Back To 1995

   Chapter 305 Recruiting troops

  Erthien, who returned to Europe, immediately announced that the Alcatel mobile phone brand has officially moved out of its former home in Europe, and the R&D center will also be moved away, and an operation center will be established here in Europe, which is not surprising to the outside world.

But the news that came out next was a bit eye-catching. Alcatel Mobile announced a major layoff, and all the management at Alcatel headquarters will be in a pot, and announced the termination of cooperation with previous European parts suppliers. As soon as the news came out, It was an uproar!

  Alcatel mobile phone, this is a new record. Almost as soon as the news was released, European media criticized Alcatel mobile phone endlessly, and there are many public opinions that Alcatel mobile phone is crazy.

   "Alcatel phones have been destroyed, there is no doubt about that, French and European users, you have witnessed a European technology brand destroyed by a company from America!"

   The original Alcatel mobile phone that was directly kicked out, a manager in charge of purchasing supply chain components, said in an exasperated interview when interviewed by the media.

   When the Alcatel mobile phone was acquired, the manager didn't care. As usual, no matter who bought the Alcatel mobile phone, their management must appease them to ensure that the Alcatel mobile phone can operate normally.

   But who knows, this time I encountered someone who didn't talk about routines, and abruptly took all their management away.

   Not to mention his original job, wages and salaries, the purchasing department is well known for his oil and water, and the oil and water he gets every year by relying on Alcatel mobile phones is far more than other peers, but now everything is gone.

   "That Bruno Song doesn't know anything about the mobile phone industry at all, he will regret it!" The manager finally scolded the interview camera.

   Not only the expelled management, but also the former Alcatel component suppliers have also jumped out against Alcatel mobile phones to move out of Europe.

   "Alcatel mobile phones are European, we don't know why the French municipality passed this ridiculous acquisition!"

   The boss of a manufacturer that provides speakers for Alcatel mobile phones spit out angrily to the media, thinking that Alcatel mobile phones should not be left.

This loudspeaker manufacturer is not large in scale, and coupled with the production cost in Europe, its products are not competitive at all in the same category, but because in Europe, Alcatel mobile phones should give priority to purchasing European mobile phone zero. part.

   Now, as soon as the Alcatel mobile phone is moved away, the biggest customer of this component manufacturer is gone. It is no wonder that it is not in a hurry. There are not a few who are in the same situation as this speaker manufacturer.

This group of component manufacturers even encouraged the French and European trade departments to prohibit the removal of Alcatel mobile phones, initiate sanctions, boycott the sale of Alcatel mobile phones in Europe, etc. Anyway, they want to let Alcatel mobile phones continue to sell from them. Parts are purchased from parts suppliers.

Before it was released, Ertien and Alcatel mobile phones were estimated to have to consider public opinion and bargain with these suppliers, but now, even if Alcatel mobile phones can survive, how can Ertien care Get on this bunch of stuff. In the past, you lived on blood-sucking Alcatel mobile phones. Now Alcatel mobile phones are dying. How can you care about their life and death.

  No matter how big the public opinion is, and how fierce the scolding of Alcatel mobile phones and Song Yang, the transformation of Alcatel mobile phones has not stopped, and all production lines and parts supply chains have begun to move to Asia.

The two R&D centers have also begun to move away. The R&D personnel who are willing to go to the San Jose R&D center will receive a severance increase after the past. Those who are unwilling to go will be paid severance pay directly. There are 600 R&D personnel, and finally there are more than 500 in the past. .

In addition to these mobile phone R&D personnel, Alcatel Mobile has also aggressively recruited people, purchased a large number of R&D experimental equipment, poached people from mobile phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, Ericsson, etc., and announced that by the end of the year, the scale of the entire R&D department will exceed 1,000. more than people!

  Alcatel has established two major laboratories for hardware and software, and with the support of Bell Labs, the size of Alcatel's mobile phone R&D team is still very intimidating in terms of number.

  Although it can’t compare to the scale of R&D personnel of Motorola and Nokia, it is already one of the best in the mobile phone industry, and it is much stronger than those mobile phone manufacturers who sell dog meat.

   While the outside world was still talking about it, the British listed company Baoyi Ang suddenly issued an announcement to license the entire EP handheld operating system to Alcatel mobile phones at a price of 26 million US dollars.

  Alcatel Alcatel mobile phones have the right to modify, sell, and authorize the EP operating system. Any Alcatel mobile phone tossing with the EP operating system has nothing to do with Baoyong Company!

  After the acquisition was completed, Ertien announced that the EP operating system will exist as the “Symbian” system of Alcatel mobile phones in the future.

The outside world was stunned by this news. I didn’t know what Alcatel was going to play. Some media speculated that Alcatel might not want to sell dog meat and sell PDAs instead, otherwise why would he dare to sell European PDAs? Has the mobile phone supply chain and market been thrown away?

"I think Bruno Song has made a mistake of experience. The electronics industry and the Internet industry are completely different industries. We do not deny what Bruno Song has done on the Internet. His words can make Nasdaq The stock prices of dozens of companies soared that day, and because they are optimistic about emerging Asian markets, dozens of Internet and venture capital companies can flock overseas!"

   A TV station in San Francisco, adjacent to Silicon Valley. The media here is basically the base camp of Silicon Valley. Daily broadcasts and discussions are also all kinds of news in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley not only has Internet companies, but also the base camp of electronic technology companies.

  In the studio of the San Francisco TV station, several guests were invited by the TV station, and one of them was an expert in the electronics industry.

He is also not optimistic about Song Yang's development of Alcatel mobile phones, "The Internet does not require experience, and there is no experience to refer to, but the electronics industry is different. What we can see is that Bruno Song is using the Internet's set of thinking to manage electronics. industry, but the electronics industry requires experience.”

   The electronics expert finally sighed and said regretfully, "Sorry, I really can't see the future of Alcatel mobile phones. Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Bruno Song ruined everything!"

   After listening to the electronics expert, the host of the program looked at the guests. Experts from the electronics industry and Wall Street analysts were invited today, and they were basically not optimistic about Song Yang's tossing with Alcatel phones.

   After looking around, the host of the show finally set his eyes on the last person of the day and the most important guest today, Jeff Hawkins, the president of palm.

   "Jeff, what do you think of the Alcatel mobile phone that fell into the hands of Bruno Song, I heard that Alcatel mobile phone has just acquired the EP operating system of Baoying, and Alcatel may become an important opponent of palm in the future..."

   Before the host finished speaking, Jeff Hawkins couldn't help but sneer, as if he heard a joke.

Then, holding back his laughter, Jeff Hawkins said, "I'm sorry, I don't mean to question Bruno Song, I know him, he's a genius, I've heard rumors about him countless times in Silicon Valley, he has the most acute investment vision, can turn a stone into gold, etc., but as I heard just now, this is the electronic technology industry, not relying on lip service, sorry..."

Jeff Hawkins couldn't help laughing again, "The electronic technology industry takes time to accumulate, palm has also experienced failures, and it took four years to get to the present, and I started from Intel in 1979, until Now, after 17 years, the PalmPrint handheld!"

Jeff Hawkins didn't swear, or questioned Song Yang or anything, but when the host compared Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones with palm, the look of disdain on Jeff Hawkins' face was almost is visible to the naked eye.

"palm has many competitors, such as Apple, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Compaq, Sharp, Toshiba, and many more, of course, including Bio-On, but Palm survived, and the sales of Print may exceed one million. Department, the annual revenue scale of the entire handheld market will exceed $1.2 billion in the future!”

   As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of exclamations from the whole studio. Jeff Hawkins looked as usual for the performance of everyone present. It seemed that this kind of thing was just a trivial matter, but he couldn't hide the pride in his heart.

Today, San Francisco TV invited Jeff Hawkins to talk about Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones. In fact, Hawkins didn't care much at all. Whenever a person engaged in the Internet can be compared with him, an old gun in the electronic technology industry already?

What is Song Yang's background, what is Alcatel's situation? He is Jeff Hawkins, but he developed the PalmPrint handheld computer, which created a new sales record for PDA handheld computers, broke the best-selling records of color TVs and video tapes in the history of electrical appliances, and made PDA handheld computers. This former investment black hole, an industry that saw losses and no return, has become an industry that can generate more than one billion dollars in revenue, Jeff Hawkins really can't think of it, Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones, how can they compare with him? !

It's no wonder that Jeff Hawkins gave birth to this feeling. Even Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and other opponents have not completed the feat, and he has completed it. He won a newcomer who crossed the line. He was Jeff Hawkins. Can't be a little more confident?

Facing the camera, Jeff Hawkins didn't say anything serious, but his meaning was very clear. As long as Song Yang and Alcatel dared to enter the handheld market, he would be able to make Alcatel run away. As for Alcatel. The comparison of the mobile phone with the palm, Jeff Hawkins is just a joke, and even if Alcatel can survive, Hawkins is not sure, the palm is also sold to survive...

   (end of this chapter)