THE third-generation (3G) mobile phone service is ready for use during the Beijing Olympics after the high-speed wireless connection service was formally delivered Monday.

China Mobile, China's top wireless operator, and South Korean mobile phone producer Samsung, presented 15,000 3G handsets, plus data cards and nearly 3 million yuan (about US$428,600) in call fees, to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing on Monday.

With the offer, staff and volunteers of the Games will have high-speed data transmissions, which will allow them to watch televised games, play videos, and surf the Internet on mobile phones.

The service is based on the Chinese 3G standard, known as TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access).

China Mobile has basically finished construction of the TD-SCDMA network in eight cities, five of which are to host events for the Olympics in August, including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, said the company.(Xinhua)