. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China issued notices on 13 February 2009 that both registration of new users and expansion of the network were to be discontinued, with the service to be ended by the end of 2011. A PHS global roaming service was available between Japan (WILLCOM), Taiwan, and Thailand. Commercial deployments This is a list of commercial PHS deployments around the world, all of which are now defunct: List of PHS-enabled CompactFlash cards PHS-enabled PCMCIA/CompactFlash cards include: TDK DF56CF NTT DoCoMo P-in Comp@ct NTT DoCoMo P-in m@ster NTT DoCoMo P-in memory DDI AirH”Card petit [RH2000] DDI AirH”Card petit [] DDI C@rdH”64 petit [] DDI C@rdH”64 petit [CFE-01/TD] See also CT2 – similar system in Europe, Canada and Hong Kong OpenBTS – low-cost GSM access References External links PHS MoU Group (PHS MoU was dissolved and absorbed into a new organization "XGP Forum" in 2009. Article on Xiaolingtong PHS in Taiwan Telefonica del Sur in Chile Local loop Mobile telecommunications user equipment Japanese inventions