Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 169 PHS goes public! ! ! (4k)

Although it is inconceivable that a full-fledged armed force will be staged at the general meeting of shareholders, it seems even more inconceivable that the congressmen on the other side of the Pacific Ocean would fight in the "Black Palace" venue.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Ye didn't find it strange.

At this time, the stock price of Hong Kong Telephone Company fell directly.

The major shareholders couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly contacted Zhou Anping to express their agreement to the other party's conditions.

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End of March 1988.

Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. and Dadong Telegraph jointly acquired Hong Kong Telephone Company, and later merged Hong Kong Telephone Company and Dadong Telegraph (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. into Hong Kong Telecom.

As soon as the news came out, people were shocked.

Many stockholders wept with joy, waiting until the clouds opened to see the moonlight. The Hong Kong Telephone Company was acquired, and the value of the stocks in their hands soared immediately.

As for those stockholders who sold the shares of Hong Kong Telephone Company at a low price, they regretted it at this time.

In any case, Wujiang Group has controlled Hong Kong's communications industry as it wished, and the group's influence in Hong Kong has been further strengthened.

The purpose of Wujiang Communication Technology's acquisition of telecommunications companies is mainly to promote cdma technology.

However, at present, cdma technology is not yet mature enough, and there may be huge risks if it is launched hastily.

However, Wujiang Communication Technology Company can promote PHS in Hong Kong.

Although Hong Kong is small, it has a large population. According to statistics, in 1988, Hong Kong already had 562 million people.

Motorola mobile phones are expensive, [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars each, and the monthly fee is also very expensive.Therefore, most Hong Kong people still use fixed lines or BB phones.

PHS definitely has a great market prospect in Hong Kong.

After seeing the PHS technology of Wujiang Communication Technology, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau couldn't help but rejoice that they chose to cooperate with Wujiang. Otherwise, as soon as the PHS technology is launched, many people in Hong Kong will become Wujiang PHS users.

The PHS is just an extension of the fixed line, and there is no need to apply for a mobile communication license in China.

In Beiping, because there are many issues to consider, they are still negotiating with Wujiang Communication Technology Company, while in Hong Kong, they have already planned to launch the PHS service.

At this time, Lu Jia came to Hong Kong and personally presided over the promotion of PHS.

Hong Kong Telecom Corporation Headquarters.

Lu Jia, Luke Teresa, Warren Tony and others are meeting to discuss the PHS promotion plan.

"The coverage of a 500 mW PHS base station is very small, and the maximum coverage radius is about 300 meters. Therefore, basically a base station must be built in a community. Fortunately, the investment ratio of PHS base stations is low, so we can build more Base stations, covering the entire Hong Kong area! I calculated that about 5000 base stations will be built, and we will not build base stations in remote rural areas. Base stations are mainly built in areas with a large population, which is more economical!" Luke Te Lisa opened the mouth and said that he is now the general manager of Hong Kong Telecom, and Warren Tony has become the deputy.

Lu Jia pondered: "The investment of each Xiaoling base station is about 10 Hong Kong dollars. If there are 5000 base stations, the total investment is 5 million Hong Kong dollars."

According to statistics from previous lives, there are more than one million PHS base stations in China, with a total investment of hundreds of billions.

In fact, the cost of building a PHS base station for Wujiang Communication Technology Company is lower, but "brothers will settle accounts", Dadong Telegraph and Telegraph is another major shareholder of Hong Kong Telecom, and the asking price of a PHS base station is 10 Hong Kong dollars, which is considered a very favorable price Yes, if other companies install base stations, Wujiang will only charge more.

Ahem... The installation cost of the PHS base station is only about 1 yuan, and the localization is 100%. The cost is low, and there is no way.

In the previous life, you could see PHS base stations installed on the roofs of many families at any time. With a quick glance, you would know that this kind of thing is not very valuable.

Warren Tony said: "The investment of 5 million Hong Kong dollars is relatively large. However, as long as PHS can cover the whole of Hong Kong, the benefits obtained by Hong Kong Telecom will be huge. First, it has won users; Second, get long-term and stable tariffs. Hong Kong has more than 500 million people, even if it only needs to get one-tenth of the users, Hong Kong Telecom can make a lot of money!"

After a pause, Warren Tony calculated: "The network access fee for PHS users is 1000 Hong Kong dollars, and the average monthly fee is 100 Hong Kong dollars. Assuming that the number of users in the first year is only 50, then Hong Kong Telecom will also It can create a revenue of 11 billion Hong Kong dollars, that is to say, in just one year, we can not only recover the cost, but also make a lot of money!!!”

Hong Kong is no better than other places, with a prosperous economy and many things are expensive.

Besides, it is now 1988, when the new technology was first launched, it was normal for the tariff to be a bit more expensive.As for the network access fee, this is actually a way for telecommunications companies to make money. After all, it costs so much to invest in base stations. It should be reasonable for you to pay a little network access fee...

To buy a Motorola mobile phone, the Internet access fee is 5000 Hong Kong dollars, and the monthly fee is not cheap. The minimum consumption is several hundred Hong Kong dollars. Some people can afford a Motorola mobile phone, but in the end they cannot afford the fee.

In Hong Kong, Motorola mobile phones are still a luxury.

In 1988, the monthly salary of ordinary Hong Kong people was only about 2500 Hong Kong dollars. How many people are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a mobile phone, and then have to pay so much.

The retail price of the PHS mobile phone is 5000 yuan, and the network access fee is 1000 yuan. Hong Kong people only need to spend two or three months' wages to buy a portable phone. How can they not be tempted?
After listening to Warren Tony's calculations, everyone couldn't help feeling excited.

This money is too easy to earn!

"Mr. Lu, speed is the most important thing. The sooner you install PHS, the more benefits you will get! In my opinion, Hong Kong Telecommunications Company needs to lay base stations as soon as possible. For the base station equipment and PHS mobile phones of Wujiang Communication Technology Company, Mr. Lu must be fully prepared!" Luke Teresa looked at Lu Jia and said.

Lu Jia smiled and nodded: "No problem, don't worry, the production capacity of the Wujiang factory is very strong, enough to supply the entire Hong Kong."

The production capacity of the Wujiang factory was originally benchmarked against that of the mainland, and it was not an easy task to satisfy Hong Kong.

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In order to develop mobile phones and PHS, Loongson Design Company mobilized elite troops to work with Wujiang Communication Technology Company to develop radio frequency chips, cdma chips, digital baseband processors, power management chips, audio processing chips, etc...

In mobile terminals, the most important cores are radio frequency chips and baseband chips.The RF chip is responsible for RF transceiver, frequency synthesis, and power amplification; the baseband chip is responsible for signal processing and protocol processing.

Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. naturally chose to cooperate with the powerful Godson Design Company based on its own needs and to speed up the development of chips.

Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. successfully taped out the RF chip and the baseband chip, and conducted a small-scale test in China. The signal is very good, the performance is extremely stable, and the voice of the call is clear.

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Shanghai.

At this moment, Zhao Ye was playing with a PHS prototype. This PHS was light and slender. Compared with such a big brick as a Motorola mobile phone, it could definitely be called an ultra-light and ultra-thin design. The weight of the whole machine was only 168g. Small and comfortable to hold in hand.

Its appearance adopts a candy bar design, with smooth lines and a coherent finish.The colors on both sides of the main body of the fuselage are elegant silver-gray, and in the middle are sunshine gold, moonlight silver, Xia appearance, Xiaguang red, midnight gray and other colors, each style is affectionate.The vertical strips of different crystal colors are dotted among them, just like the finishing touch, the surface of the machine is immediately vivid, the whole body is simple, natural and not obtrusive, showing everyone's elegant demeanor, and the sense of fashion arrives as promised.

"Compared to Motorola's 'Big Brick', this PHS is a work of art! If it weren't for the inability to make roaming calls, there are basically no major shortcomings. Motorola phones are not good either, and the analog signal communication is poor. You have to speak loudly, causing people around you to look sideways. However, it seems very pretentious..."

Zhao Ye put the PHS on the left side of the table, and couldn't help but look at the Motorola mobile phone on the right side of the table.

Comparing the two, Zhao Ye couldn't help but look down on Motorola mobile phones even more.

Big bricks are inconvenient to take out, and they also consume electricity.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Zhao Ye called out "Come in".

Immediately, Liu Yinyin pushed open the door and walked in.

"Boss, there is news from Mr. Lu that Hong Kong Telecom plans to invest 5 million Hong Kong dollars to build 5000 base stations throughout Hong Kong!"

"Well, I see."

Zhao Ye thought for a while and said to Liu Yinyin, "Notify Beiping Wujiang Factory to step up production and prepare to increase production capacity at any time. I expect that when the situation in Hong Kong opens up, the domestic PHS project will soon be launched! "

"Yes!"

In fact, upon hearing the news, Shenzhen has already sent someone to contact Wujiang Communication Technology Company, and the attitude of the other party is very positive.Maybe, Shenzhen launched the PHS service earlier than Beiping!
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In mid-August, the first batch of base station equipment arrived in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Telecom immediately organized manpower and began to build base stations.

Since the coverage area of ​​PHS is very small, with a radius of only about 300 meters, when installing base stations in cities, it is often necessary to work on the roofs of citizens' homes.

Therefore, it is impossible not to attract attention.

Soon, news about PHS spread throughout Hong Kong, arousing heated discussions among Hong Kong residents.

ATV dispatched reporters to interview Luke Teresa, general manager of Hong Kong Telecom, and introduce PHS to Hong Kong citizens.

"Oriental Daily" also popularized science on what PHS is in the newspaper.

It caused a huge sensation for a while.

"Wujiang has announced that it will hold a product launch event in Hong Kong in the near future to announce the details of PHS mobile phones, but it is said that the price is several times cheaper than Motorola mobile phones!"

"Haha, PHS is good. Although you can only make calls within Hong Kong, PHS is cheap. My relatives, friends, and siblings are all in Hong Kong. I only need to buy PHS. Why bother to buy a Motorola mobile phone?" ah!"

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The news quickly spread to the United States, and the most direct impact was reflected in the stock market. Motorola's stock price plummeted. In just a few days, the loss exceeded 10 billion US dollars!
Motorola Inc.

Everyone was speechless and helpless.

This Wujiang Group is Motorola's lifelong enemy, it is always against Motorola!
Everyone couldn't help but hate Wujiang Group very much.

It can be said that Wujiang has become a thorn in Motorola's side.

Motorola was the overlord of BB phones at the beginning, but Wujiang stepped in and took away its dominance in the BB phone market.

In the telecommunications equipment market, Wujiang Wanmen program-controlled switchboard turned out to be born, which caused serious damage to Motorola's interests.

Right now, the mobile phone is Motorola's core industry.As a result, Wujiang Group came out to make trouble again.

"According to the information I have collected, the PHS is actually the same. The technology is very low-end, and you can't even make roaming calls. You can only make local calls, which are limited to one city and one place." A technical executive said with a full face. Disdainful, but his eyes still betrayed him. Of course, PHS has its merits. The advantages and disadvantages are obvious. It can solve the communication needs of most people and has a broad market prospect.

However, PHS basically does not have much competitiveness in the business field.

What's the use of buying a PHS mobile phone but not being able to contact partners in other places?It's better to buy a "big brother" directly.

At this time, Motorola basically had nothing to do with the emergence of PHS.

We can only find ways to improve the quality of our own products and reduce costs.

Although the PHS will have an impact on Motorola's mobile phone business, the impact is actually not that great.

Both parties belong to differentiated competition.

Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no impact at all. Some people originally planned to buy Motorola mobile phones, but when they heard that the PHS project was going to be launched in Hong Kong, they decided to buy PHS. If they want to make overseas calls , you can make a call through a fixed line.

Whether you are doing business or starting a business, you should use your money wisely and save as much as you can...

Half a month later, the second batch of base station equipment was sent to Hong Kong, along with a batch of PHS mobile phones.

Hong Kong Telecom can open services in areas where PHS base stations have been installed.

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On the morning of August 8th, Wujiang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. held a product conference in Hong Kong and officially launched the PHS mobile phone.

Lu Jia stood on the stage in high spirits, showing the PHS mobile phone to everyone.

"This PHS phone is less than one-sixth the size of a Motorola brick, and it's small and comfortable to hold in your hand!"

"The design is simple and stylish, with an LCD screen on the top and buttons on the bottom."

"Not only can it make calls, but it can also send text messages."

"In addition, it has call records, notepad, phone book, alarm clock, games, calendar, calculator and other functions."

"That's right, this PHS phone can also play games. When you are free, you can take it out and play games to relax yourself."

"The name of the game is "Greedy Snake". You can keep eating food to grow yourself. I will show you a demonstration later."

"In terms of standby capacity, it can last for about 150 hours, which can support normal use for a week."

Compared with smartphones, PHS basically consumes less power, and no one will play with PHS all day long.

Chips, batteries, etc. are all developed and produced by Wujiang Group. The quality is top-notch. Although it does not dare to guarantee it like the Nokia 2007 released by Nokia in 6300, the standby time lasts for nearly a month, but a week can be achieved casually.

PS: I have something to do today, only 4k.There will be a little more words to update tomorrow.Finally, I beg everyone to choose a brand name for the PHS mobile phone, otherwise, I will choose it myself. I heard that I choose the name very badly, right?
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