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To: JohnG who wrote (10253)	4/2/2001 8:18:34 AM
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China decides to eclipse the Europeans by moving directly to 3G CDMA 1X rather to 95A. As engineer has taught us, It takes only a few months to convert a 1X system to 1X EV. China Unicom Says Will Skip Interim Standard for CDMA Network By Kenneth Wong Hong Kong, April 2 (Bloomberg) -- China United Telecommunications Corp. said it will leapfrog technology to transform its mobile phone operations into a service offering voice and data transmission at 15 times the existing speed. China's second-largest mobile phone operator will use a so- called ``packet-switching'' standard to upgrade its network, leaving out an intermediate ``circuit'' standard, said Li Zhengmao, executive director of unit China Unicom Ltd. Packet technology transmits signals in bundles, allowing data to be transmitted faster, compared with circuit-based equipment. Last week, Unicom said its parent will spend 20 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) in two years to develop the network, based on code division multiple access technology, which it acquired from the army in January. The upgraded network will run at speeds of 144 kilobytes a second, allowing large amounts of data such as videos and music to be sent and received easily. Choosing a more advanced technical standard shows Unicom is betting on China's market for data traffic and hence willing to spend far more than necessary, analysts said. While a regular upgrade would involve only minor software modifications, leaping to packet technology requires installing additional equipment. The Strategis Group, a U.S.-based market research firm, forecasts users of mobile data services in China will increase to about 60 million by 2007 from just 1.2 million this year. Unicom's network will have the capacity to sign up around five million subscribers by the end of this year and 13.3 million by the end of 2002, Li said earlier. The company will start leasing the parent's network as early as the fourth quarter.