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To: foundation who wrote (31636)	1/23/2003 5:56:35 PM
From: foundation	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196568

(China) State Council given 3G options Elaine Chan 24 January 2003 / 01:49 AM As competition boils among mainland mobile operators, Chinese experts charged with planning how to roll out the country's third-generation (3G) mobile communication services have submitted three options to the State Council for consideration. In their submission, reported on the influential Chinese website Homeway, the experts proposed regulators hand out four 3G licences - to current mobile duopoly China Mobile and China Unicom, and to fixed-line operators China Telecom and China Netcom. One of the three proposed plans would leave operators complete freedom in choosing which 3G standard to use, embracing the principles of a market economy. The second option would be to award licences for the home-grown TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code-division multiple access) technology to newcomer mobile operators China Telecom and China Netcom, while China Mobile and China Unicom would adopt foreign-developed WCDMA and CDMA2000 standards respectively. The third way would not restrict China Telecom and China Netcom to any one standard, but both operators would have to guarantee they would adopt TD- SCDMA in certain areas or districts as the main network system. By developing TD-SCDMA, China, which has lagged behind the West on the high-tech front, aims to hold its own as the government further liberalises the telecom industry. TD-SCDMA is being developed by Beijing-backed Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group, which holds the patent to the standard approved by the International Telecom Union as one of the three wireless interface specifications, next to WCDMA and CDMA2000. Given that the TD-SCDMA technology is costing the mainland millions of yuan to develop, it is not in Beijing's interest to accept the first proposed plan that would allow operators complete freedom to choose their preferred standards. Datang said late last year that the TD-SCDMA could be available for commercial use in mid-2004. The mainland, the world's biggest cellular market, has been guarded in deregulating its rapidly growing mobile communication industry, to protect its own and for fear of uncontrollable chaos. Already, China Mobile and China Unicom are embroiled in an escalating war to raise user numbers through subsidies and aggressive pricing, to the extent of violating regulations to introduce a one-party charge in certain areas. In addition, fixed-line operators China Telecom and China Netcom have expanded their personal handyphone service (PHS) to more cities in the mainland, giving both mobile operators a run for their money. thestandard.com.hk ========== LOL! When will the cold, hard reality finally sink in that TDsCDMA, one of 2 TDD technologies ( UTRA-TDD is the other) developed in 3GPP, designed specifically for the efficient asymmetric transmission of data using shorter distance micro and pico cells, is not a viable candidate to replace FDD technologies for macro cell voice+data networks? (Voice is a symmetric transmission service requiring low latency and high Quality of Service.) Message 18434437 When will the cold, hard reality finally sink in that no China carrier could rationally select, or be forced to use, TDsCDMA for its primary network standard? Is this why Telecom stated that it would give back a TDsCDMA license upon receipt? Message 18465698

To: foundation who wrote (31636)	4/9/2003 7:46:23 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196568

Iusacell sees 1X expansion in June - Mexico latintrade.com April 03, 2003 (BNamericas.com) - Mexican mobile operator Iusacell (NYSE: CEL) expects to start increasing coverage of its CDMA 1X network in Mexico City in June, Iusacell corporate marketing manager Fernando Zamarrita told BNamericas. The company launched the 1X network on January 23 and originally estimated that it could grow to cover 12 cities by year-end, serving about 10,000 clients, but those figures are subject to modification depending on demand, Zamarrita said. As yet Iusacell's 1X infrastructure is still in a test phase and the company is concentrating on running demonstrations to educate potential users, the executive said, adding that Iusacell prefers to treat the 1X network as an extension of its existing network, that clients will use from time to time depending on their data transmission needs. For general growth of operations Iusacell is banking on legislation to expand the calling party pays (CPP) billing system to include domestic long distance calls, and a major goal for this year is to reach an SMS interoperability agreement with dominant operator Telcel, Zamarrita said. Iusacell CFO Russell Olson was recently quoted as saying the company should complete its debt restructuring negotiations in two months. At an operating and services level, Zamarrita said the company continues to develop as normal, irrespective of the negotiations. Olson also said the company would be able to pay a US$25mn interest payment on June 1 using cash flow, local press reported this week. Iusacell has total debt amounting to US$842mn. The company operates in seven of Mexico's nine regions, including Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana, Acapulco, Puebla, Leon and Merida, and ended 2002 with a client base of about 2.1 million. Iusacell is owned 37.2% by Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and 34.5% by Vodafone Group (NYSE: VOD). Source: Business News Americas (BNamericas.com)