China's own technology for "third generation" cellphones is ready for large-scale commercial use, the Financial Times has said, citing ZTE, the country's second largest telecom equipment maker.

Equipment based on the Beijing-backed TD-SCDMA standard for 3G telecoms services could now operate comparably with that of the rival European-led WCDMA standard and the US-favored CDMA2000, ZTE President Yin Yimin told the newspaper.

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