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To: foundation who wrote (15820)	10/16/2001 8:13:44 AM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196575

China Kejian, Samsung to make CDMA handsets Tuesday, October 16, 2001 REUTERS Chinese mobile phone maker China Kejian said on Tuesday it plans to set up a joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics and two Chinese partners to produce code division multiple access (CDMA) handsets. The venture, to be set up in China's southern city of Shenzhen, would have a combined investment of US$59.78 million and a registered capital of US$20 million, Kejian said in a statement published in the Shenzhen Securities Times. Kejian is one of 19 Chinese firms given government approval in August to produce handsets using CDMA technology, a cellular standard slated to be put into operation in China at the end of this year. Kejian would provide 21 per cent, or US$4.2 million, of the venture's registered capital; Samsung would provide 49 per cent, or US$9.8 million; Shenzhen Zhixiong Electronics supply 20 percent; and Shanghai Lianhe Investment 10 percent, the statement said. It did not give details of the total investment. "The joint venture will introduce Samsung's mature mobile telecom application technology to develop, manufacture and sell finished CDMA products," it said, referring to CDMA handsets. The plan needed the approval of Kejian shareholders at a meeting later this year, the statement said. Company officials at Kejian declined to give more details. Those from the other partners were not immediately available for comment. Kejian's Shenzhen-listed domestic A shares, off limits to foreign investors, were suspended from trading on Tuesday morning for the statement. technology.scmp.com

To: foundation who wrote (15820)	10/16/2001 8:14:10 AM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 196575

Chinese mobile operators lay 3G plans totaltele.com Chinese mobile operators lay 3G plans By Mike Newlands, for Total Telecom 15 October 2001 China's two leading mobile operators have unveiled further details of their third-generation service plans, even though the government has not yet decided when it will issue 3G licenses or which system the country will adopt. Market leader China Mobile Communications plans to launch its wideband CDMA services as early as the end of 2003, according to vice president Li Yue. Speaking to reporters at a trade fair in Shenzhen, Li said: "This is our internal business plan. Of course the actual launching date of our WCDMA service will largely depend on the government's 3G licence-issuing schedule." The last statements on 3G from Ministry of Information Industry (MII) officials suggested that licenses would be awarded before the end of next year, but no firmer timetable has been set. Li said China Mobile would be the first to apply for a 3G license and was confident of getting one. He said once the license is awarded it will take about 10 months to roll out a WCDMA network. Rival China United Telecommunications (China Unicom), which is rapidly gaining ground on China Mobile, is planning to take just the cdma2000 route for 3G services, although it operates both second-generation GSM and CDMA networks. Unicom deputy general manager Pang Yuguang said: "We'll focus on cdma2000 rather than WCDMA as we believe our CDMA and GSM networks will eventually converge." WCDMA is the evolution of existing GSM and GPRS services and is the preferred system of European carriers, while cdma2000 is the 3G version of Qualcomm's CDMA One system. Where this leaves the locally developed third-generation standard, TD-SCDMA, is unclear, particularly as the government has insisted the two operators run field trials of it. However, government officials have strongly hinted other mobile operators will be licensed, probably including fixed-line incumbent China Telecom, which would have to build a mobile network from scratch anyway. ----- Slightly different twist on previous articles, with China Mobile following the DoCoMo lead and blaming the government for deployment delays.