The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wednesday issued 4G licenses to three Chinese telecom operators to provide users 20 to 50 times faster mobile Internet access compared with the current 3G network and create a new trillion-yuan market for device and service upgrade.

The three domestic telecom carriers - China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom - all got the home-grown TD-LTE license.

The ministry did not issue the more international FDD-LTE license this time, but said will test the converged TD-LTE/LTE FDD network in the future.

"We will issue LTD FDD licenses when the condition is ripe," said the ministry.

Previous market rumor said LTD FDD license will be issued two years after TD-LTE licences.