China Broadnet, the new entrant to the Chinese mobile market, claims it will reach national coverage by November, a breakneck speed of roll-out in the huge country, that has been enabled by its extensive network sharing deal with China Mobile. The state-owned cable TV operator only launched its first pilot networks, in 20 provinces, in June this year. The company’s chairman, Song Qizhu, told local media this week that it had kicked off pilots in a further nine provinces and aims to offer nationwide commercial services – by which it means continuous coverage in the top 300 cities and 100 counties – in time for the Communist party congress in November. Broadnet has deployed 200,000 base stations and…