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To: djane who wrote (3850)	4/11/1999 7:06:00 PM
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Forget the standards, sell the handsets technologypost.com Friday, April 9, 1999 TELECOMS WIRED by Yvonne Chan The ideal mobile phone for globe-trotting business travellers would be an all-standards-in-one handset able to switch between GSM, TDMA and CDMA and be used in different countries. An Ericsson executive said this concept was still years away, although handset vendors were looking at it. Dual-band phones that switch between GSM and PCS networks are available, but, for now, TDMA and CDMA handsets cannot be used on other frequencies. Hakan Olsson, Ericsson director of new products and services sales for TDMA systems, believes smaller phones are the fashion and users might reject a bulkier model, even if it was highly versatile. "Personally, I would prefer two or three nice phones that I can take with me anywhere I want to," he said. His preference may not be shared by many users - there is only so much space in business-suit pockets and purses - but the ideology seems to make sense from someone in the business of volume handset sales. As long as handset vendors can sell multiple handsets for each standard to one user - no doubt a good way to boost unit sales - developments in the all-in-one phone will not be at breakneck speed. In the most recent episode of public condemnation against China Telecom, publicised poll results showed that 72 per cent of mainland respondents surveyed said that the state's telecommunications monopoly should be broken and competition introduced. Xinhua reported the China Business Climate Monitoring Centre's survey of 1,290 urban mainland residents cited complaints including high fees, poor service and the "arrogance of many staff". Criticism of China Telecom by the public and media has been mounting, and analysts say that Communist Party members are warming to the idea of the introducing domestic competition in the telecoms sector. In July, the government is to issue key rules that will help shape domestic competition. The New Territories country bumpkin of the mobile networks is finally coming to the city. Hongkong Telecom says it is upgrading 1+1, the SAR's only TDMA (time division multiple access) network, which it acquired last year from Pacific Link. 1+1 offers Telecom's cheapest mobile tariffs, but its range of coverage is limited to the New Territories. While it was ideal for people who worked and lived in the New Territories, the reception quality degraded when users commuted to Central and surrounding areas. Telecom said its trial upgrade would involve the installation of new Ericsson cell stations in urban areas on Hong Kong island and Kowloon. While it declined to specify the cost of the upgrade and the exact location of the cells, shopping malls such as Times Square and Pacific Place are on the list. Copyright (c)1999. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All Rights Reserved.