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To: bananawind who wrote (21791)	1/21/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Interesting> Phone standard sought The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vodafone Group Plc and San Francisco-based [ AirTouch Communications Inc. ] said they'll use their clout as the world's No. 1 wireless telephone company to encourage agreement on the development of a single standard for the next generation of mobile phones. Currently, mobile phones in Europe don't function in the U.S., where a different technology dominates. Meanwhile, shares of Vodafone Group PLC soared 17% to a record high Monday. Vodafone's $62 billion purchase of AirTouch, announced last week, creates a mobile phone company with 23 million customers. (Copyright 1999)

To: bananawind who wrote (21791)	1/21/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

China Stats> China Builds Worlds Second Largest Telephone Network Xinhua English Newswire China's national telephone network had 110 million subscribers by the end of 1998 and ranked second in the world after the United States. The country's telecommunications industry has witnessed rapid development over the past 18 years, with the telephone exchanging capacity growing from 12 million lines in 1980 to 72 million lines in 1995. The capacity of grown by between two and 2-2 million lines annually, according to information released during a recent national information development seminar held in Shanghai. Some 99 percent of long-distance facilities and telephone exchanges across the country have been computerized. China has completed an extensive, high capacity and high speed optical fiber transmission network supported by satellite and microwave stations. Nonetheless, 33 percent of villages in rural China still lack telephone services. The country plans to invest between 140-170 billion yuan over the next three years to expand its telephone system. Thirteen of every 100 people in Shanghai, the leading business center in China, will own telephones by the year 2000. with the figure in urban areas standing at 40 phones for every 100 people. In addition, the number of mobile phone subscribers in Shanghai will hit 38 million. (Copyright 1999)