Just as was introduced in the edition of newsletter, the usage of PHS in hospital environment is increasing. About 3500 domestic hospitals have adopted PHS system internally, according to WILLCOM, Inc. The expansion of this service is attributed to the end of conventionally internal communication method of pocket bell business, and the fact that PHS has very little influence to medical equipment since its electromagnetic wave is way below a regular mobile.

Besides the hospital, the utilization of PHS in offices environment is deep-rooted and welcomed. According to the survey done jointly by subsidiary companies of Nikkei BP, a professional business publication network, about 30% of the internal communication of a company is done on PHS or mobile in average. Of the 30%, 91% are communication on PHS. Move over, the companies which are considering introduction of prevailed WiFi are reducing, while those trying to introduce PHS system are increasing. This is because PHS handset is cheap and PHS’ voice quality is stable.

One the other hand, China Telecom is making effort to expand the Chinese version FMC service, called “my E-home” to average families. The service combined PSTN, broadband and PHS service together, and is expected to bring about 15% increases in the time of network usage and 16% increases in the amount of PHS subscribers, according to BDA China Ltd.

As was described above, besides being regular public terminal, PHS is entering cooperate business market and is becoming widely accepted in hospitals and offices. Further more, its expansion on “independent function market” through the combination with fixed-line in home is also expected in this year of 2007.

(T.N.)