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Qualcomm in Talks With China Unicom on CDMA Standard, AWSJ Says
Beijing, Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc. is in talks with China United Telecommunications Corp., the
nation's second-largest phone company, to team up in China's mobile phone market, the Asian Wall Street Journal
reported. Louis Lupin, senior vice president of the San Diego-based maker of wireless phones, said no agreement
had been reached, though the paper quoted an unnamed official saying the two sides may agree on a plan as soon
as the first week of February. A pact with Qualcomm may insure China adapts the wireless standard known as
CDMA, which is widely used in the U.S., rather than the GSM standards it uses now, the paper said.
The number of mobile phone subscribers in China is expected to surge to 70 million this year from 43 million last
year.
Jan/30/2000 19:21
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