Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JohnG who wrote (51594)	11/24/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

China Unicom to Soon Start Building CDMA Mobile Phone Network China Unicom to Soon Start Building CDMA Mobile Phone Network Beijing, Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China Unicom, the nation's No. 2 telephone company, will soon start building a nationwide Code Division Multiple Access network, marking China's first widespread use of the U.S.-developed mobile phone standard. The Chinese state-owned company, officially known as China United Telecommunications Corp., recently asked Motorola Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and other companies to submit proposals for construction of a CDMA network. ''They intend to put in place a network by June next year to accommodate 9 million subscribers,'' said Thomas Hinton, vice president of Motorola's network solutions division for Hong Kong and China. China first agreed in March to open its market to suppliers of traditional CDMA phone equipment, which doesn't support high- speed Internet-related data transmission. The move was seen by some analysts as a concession from Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji to the U.S. government to pave the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization. That plan -- stalled as China suspended WTO talks with the U.S. after NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on May 7 -- was revived shortly before Beijing signed a landmark agreement on Nov. 15 to smooth China's accession to the WTO. Unicom released to suppliers its long-awaited request for proposals for provision of the CDMA network on Nov. 12, said Hinton. In September, Lucent, North America's No. 1 phone equipment maker, said it expected to start selling CDMA equipment to Unicom by the end of the year. Unicom has said it planned to invest 7 billion yuan ($843 billion) in 1999 to set up a CDMA network with an initial capacity of two million lines. The capacity would be expanded to 10 million lines covering 160 Chinese cities next year. Unicom already operates mobile networks using Europe's Global System for Mobile Communications technology in many Chinese cities. Lucent and Motorola, as well as Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. and Northern Telecom Ltd. of Canada, have already set up trial CDMA networks in four Chinese cities, together with a joint venture between the army and China Telecom Group, the nation's biggest mobile phone company.

To: JohnG who wrote (51594)	11/24/1999 9:07:00 AM
From: Jeffry K. Smith	Respond to of 152472

OT I don't know how many of the French agree, but on the national news last night I saw a bunch of protesters protesting economic issues (not clear just exactly what) - and one of them had a sign "Capitalism is evil". LOL Jeff Smith

To: JohnG who wrote (51594)	11/24/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Jurgen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

OT: ...We're talking about people who are quite willing to trade their freedom for security and wake up to find they have lost a lot of both... Yes, for example they give up the freedom to own guns for the security not to be shut down by a 12 year old who bought a gun at WalMart. But other than that ? There are many different nations in Europe, no such thing like "The European". You just shouldn't say something like that. It is silly. Anyway, no hard feelings. Jurgen