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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1627)	3/22/1999 10:44:00 AM
From: brian h	Respond to of 34857

Tero, If American companies want to invest billions in building Chinese CDMA networks, I think they should be allowed to do so. But demanding a massive pay-off to US companies from China in exchange of a WTO membership is not my idea of free competition. On purely commercial basis, I doubt that any operator would be willing to invest in CDMA networks in China. The subscriber base of 20 million that GSM has in China means that IS-95 would be at a considerable disadvantage. Hey if China did not deny that CCF stuffs. You bet there are a lot of North American and Asian companies (Korea, US, Canada) will pour money into China to open shops over there. In fact, that is exactly what China did. Deny it while expanding China's GSM network. It is the same tactic EU deployed when QCOM and other US operators wanted to get involved in Europe a couple of years ago. Denied it first and expanded fast on GSM. No wonder you are comfortable with your GSM subscribers numbers. As for China into WTO, You are mixing facts with imagination again. China has applied for WTO for the last 13 years. It never got it. This GSM or CDMA telcomm. stuffs existed less than 5 years. So what are you talking about? Yes, US Gov. still pushes for opening up Telecomm. market (including data, voice, and wireless at the same time). It is not wireless specific! China still do not issue licenses for those 4 CDMA networks on trial. Why do they need trials? There are proven around the world. Stalling tactic, I say. The same way EU denied US CDMA operators in Europe. Timing is everything. If CDMA networks were allowed in China, those networks are already in operations just like those Russian CDMA networks. The same with European CDMA networks. So please do not give me those lines that no operators want to open up CDMA shops while GSM has a strong hold. That is simply untrue. Operators will consider if it is profitable or not if they plan ahead. After all, they are in for profits not just debating like ours. I am glad that you are willing to open up China and Europe market. Just expand further more to stop denying licenses in China. Best, Brian H.