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To: JohnG who wrote (53716)	12/12/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Unicom CDMA announcement--another article JonhG Unicom's CDMA plan provides options Mobile phone users to have multiple choices Date: 12/12/1999 Page: 1 Author: WANG CHUANDONG, Business Weekly staff China Unicom is expected to provide nationwide mobile communications services via a CDMA cellular network by next summer. The move means mobile phone customers in China have an alternative to the GSM system and telecom equipment manufacturers a wider market. The construction of the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network will begin early next year, company officials told Business Weekly. Tan Xinghui, general manager of China Unicom's planning and marketing department, said the company is evaluating bids made on projects by 12 domestic and foreign telecom companies which could produce equipment based on the CDMA mobile system. "Bid winners will be announced in January next year; first-phase network construction will be completed the following summer," said Tan. He did not specify final winners, but said as many as five or six equipment suppliers may be needed nationwide. Foreign suppliers engaged in joint ventures with CDMA manufacturing capabilities in China will get priority in the bidding, said Lu Jianguo, vice-president of China Unicom. "We must follow the government's market-for-technology principle to create the CDMA network," said Lu. Nortel Networks and Motorola have formal CDMA joint ventures in China. Lucent also has the capability to manufacture CDMA equipment in its local joint venture. Lu said the network's target capacity will not be changed even though the construction plan has been delayed. Early 1999, China Unicom announced plans to invest 7 billion yuan (US$843 million) to establish a nationwide CDMA network with an initial capacity of 2 million lines. It was recently authorized by the State Council to be the sole negotiator dealing with CDMA-related matters ranging from intellectual property rights purchases and joint venture proposals, according to Lu. The government's decree came after some local governments and companies had begun to conduct CDMA negotiations with foreign telecom companies. Industrial experts said the involvement of China Unicom, the country's largest CDMA network operator, may exert pressure upon foreign partners to offer further concessions in areas involving technology transfers and charges for CDMA intellectual property rights. Datang Telecom and Zhongxing Telecom have an ability to produce CDMA equipment. However, it lacks production authorizations involving intellectual property rights. China Unicom hopes the construction of the US-standard CDMA mobile system will eventually be able to compete with the China Telecom-dominated GSM network. China is testing CDMA networks in four cities. The construction of a nationwide CDMA network has been delayed by the worst year in Sino-US relations in some time. But the construction process resumed last month when the two countries reached an agreement on China's entry to the WTO. "We cannot wait or be delayed any more since the third-generation of mobile communications is coming," said Tan. Copyright by China Daily. All rights reserved.

To: JohnG who wrote (53716)	12/13/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: Jenne	Respond to of 152472

QUALCOMM'S CHINESE SERVICE PROVIDER SIGNS CONTRACT WITH COSCO AND SINOTRANS TO DELIVER OMNITRACS MOBILE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Product to Revolutionize the Chinese Logistic and Transportation Industry - PR NEWSWIRE - December 13, 1999 07:30 SAN DIEGO, Dec 13, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology and Chinese service provider, Guangdong South Satellite Telecommunications Service Co., Ltd. (SST), today announced that contracts have been signed to provide the OmniTRACS mobile information management system to the two largest Chinese transportation companies, COSCO and Sinotrans. COSCO will use the system as part of its land transportation and to aid in the transport of equipment through China's inland waterways supporting the Three Gorge National Project. The OmniTRACS system will offer ubiquitous mobile communications and tracking to China's transportation industry, as well as provide integration capabilities enabling better management of freight and inventory to increase productivity and revenues. "QUALCOMM is delighted to have prestigious worldwide transportation companies such as COSCO and Sinotrans as the first Chinese OmniTRACS customers," stated George Mansho, vice president and general manager of international business for QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions. "Due to the geographic similarities between the Chinese and the North American transportation industries, QUALCOMM is optimistic that the OmniTRACS mobile information management system will enjoy similar success over time in China as it has in North America." "We are very enthusiastic about our relationships with China's largest freight transportation and logistics providers," stated Gu Cai Ming, general manager of SST. "We are very eager to show the advanced capabilities and benefits that OmniTRACS will bring to the Chinese transportation industry." With more than 300,000 units sold worldwide, the OmniTRACS system is a satellite-based mobile communications and tracking system that provides real-time messaging and position reporting between fleets and their operations centers. Based on QUALCOMM's CDMA technology, messages are sent, via satellite, through a Network Management Center to dispatch centers throughout the country. The OmniTRACS system is an interactive, fully integrated information management system that includes two-way mobile communications, satellite tracking and fleet management software. Headquarter in Guangzhou, China, SST is a subsidiary of Guangdong Nanfang Communications Group Corporation and is under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Post and Telecommunication Administration (GPTA). SST specializes in VSAT telecommunication services that support a wide range of applications in voice, data, facsimile and video transmission, as well as various network interfaces and protocols. The company operates a public satellite network and provides integrated VSAT services to both domestic and international customers. Nanfang has joint ventures with Ericsson for GSM infrastructure equipment, Nokia for GSM subscriber products and Siemens for fiber optic networks. With over a decade of expertise in providing fleet management products and services to the transportation industry, QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions currently has systems operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Russia, Middle East, Latin America, China, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. Processing over five million data transactions a day, QUALCOMM's Network Management Center is the worldwide leader in processing satellite-based messages. QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering