Section 2 :
A MAJORITY OF SUBSCRIBERS IN CHINA USE WIRELESS ACCESS
2.1 Mobile In China Started Late, But Has Grown Dramatically, Surpassing The Fixed Line Subscriber Count In 2003
2.1.1 Mobile Carriers Continue To Invest Rather Than Increase Profits
2.2 In Beijing And China, The Central Government Actively Directs The Mobile Markets, Technology And Suppliers
2.2.1 The Government Is Shifting From Subscriber-Funded To Operator-Funded Spectrum Allocation
2.2.2 Government R&D Funds Are Targeted To Reduce Patent License Fees Paid By Chinese
Equipment Vendors
2.2.3 China Is The World's Largest Mobile Phone Producer, With Its Production Volume Of
Handsets Accounting For One Third Of The Worlds Total In The First Half Of 2003
2.2.4 China’s CDMA Network Has Political Roots In The People’s Liberation Army and In China’s
WTO Efforts
2.2.5 Chinese Manufacturers Are Worried About The Relatively Slow Growth Of CDMA In Beijing
And China
2.3 3G Technology – Which Technology will be the standard?
2.3.1 Value-Added Mobile Services – Small Steps In 2003 While Waiting For 3G In 2004
2.3.2 Because An Email Costs Less Than A Phone Call, SMS Has Been A Significant Success
In Beijing
2.3.3. Outlaw Beijing Operators Aggravate The Noise And Interference Environment

Section 3:
POLITICAL SENSITIVITIES INFLUENCE CARRIER SERVICE OFFERINGS IN BEIJING
3.1 Beijing Is One Of The Leading Cities For Mobile Services And Fixed Broadband. But, Operators Are Cautious Under The Watchful Eye Of MII In The Capitol City
3.2 Unicom Operates Dual Networks And Offers Both CDMA And GSM To Beijing Subscribers
3.3 Beijing Has Committed To A Service-Rich Mobile Olympics In 2008
3.3.1 Current Coverage and Capacity in Beijing Are Adequate up to the City Suburbs
3.3.2 China Mobile Will Invest Heavily Upgrading Its Network to 3G In Beijing
3.3.3 China Mobile Operates A Large Nation-Wide Transport Network, But Leases Backhaul
Capacity In Beijing
3.3.4 Beijing Mobile Is Purchasing More Of Its GSM Equipment From Domestic Suppliers
3.3.5 Beijing Mobile – Similar North American Operator – AT&T Canada

Section 4:
BEIJING UNICORN PROVIDES MOBILE SERVICES VIA GSM AND CDMA
4.1 Beijing Is The Technical And Political Lead Province; But Revenues Come From The South Of China
4.2 China Unicom Faces Continuing Profitability Challenges
4.3 Unicom Is Deploying Brew Technology To Compete With GPRS Service Capabilities
4.4 China Unicom Has One Of The Largest Optical Networks In China
4.5 Beijing Unicom Equipment Purchases Are Shifting Toward Domestic Suppliers
4.6 Beijing Unicom Is The World’s Largest Provider Of Voice Over IP
4.7 Beijing Unicom – Similar North American Operator – Sprint

Section 5:
THE PERSONAL ACCESS SYSTEM (PAS) IS THE "NON–MOBILE" WIRELESS SERVICE OFFERED BY SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT DO NOT HOLD A MOBILE SERVICE LICENSE
5.1 Pas Is The Method Used By China’s Fixed Line Operators To Rapidly Deploy Service And Compete For Mobile Subscribers
5.2 Because China Telecom And China Netcom Cannot Officially Offer Mobile Services, PAS Subscribers Are Classified As “Fixed Line” Subscribers By The MII
5.3 PAS Equipment Vendors Are Following The Familiar Path To Domestic Manufacture
5.4 Suburban PAS Deployment Began in Mid-2003

Section 6:
WI-FI DEPLOYMENT IN BEIJING: LICENSED AND UN-LICENSED OPERATORS
6.1 In 2003 China’s Five Largest Telecom Companies Will Invest 10 Billion RMB To Popularize Hot Spots, Build Infrastructure And Offer Related Web Services
6.2 Business WLANs Will Grow Faster Than Public Sector Wi-Fi Hot Spots
6.3 All Four Of China’s Major Service Providers Are Active In Beijing Wi-Fi
6.4 China Telecom’s TYT Service Is Being Tested In Beijing
6.5 China Netcom is Focused on Business Customers and Road Warriors
6.6 China Mobile Combines Wi-Fi with GPRS in Beijing
6.7 China Unicom Is Late To Move On Wi-Fi
6.8 Beijing’s 2008 Olympics Will Be One Of The Worlds Largest Hot Spots
6.9 Service Charges For Public Wireless LANs Are Similar To Pre-Paid Cell Phone Methods

Section 7:
APPENDIX A — MOBILE PHONE TERMINOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
7.1 Access Technologies (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA) Provide A Variety of Performance Trade-Offs

Section 8 :
APPENDIX B — MII AND GOVERMENT ISSUES SURROUNDING MOBILE TELEPHONY AIR LINK TECHNOLOGY
8.1 TD-SCDMA – China’s Push To Develop Home-Grown Mobile Telephony Standards
8.2 Mobile Operators Can Overlay TD-SCDMA Systems To Migrate To 3G Services
8.3 In February 2002, Datang And Siemens Conducted The First Field Test Of TD-SCDMA Service In Beijing

List of Figures:
Figure 2.1: Mobile Subscriber Growth In China, 1996-2002 – Source: MII
Figure 2.2: China Fixed And Mobile Subscribers – Source: MII And CSFB
Figure 2.3: Projected CapEx trends in China, 1999-2007 – Source: MII And Company Records
Figure 2.4: Revenue Per User At Major Wireless Carriers, 2002 – Source: Company Sources
Figure 2.5: China Cellular Handset Sales – Source: MII
Figure 2.6 Chinese Domestic Market Share – Source: MII, Company Records
Figure 2.3: Subscribers by Mobile Technology – Source: MII and Company Reports
Figure 3.1: Mobile Subscribers In Beijing – Source: CCA and Company Reports
Figure 3.2: Beijing Cellular Coverage – Source: CCA
Figure BM-1: China Mobile CapEx Forecast – Source: CCA and Company Reports
Figure BM-2: DoCoMo’s Wireless Data Architecture – Source: DoCoMo
Figure BM-3: Map of Beijing Mobile Coverage – Source: CCA
Figure BU-1: China Unicom Growth Comparison – Source: EMC World Cellular Investors
Figure BU-2: China Unicom Capital Expenditure Forecast – Source: CUHK Documents
Figure BU-3: Beijing CDMA Coverage Map – Source: CCA
Figure PAS.1: PAS System – Source: UT Starcom
Figure PAS-2: BCC deployments as of July 2003 – Source: CCA
Figure 6.1: The Olympic Media Village – Capacity For 20,000 Journalists – Source: BOCOG
Figure 6.2: Beijing Wi–Fi Hot Spots – Source: CCA
Figure A-1:IMT-2000 Technologies – Source: ITU
Figure A-2: Radio Interfaces – Source: ITU-R

List of Tables:
Table 3.1: Beijing’s Mobile Telephone Operators – Source: CCA
Table BM-1: Company Overview – Source: CCA, CSFB, and Company Reports
Table BM-2: China Mobile’s Network Capacity by Province – Source: CCA, China Mobile, CSFB
Table BM-3: Beijing Mobile’s Key Suppliers – Source: CCA, Note: partial list
Table BM-4: Projected Shifts in Beijing Mobile Suppliers – Source: Company Reports and CCA
Table BU-1: Company Overview – Source: CCA, CSFB, and Company Reports
Table BU-2: China Unicom’s Network Capacity by Province – Source: CCA, Company Reports, CSFB
Table BU-3: China, and Beijing, Unicom’s Key Suppliers (2002– early 2003) – Source: CCA, Note: partial list
Table BU-4: Beijing Unicom Supplier Transitions – Source: CCA and Supplier Press Releases
Table PAS.1: PAS Specifications – Source: CCA, UT Starcom

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