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To: qdog who wrote (9529)	3/31/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: Jim Fleming	Respond to of 152472

Qualcomm Aims to Supply CDMA Cellular Phones January 16, 1998 (HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam) -- Qualcomm Inc. of the United States will provide its new code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile phone technology to Vietnam. "We have been explaining the technology to the Vietnamese government for three years and we are now entering a more commercial phase," said Chris Davey, vice president of Qualcomm. Davey was in the country to negotiate with VNPT officials on introduction of CDMA technology. Davey said Qualcomm hopes that bidding for CDMA on a trial basis will start early this year. He said the technology could help advance Vietnam's plan of having six lines per 100 people by 2000. Mai Liem Truc, Chief of Vietnam's DGPT said: "We have just reached 32.5 percent of the 4 million phones we need to date. That means that we need another 2.7 million phone lines. Each phone lines costs about US$1,000, so we will spend about US$2.7 billion for telecom equipment." Truc said that most leading multinational telecom equipment suppliers, including Qualcomm, are seeking business in Vietnam. "The government only wants state-of-the-art technologies," he said. Qualcomm's Davey also said that use of CDMA technology would help prevent mobile phone fraud, which has been seen in the country. In December 1997, Ho Chi Minh City police arrested two Taiwanese who allegedly stole mobile phone numbers. Nguyen Anh Tuyet, vice chief of Vietnam Telecom Co., said she expects Qualcomm's CDMA technology will help prevent similar cases of theft. CDMA technology is used in more than 30 nations, with Korea posting a record number of around 2 million users. CDMA capacity is as much as 20 times greater than that of standard analog cellular systems, experts say. They also assert that CDMA offers better sound quality.