Here comes the biggest CDMA network! China is lining up to be the biggest CDMA market within 5 years. The original questions are largely answered with the switching on and going big-time commercial of the Unicom CDMA network.
There remain Globalstar, [still a mess and deteriorating with no apparent restructuring progress - what a colossal waste of an opportunity], NextWave and their $$multibillion settlement with the FCC, abandoned by the Senate which had to approve the agreement, Eudora, which is still looking for a big piece of the action in cyberspace [the future of Eudora is of course in cybermoney, the Q Message 16824919 ] and of course CDMA linked notebook computers, pdQs and the like, which are only just getting going in a serious way.
Most people still think 3G is a failure even before it's born. They are in for a surprise.
At last, CDMA bigtime in China - not even a week to go!
<To:Ramsey Su who started this subject
From: chapq Sunday, Dec 23, 2001 6:42 PM
Respond to of 17568
Hong Kong, December 23, 2001 - China Unicom Limited ("China Unicom") (HKSE: 0762; NYSE: CHU) and its parent company China United Telecommunications Corporation ("Unicom Group") announced today that the phase one construction of China Unicom's CDMA network has been successfully completed and will be launched in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities nationwide on December 31, 2001. At the same time, the construction of CDMA 1X trial network has also been completed in 7 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanchang and Haikou and will start the commercial trial on network and services soon.
To meet the growing market demand, the construction of China Unicom's CDMA network has adopted an extensive covering strategy. The completed network can cover 330 cities in 31 provinces, cities and regions with a total capacity of 15.15 million subscribers and a total network construction cost of RMB24 billion. China Unicom adopts the IS-95A enhanced technology standard for its phase one CDMA network construction and has well prepared for its smooth migration to CDMA 1X technology. In addition to the launch of basic voice services and various value-added functions, mobile intelligent network and short message network will also be launched. Total capacity of the CDMA 1X trial network in 7 cities reaches 100,000 subscribers and other new services put on trial include high-speed internet access, pictures download and viewable mobile phone and etc.
During China Unicom's CDMA Night & New Year Reception, Mr. Wang Jianzhou, President of China Unicom said, "CDMA is not merely China Unicom's project, it's a huge project that involves plenty of local and foreign system and equipment suppliers, handsets manufacturers, network support system providers. The successful launch of CDMA network is a result of the joint effort."
"The preparation work after the completion of CDMA network has been progressing steadily as scheduled. The CDMA technology signifies the new direction in technology for cellular development. CDMA technology has been widely recognized because of its unique superiorities of better voice quality, higher transmission speed, greater security, lower handset radio transmission power and higher wireless data communications capabilities. We have full confidence in the market prospect of CDMA." Mr. Wang added.
China Unicom currently has signed the international roaming agreements on CDMA network with over 10 countries and regions, including the United States, Korea, Japan and Hong Kong and the services will be launched soon.
chinaunicom.com.hk >
Happy 2002, the palindrome year [the only other one I'll experience was the recession year of 1991].
Overall, people tend to think of 2001 as a bad year, what with the stock market crunch continuing, the first recession of the 21st century and the destruction of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York and about 3000 people. But really, in a broader point of view, it's been another great year.
Thousands of great new things have been introduced after years of work and creativity in developing them. Life is getting better and easier which makes the next developments quicker with more people working on them.
Let's see, Windows XP, 1xRTT, gene therapy, cloning, more people on earth, China's economy booming, digital cameras, cyberspace growth and improvement, fibre all around the world, OFDM test, and thousands of other developments. Ebay, PayPal, Superconducting filters, Capstone turbines, human genome nailed down and DNA developments on the rampage, Wingcast getting ready, Boeing 777s looking good, Rituxan helping thousands who would otherwise debilitate and die, Leap Wireless bringing cheap mobile phone service to cities across the USA, DVDs on the move, Playstation, mobile banking improving, and a lot more besides.
Things sure did go well in 2001.
2002 should be even better,
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