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To: DOUG H who wrote (5843)3/2/2000 8:54:00 AM
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QCOM--Chinese military expands mobile networks

By CBS MarketWatch in London
Last Update: 4:14 AM ET Mar 2, 2000 NewsWatch

BEIJING (CBS.MW) -- China's military is expanding its mobile-phone networks. In recent months it's built new cell-phone networks in three provinces and significantly expanded two of the four networks it already operates.

Executives involved in the deals say the People's Liberation Army ventures lack operating licenses and government approval, but have
been aided by foreign firms that have signed contracts to supply the military with equipment, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The new networks increase the army's chances of becoming China's third
mobile-phone operator. It's already has outpaced its main rival in
introducing wireless technology to China. The army's networks use a
standard called CDMA, or code division multiple access, which was
supposed to be deployed by another company, China United
Telecommunications Corp., or China Unicom.

Last month, China Unicom signed an agreement with San Diego-based
Qualcomm Corp. (QCOM: news, msgs) to license its CDMA technology. Since then, the government has ordered China Unicom not to deploy the CDMA
network. But the order doesn't seem to apply to the military, whose new
networks already are up and running.
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