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To: Ruffian who wrote (65546)	1/31/2000 7:17:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

You took the question right out of my mouth, Ruffian: "That next generation is still a few years away, but already companies are vying to set the industry standard. One option - called wide band CDMA - is prevalent in Europe. Qualcomm holds relatively few patents for this type of CDMA technology." ??? What is this? Hopefully engineer or someone else on the thread can explain what this WSJ fellow is talking about. Lynn

To: Ruffian who wrote (65546)	1/31/2000 8:05:00 PM
From: LBstocks	Respond to of 152472

More news today from China> Monday, January 31, 2000 TELECOMS Minister sets phone target to beat Japan MARK O'NEILL in Beijing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Minister of Information Industry has set a growth target of 14 per cent for the telecommunications industry this year, double that of gross domestic product, including an additional 25 million mobile-phone users. Wu Jichuan told a national work meeting on his industry for the new year that its annual sales should be 490 billion yuan (about HK$458 billion), an increase of 14 per cent over last year, according to official media. This included production of six million small computers, 36 million colour televisions, 37 million mobile phones and 3.5 billion integrated circuits, the Beijing Morning Post reported. He said he aimed to make the industry one of the pillars of the economy and one of its engines of growth. This year he aims to add 18.5 million new fixed-line telephone users, taking the national penetration rate to 16 per cent, 25 million new mobile-telephone users and 7.1 million new customers able to receive data transmission and multimedia systems. If the figure for mobile telephones is achieved, the mainland will have as many as 60 million users, surpassing Japan as the world's second-biggest market after the United States. The official target is 100 million by 2003 and 200 million by 2010. Last year, the industry earned 430 billion yuan, an increase of 27.7 per cent over 1998, with double-digit growth in production of mobiles, small computers, colour televisions and integrated circuits, Mr Wu said. It also exported goods worth US$39 billion, making it the mainland's biggest foreign-exchange earner. Mr Wu made no mention of Beijing's likely entry into the World Trade Organisation this year, which is expected to have a significant impact on his industry, with improved access for foreign products and foreign companies in the market. Many observers predicted that Mr Wu would not be minister of the booming telecoms industry in the new millennium, because he was said to oppose liberalisation of the market under WTO regulations. But the feisty Mr Wu, who comes from Hunan, the native province of Mao Zedong and Premier Zhu Rongji, has defied his critics and held on to his post. He denies any differences with his political masters over WTO. With the growth rates, sales and exports his industry enjoys, he brings strong cards to the negotiating table. scmp.com