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To: waverider who wrote (106618)	10/10/2001 12:57:11 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 152472

SCMP article. Says China expects 7MM users or apx 70% usage of its CDMA network during 1st year. May be priced as premium service. Completion of 1st phase set for enf 2001 or early 2002. Network will be upgraded to 1XRTT ib mid 2002. technology.scmp.com Wednesday, October 10, 2001 China Unicom expects 70pc CDMA utilisation REUTERS Next story No 2 mainland mobile carrier China Unicom said on Wednesday it expected its portion of the code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile network being built by its parent to be 70 per cent utilised in its first year of operation. "The listed company will lease a capacity of nine million customers. If things go right, we expect a utilisation rate of more than 70 per cent in the first year," Tan XingHui, executive director and vice-president, said in an interview. That would give the company about seven million users on the CDMA network. Hong Kong-listed China Unicom, which plans to lease CDMA network capacity from its parent, had 22.116 million subscribers on its global standard for mobile communication (GSM) network in 12 provinces as of late August. Earlier this year, China Unicom's state-backed parent opted to build a nationwide network using the US-developed CDMA technology after repeated delays. The first phase of the new network is set to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. China recently surpassed the United States as the world's largest mobile phone market. Mr Tan said CDMA would be targeted towards mid- to high-usage customers and the network would be upgraded to higher-speed 2.5 generation capability beginning in the middle of next year. He said the company's CDMA service might be priced at a premium to its GSM service, which is roughly 10 per cent cheaper than the GSM service offered by rival China Mobile (Hong Kong).