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To: GO*QCOM who wrote (17562)	11/2/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

GO*QCOM, I think China is considering at least silently> Expo shows breadth of China market China Daily Asia's biggest international telecommunications equipment and technology exhibition concluded last Saturday in Beijing. It focused on new products ranging from state-of-the-art mobile phones and pagers to advanced transmission solutions, and fully demonstrated the huge potential of the Chinese market. The biannual PT/Expo Comm China event attracted more than 400 telecom manufacturers from 22 countries and regions, occupying an exhibition area of 45,000 square metres. "The expansion of co-operation plays an important role in promoting China's telecommunications industry," said Yang Xianzu, vice-minister with the Ministry of Information Industry. Yang said that by 2000, the sales revenue of the information technology manufacturing and software sectors is expected to hit US$54 billion. The handling capacity of the telephone network will be expanded from 110 million lines to 118 million lines by that time. The number of mobile phone subscribers will soar from 13 million to 40 million, Yang said. "China enjoys large room for development, and positive government policies, offer many market opportunities, especially in the light of the financial turmoil in this area," said Christian Gylstorff, president and general manager of [ Philips Consumer Communications ] (Asia Pacific) Corp. The number of new mobile phone subscribers in China last year hit 6.38 million, according to the year-end report from the information industry ministry. The urban population of nearly 400 million is the long-term target of the world's leading mobile phone producers. However, [ Motorola ] considers the 900-million strong rural population as a potential consumption pool for pagers. "China is now the world's largest pager market with more than 60 million users, and has vast potential to tap in wide rural areas," said Allan Kwan, Motorola's vice-president and general manager of Great China Paging. Chinnee Tong, vice-president of Glenayre China, said the company plans to co-operate with Motorola to provide China with advanced two- way messaging services in less than two years. In an effort to tap the Chinese market ahead of others, telecom manufacturers are competing to introduce the latest technologies. Ericsson showed off its latest AXD 10G, the company's pillar public switching system, at the Beijing exhibition for the first time. "China is the most important market for our company, so we expect new technologies can find a ready demand here," said John Gilbertson, president of Ericsson (China) Corp. The world's telecom giants were especially keen to introduce their comprehensive communication solutions at the exhibition, as once the solution is adopted, the products follow. In the face of so much telecom equipment and so many solutions, an expert from the China Research Institute of Data Communication Technology warned the government and telecom operators to make their choices in a rational and efficient way. "The right choice is particularly important since China can apply the most advanced solutions by taking advantage of its weak telecom background," he said. A national optical fibre network characterized by large capacity and high speed has been set up across the country. And a public multi-media telecom network, on the combined basis of public phones, mobile communications and digital voice and video transmission, will be completed by the end of this year. However, experts point out that redundant network construction also exists due to the lack of an effective overall scheme. (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: November 02, 1998 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top

To: GO*QCOM who wrote (17562)	11/8/1998 3:35:00 AM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Hi GO*QCOM, I am currently in ShenZhen, a southern city in China. Cellular phones are pervasive. Just about every other person has one. All of them are GSM. CDMA may be more cost effective, but GSM is already very well accepted by people here, and in general, people who have heard of CDMA think that CDMA is inferior to GSM. CDMA will have a tough battle to fight. I see at least two problems for CDMA. 1) GSM is already established nation-wide, someone needs to build a nation-wide CDMA network before it can compete against GSM. This will cost billions. I hope that someone like Lucent can offer financing to some Chinese service provider for the build up of such network. 2) Political influences. China is corrupted, someone needs to establish connections with government officials before CDMA can be accepted. Ericy has developed its connections already. It will take time, money, and a lot of know-how before CDMA can be considered. kl