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To: Ramsey Su who wrote ()	6/24/2000 12:29:00 PM
From: Dennis Roth	of 13582

Malaysia: Need to upgrade wireless telecoms infrastructure asia.dailynews.yahoo.com Tuesday, June 20 6:32 PM SGT Business: Need to upgrade wireless telecoms infrastructure The Energy, Telecommunications and Multimedia Ministry should seriously think about upgrading the wireless telecommunications infrastructure to ensure Malaysians do not miss out on the benefits offered by the third generation mobile phones. The third generation mobile phones, which are expected to be introduced within the next two years, will offer customers direct access to the Internet. Motorola Inc's Malaysian software centre managing director S. Surya said the current wireless telecommunications infrastructure enabled voice transfer with a limited capability of transferring data. "Although Malaysia's wireless telecommunications infrastructure is as good as any other countries', the third generation mobile phone will require an infrastructure that can handle voice as well as data transfer," he said. Currently, no country in the world has the infrastructure to support the third generation mobile phones, he said in an interview. In order to support the third generation mobile phones, Malaysia could upgrade the current GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) or start from scratch and set up a CDMA (Coded Digital Multiple Access) system. The CDMA system is said to be more economical as it has a lower power consumption rate. It also has a higher data transfer rate. "The wireless telecommunications infrastructure basically consists of the underlying wireless network, base stations and switches. These are the sections which have to be upgraded," Surya said. If Malaysia does not want to be left behind in the industry then the country has to begin upgrading its infrastructure soon. Telecommunications companies have already started introducing mobile phones which can access the Internet. However, the phones have limited capabilities. Copyright ¸ 1998-2000 New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All Rights Reserved.

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