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The 15th PHS MoU Group General Meeting held in Macau (the Meeting material is here.) The 15th General Meeting of the PHS MoU Group and the seminar were
held on January 15, 2003 at Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment
Centre.
Vice Chairperson Dr. Sam Endy's Speech As you may be well aware, PHS continues to grow quite rapidly. Yesterday I happened to read an article of some Chinese newspaper on my ferry ride from Hong Kong to Macau. It said that, "According to UTStarcom, the "Xiaolingtong (PHS)" contracts in the first 10 days of 2003 equal to one-third of all contracts of 2002.The MII (Ministry of Information Industry)'s delay in issuing 3G licenses further force to grow "Xiaolingtong" in China. Now "Xiaolingtong" services cover more than 300 cities, or about 70% of the provincial capitals in China.". There's a forecast that the PHS subscribers will be 90 million by 2007 which is seven times larger than the current one. This must be a great opportunity for the PHS MoU Group members and PHS has a tremendous future. We can share such opportunity and expect both operators and providers to achieve a great success. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next, Mr. Lin Qiang, General Engineer of PHS Product, ZTE Corporation, made a welcome speech on behalf of ZTE Corporation which delightfully accepted its Shenzhen facility visit on January 16, 2003. Welcome Speech from ZTE : (the presentation material is here.) - by Mr. Lin Qiang, General Engineer of PHS Product, ZTE Corporation -
ZTE Corporation is China's largest listed telecommunications equipment manufacturer specializing in providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers worldwide. The company develops and manufactures telecommunications equipment for fixed, mobile, data and optical networks, intelligent networks and next generation networks. ZTE has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 1997. With 14 billion RMB (US$1.69 billion) in contracted revenue in 2001, ZTE continues its rapid growth and development in 2002. Over 10% of ZTE revenue annually is dedicated to the R&D aimed at enhancing product quality, reducing cost, achieving higher sales and thus increasing return on investment. Almost half of all ZTE personnel are involved in R&D, and ZTE currently owns some 700 patents, with more than 87% of these being original innovations. In order to push boundaries even further, ZTE has set up 13 wholly owned R&D centers worldwide and has undertaken research partnerships with electronics giants like Texas Instruments and Motorola and Agere Systems. Today, ZTE has become an important global player in the telecommunications industry with products deployed in over 40 countries and regions including Cyprus, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, USA, Russia, Egypt, Kenya, Congo, Zambia and Hong Kong. ZTE's respected position as a forward looking global organization within the industry is also reflected by membership of, and participation in, a variety of International Organizations of Standardization. ZTE was the first Chinese individual manufacturer member of 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership 2) and has become a sector member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ZTE is committed to the future of the telecommunications industry, and will continue to develop and expand its global operations to ensure that partners everywhere will have the most effective solutions both now and in the years to come. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Discussion At the beginning of the discussion, Mr. Sean Sugiura, Secretary-General of the PHS MoU Group, introduced the MoU Chairperson, the MoU Vice Chairpersons and each WG (Working Group) Chairperson. An approval of the 14th General Meeting's minutes was followed by an introduction of the following eight new Signatory Members who were all approved unanimously.
2. Comware C&C International Corp. 3. Cellular Roaming Alliance Pty Ltd. 4. Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.(DIR) 5. HONDA ELECTRON CO., LTD 6. Shanghai Putian Youtong IT Co. , Ltd 7. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 8. Zhejiang Huaneng Communication Development Co.
As for PWG's semiannual action plan, a continuous publication of the PHS MoU News and mail-magazine, a further improvement of the website and consideration of participating in the exhibition for some PHS system promotion activities requested by the last Steering Committee were explained. Further, it was reported that Ms. Hiroko Koike of ArrayComm, Inc. was elected as the Chairperson of the SWG4 (Website). The following five seminars were conducted after the General Meeting.
The summary of the above 1. and 2. are introduced in this issue and the rest will be in the next issue. |
