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To: Ruffian who wrote (6829)	8/3/2000 3:17:06 PM
From: tero kuittinen	Respond to of 34857

It has to be very unlikely, because Unicom is publicly traded. They should have a big interest in profit growth. But I accept there is a possibility that China may want to insulate its market by picking a standard combination that no other market uses. That would give Chinese manufacturers an edge; much like Japanese manufacturers have a domination in PDC market. Of course that backfires in the long term if export markets don't exist, but it's a pretty tempting choice in the short term. Tero