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To: laodeng who wrote (7697)	2/23/2001 12:42:08 PM
From: laodeng	Respond to of 196876

China, China and China What a day! Xinhua news(2/23/01), Jiangxi Unicom(Unicom branch in Jianxi province) cdma network is to start soon. Service will be rollout in Oct and cover the whole province. Initial capacity will be around 200k to 300k. CDMA is Unicom's major project supported by the State Council. Relative to the current in use GSM handsets, cdma has lower interference, high voice quality, strong security and very high data capability. Also, it has lower radiation, high standby time, and thus a reputation as "green handset". The pricing is undecided at this time. -tranlated from 202.84.17.73 Mightylaker's hometown: China Unicom Tianjin Branch Takes on Major Upgrades BEIJING, Feb 23, 2001 -- (China Online) The Tianjin branch of China Unicom will invest 1.6 billion yuan ($193.24 million) this year to upgrade its communications networks. This is the largest investment made by the China Unicom Tianjin branch in a year and it also represents the largest number of new projects in Tianjin since its establishment, reports the February 19 Jisuanji Shijie Ribao (China Computer World). The money will upgrade China Unicom's integrated service networks, as well as construct dozens of new projects and expand existing communications networks. Some of this construction has already begun, including the expansion and optimization of 130 mobile communications networks and 193 long-distance networks, the construction of long-distance intelligent networks, and a large-scale expansion of China Unicom Tianjin Local Telephone Networks, data networks and 165 Internet-related networks. After the expansion, the capacity of the service systems will be doubled or tripled, and the network quality and the capability to offer new services will be improved substantially. In addition, construction of a code-division multiple access (CDMA) mobile-communications network and China Unicom's broadband data communications commercial network will also begin soon, the story said. -no tranlation needed. laodeng