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To: JGoren who wrote (4246)	12/15/1999 7:12:00 PM
From: Bux	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

As I understand it, currently if you have a handset, you have to buy a special thing to connect it to a laptop that is fairly expensive. Maybe, by making the laptop cdmaOne ready, it's a special connection with a hardware switch or converter (not a chip) that allows the phone to be plugged in with a wire that is not so complicated (and cheaper) than the ones necessary now? Any thoughts? First off, this cdmaOne notebook computer is advertised in conjunction with 64Kbps wireless service. So it is a little faster than a standard modem and different from the connections you have been hearing about in the states. So I'm wondering what the maximum throughput is for a common serial port on a modern laptop. I imagine it is above 64Kbps so if the cdmaOne notebook doesn't have a wireless link incorporated inside then it is probable that it just uses the regular serial connector. S100, anyone, what's the throughput of a serial port? I bought a serial connector direct from Airtouch for $30.00 so they are not that expensive. The higher prices are from those that purchased kits (software&cable) but for Airtouch extra software was not required. Cables can probably be purchased in bulk for 5-10 bucks. Incidentally, yesterday in the mail I recieved Airtouch Net Access promo lit. which was a waste of their money since I have been signed up for a while. The interesting thing is they are offering the Thinphone data cable packaged with a slim external battery for 49.99. Since the data connector uses the same receptacle as the charger, you are on battery power only for data use. I already have an external battery but don't use it much so I was not tempted even though the 49.99 is less than the regular cost of just the battery. Bux

To: JGoren who wrote (4246)	12/15/1999 10:50:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13582

China's Unicom Closer To Foreign Listing - Report BEIJING -- China Unicom, China's second telecommunications carrier, has concluded negotiations with several foreign partners to terminate joint venture agreements, clearing the way for the company to list abroad, official media reported Thursday. Still struggling to win market share from former monopoly China Telecom (CHL), China Unicom is expected to seek more than $1 billion next year through a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. China Unicom's plans to list this year were postponed when the Ministry of Information Industry ruled that the company's joint venture agreements breached a ban on foreign investment in the telecommunications sector. The company had used a vehicle known as China-China-Foreign to channel foreign investment into its projects. This involved offshore companies setting up a foreign invested-joint venture which then invested in a project with Unicom. All projects involving CCF were frozen since Oct. 1 and China Unicom was ordered to negotiate termination agreements with its foreign partners. The official China Daily reported that China Unicom "has reached agreement with several foreign partners to terminate the so-called CCF projects, paving the way for the company to be listed abroad." "We have made some agreements and will pick up the pace to complete the deal with the rest of the foreign partners," Wang Jianzhou, China Unicom vice-president said in the report. China Unicom plans to invest 7 billion yuan ($1=CNY8.28) in a Code Division Multiple Access, or CDMA, mobile telecommunications network to rival the existing Global System for Mobile telecommunications, or GSM, service provided by China Telecom. China Unicom was created by the government to take on the former monopoly giant China Telecom. A third state-run telecommunications carrier, China Netcom, began operations this year.