摘要
在良机已逝时还要咬牙上窄带CDMA,舆论纷纷调低对联通的信心。但是,以联通此番周详的推广计划、紧密整合的上下游以及衔接流畅的后路,这场公认的豪赌也许未必与赢无关。
NarrowbandCDMA is a gamble forChina Unicom. It is notuntil the best oppor-tunity is missing thatCDMA is on track for start. Though industryanalysts degrade their confidence in China Unicom's CDMAproject, Unicom, the second largest telecom carrier in China, isnow pushing its wide-scale market promotion, contacting withmobile phone distributors and negotiating with manufacturers. Itis unusual for a telecom carrier to intervene with other parts ofCDMA chain. Therefore, it indicates that Unicom will act as acatalyst to quicken the process. Because of the fluctuations in theconcerned policies and regulations, the advent of CDMA has beenmuch delayed. China Mobile, Unicom's competitor, has alreadystarted GPRS, which means Unicom has to accelerate thedeployment of CDMA network and the debut of CDMA mobilephones on the market. Finicky investors are getting more and moreimpatient. They will give Unicom up if they cannot see the expectedresults come up in 6 months.
