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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (271)	9/21/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (3) of 792

When you see an article like this where they mention working with Cisco and Nortel, is it assumed that they will not be using Netro? I don't know enough about this market yet to read the nuance of what indicates strong or weak positions for Netro. Regards, Mark Field-trials boost for CTI Internet service PETER CHAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City Telecom HK's challenge to Cable & Wireless HKT's dominant Internet services position has strengthened following recent government approval for technology development. City Telecom (CTI), which owns Internet service provider CTINets, yesterday said it had received the go-ahead from the Office of Telecommunications Authority to conduct field trials of its fixed network Internet service. The approval allows CTINets to move a step closer to the launch of Hong Kong's third broadband Internet service early next year. Wharf's i-Cable will launch its broadband service at the end of the year. It is also a precursor to a major change in the landscape of Hong Kong's Internet services market. The market was previously dominated by HKT, which had a 70 per cent share. The most important breakthrough for CTINet's broadband service is that it uses the Local Multi-point Distribution System (LMDS) technology. LMDS is a terrestrial wireless local loop network that operates using microwave transmission links to provide a wireless last-mile connection to customers. It bypasses the "Type II interconnection" - the local loop that serves residential and commercial buildings. Access to that system is controlled by HKT. LMDS involves information being sent from a central switch to a fixed network of base stations. The information will then be re-transmitted in the form of microwaves from the base station to rooftop dishes. It then enters a home through the co-axial cables inside apartment buildings. Experiences in the United States have demonstrated each base station can cover an area of one to 10 square kilometres, depending on geographical characteristics of the district involved. LMDS allows two-way transmission of information at a speed of up to two megabytes per second, compared to the 1.5 megabytes offered by HKT's "SuperNetvigator", the SAR's only broadband service at the moment. Chairman Ricky Wong Wai-kay said the company would spend up to $1 million in the field trials and had signed Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks as technology partners. He said during the period when the company was waiting for the authority's approval, it had shortlisted a number of locations suitable for the trials to be conducted. These included housing estates in Ma On Shan and Tuen Mun. "Now that we've got the approval to conduct the trials we will announce the full results of the tests to the public as soon as possible," he said. Mr Wong said within three years at least half of CTI's revenues would be derived from its Internet activities.

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