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To: John Biddle who wrote (32607)	2/18/2003 10:22:27 PM
From: John Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196987

Officials deny PHS coming to Shanghai english.eastday.com Officials with Shanghai Telecommunications Co., the main local landline phone service provider, said yesterday that the company will not introduce the personal handy-phone system (PHS) commercially in Shanghai. PHS is a wireless system providing mobile telecommunications within a relatively small area. The remarks were in response to the recent assumption that the Shanghai branch of China Telecom will provide PHS service in the local telecom market, as its branches are doing in other provinces, such as Guangdong and Jiangsu. The assumption was fueled by a recent media report that PHS phones were listed on the auction website www.eachnet.com. Shanghai Telecom officials said the phones on auction could be phones used by individual company employees. The company has been operating the system on a trial basis for its employees as a research and development project, but does not plan to offer the service to the public, the officials said. That would go against national policy, they said. The Ministry of Information Industry has ruled that PHS, also called "Xiaolintong" service, can be operated as an extension of landline phone service in small and medium-sized Chinese cities. Large cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing, are excluded from plans to develop the service. PHS phones are inferior to mobile handsets when it comes to short messaging and Internet access, the officials noted. They also serve relatively small areas. A PHS transit station in Shanghai covers 200 meters in every direction, while a Shanghai Unicom station on the CDMA network with 2.5-generation technology serves users some 50 kilometers away.

To: John Biddle who wrote (32607)	2/19/2003 8:40:29 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196987

re: Telefonica Moviles' GSM announcement ---------------------------------------- Latin American Cellular Market Turns Towards GSM: EMC Study According to a data released by EMC, Latin American operators are overwhelmingly turning to GSM in order to upgrade their TDMA infrastructures,. Of the 42 Latin American operators that have announced migration strategies, over 80 per cent have opted for GSM. It has also been announced that GSM added over 160 million new subscribers globally in 2002, accounting for 77.6% of all new cellular users. Collectively, these statistics underline GSM's status as the preferred global cellular technology. Alan Hadden, GSA President, said, "That so many operators in such a hotly-contested market are basing their strategies on GSM is a triumph of technology, economics and demography: both the upgrade path from TDMA to GSM/GPRS and the benefits of belonging to the world's largest community of mobile users are financially compelling. We expect the remaining TDMA operators to also adopt GSM, ensuring that GSM will contribute the majority of new subscribers in the region by the end of 2004, and ensuring Latin America's position within the global mobile community." ---------------------- "triumph" of greased palms & free razors.