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Shanghai Unicom Testing CDMA1X EV-DO



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SHANGHAI, Feb 05, 2003 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- An executive from China Unicom
Shanghai Branch revealed recently that Shanghai Unicom will continue to expand
its CDMA users. The company plans to include all the expected 500,000 new CDMA
users into CDMA1X business.

The executive was confident that the issue of unstable performance of CDMA
network will gone this year.

In the first quarter of this year, China Unicom's CDMA Phase 2 project will
complete, and the network capacity will expand from 15.15 million users to 30
million users, with a broader coverage.

Shanghai Unicom plans to conquer 1000 office building in the year. Therefore,
China Unicom will solve the problems of unstable performance, weak indoor
signals, smaller coverage than GSM, and so on.

Another source said that China Unicom will start CDMA Phase 3 as soon as the
Phase 2 completes.

Before long, China Unicom exhibited its under-testing CDMA1X EV-DO technology at
the Hong Kong Asia Telecommunication Expo. China Unicom called this technology
2.75G, however, IEA has acredited it into the scope of 3G.

EV-DO technology allows wireless internet users a download speed of 300 K per
second. It is tens times of faster than the current CDMA network. EV-DO supports
VOD and video conference on mobile phones.

Insiders believe that if China Unicom can launch EV-DO in the year, it will be
the first domestic 3G carrier.


From Source: Shanghai Youth Daily page 9, Thursday, February 06, 2003
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