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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (19938)	3/5/2002 11:24:29 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Respond to of 196652

3G Plan of Hutchison Whampoa to Meet Threat from WLAN and 4G library.northernlight.com Story Filed: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:35 AM EST CHINA, Mar 05, 2002 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- The economic analyst Michael of Warburg says, "We haven't seen any feasible commercial plan about 3G yet." The father of mobile phone, Martin Cooper says, "3G needs 8-10 years to become the mainstream application of life. 3G is still a audio system radically. It won't become the main means of Internet access." But Hutchison Whampoa seems not to care the advices. Judging from series of major actions of Hutchison Whampoa, Li Ka-shing decides to stress developing 3G. Hutchison Whampoa has gained 3G licenseplates in UK, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, etc. Hutchison Whampoa plans to market 3G services gradually in 2002. Moreover Hutchison Whampoa has endorsed contracts of 3G handset supply with NEC and Motorola. Insiders think that the present GSM, 2.5G CDMA and GPRS can match the demand of most consumers. Therefore 3G is likely to meet the situation of "stage wait". Experts point that it's impossible for 3G to occupy the leading position in mobile communications market in 2002. Moreover "3G" technology meets the competition with wireless local area network (WLAN). Furthermore the research of 4G has gained a stated breakthrough at present. All these bring threat to the popularization of 3G. From GD-HK Information Daily, Page 1, Friday, March 01, 2002 info@AsiaPort.Com