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To: Sawtooth who wrote (18994)	12/1/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Japan To Upgrade> Japan Telecom, 2 others to offer upgraded cell phone service Kyodo News Service/Associated Press TOKYO, Dec. 1 (Kyodo) -- Japan Telecom Co., [ Nissan Motor Co. ] and [ AirTouch International ] announced Tuesday they are moving into the next-generation mobile phone service that offers better sound quality and makes it possible for the transmission of TV-quality images. The three companies said they have set up a planning company, named IMT-2000 Planning Co., to undertake feasibility studies. The Tokyo-based IMT-2000 Planning, capitalized at 200 million yen, is owned 40% by long-distance carrier Japan Telecom, 34% by Nissan and 26% by AirTouch, a U.S. cellular phone operator. IMT-2000 Planning is expected to turn into a business operating company possibly by next summer after completing preparations and increasing its capital base. The upgraded mobile phone service, using the so-called W-CDMA technology, offers a far larger transmission throughput than conventional services, realizing a better sound quality and enabling transmission of television-quality images. The new service is expected to be operation in 2001. W-CDMA, which stands for wide-band code division multiple access, is expected to be a unified global standard, the three companies said. The cell phone market using this technology is expected to grow into tens of trillion yen by 2010, according to one estimate. Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications allows three operators to offer this service. IMT-2000 Planning is the second firm to enter the market, following NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (NTT DoCoMo), Japan's largest cell phone operator. The third company entering the market is likely to be an alliance between DDI Corp.-affiliated cellular phone operators and international and domestic long-distance carrier KDD. Publication Date: December 01, 1998 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top

To: Sawtooth who wrote (18994)	12/1/1998 11:05:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

China Rethinking> China Considers Opening Telecom Market Xinhua English Newswire China is striving to open its telecommunication service market to overseas operators by restructuring its telecommunications industry. Wang Jianzhou, director-general of the Planning Department of of the Ministry of the Information Industry (MII), told a press conference here today that there is yet no exact timetable for opening up the country's telecommunication service market. However, he noted that China is doing such jobs as separating postal services from telecommunication services and delinking operation companies from MII. "These efforts are aimed to create a fair and equal competition environment for both Chinese and overseas operation companies," he said. He said that the recent government investigation of foreign fund utilization in China Unicom, the sole competitor to the state-owned China Telecom in the operation sector, does not mean closing doors to foreign investors. He pointed out that the investigation is conducted against certain activities that violated the existing Government policies. It is designed to protect the interests of foreign investors, and the results of the investigation will be released soon. He reiterated that China will continue to encourage competition and foreign investment in the telecommunications sector. "the operation market is not mature enough for opening to overseas companies," he said. He gave four reasons for that. First, preferential government policies constitute a significant percentage of revenues of the operation sector. Therefore it will be hard to divide profits between Chinese and foreign investors. Second, at present, China transfers profits from operation companies in the eastern part of the country to the loss-making ones in the western part of the country. This will cause a problem in offering universal services of the same quality to people around the country. Third, the fee collection system of the operation sector has yet to be liberalized. Fourth, China has yet to enforce a telecommunications law to regulate market competition. Wang said that China is accelerating the process of restructuring the telecommunications industry and drafting the telecommunications law. (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: December 01, 1998 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top