Chapter 960 Wai Wai Cao "Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket"

February 2, six years. The old Simangkang company was imprisoned in the United States, which attracted great attention from the research and development department of Fan's Jiegan frozen field machine.

Since the mid-1990s, with the popularity of mobile phones, the mobile communications industry has begun to prosper unprecedentedly. The two major mobile service providers, China Mobile and China Unicom, control this market. They make a lot of money. In contrast, China Telecom, the former industry leader, cannot get a share of the pie because it can only engage in fixed-line phone business.

At this time, Wu Ying, a Chinese student who had worked at the famous Bell Labs in the United States, saw a business opportunity. He introduced a mobile local wireless technology invented by the Japanese to China.

This technology can utilize the existing fixed telephone network to provide wireless communication services through wireless access.

Its biggest weakness was that the signal was very poor, sometimes even in houses, so it was a marginal technology that was abandoned in Japan, where it was invented. But in China, it has become a life-saving straw for China Telecom, because with this technology, it can enter the mobile telecommunications market in a curve. The high call service fees of the two major mobile service providers undoubtedly provide huge profit space for China Telecom's entry.

Ganstarcom, a company founded by Wu Ying, became the equipment supplier for the just project, and he named the phone PHS. December 1997. The first PHS wireless local call pilot was launched in Yuhang City, Xijiang Province.

Local consumers were told that PHS calls cost 20 cents for three minutes, while China Mobile or China Unicom's Lang phones cost 50 cents for one minute. The price difference is 7.5 times. In addition, PHS charges no charge for receiving calls. The price difference between PHS and Ru phones is about ten times.

In just three months, the number of PHS users in Yuhang has caught up with the combined users of China Mobile and China Unicom. PHS has quickly become popular throughout Xijiang, and has been quickly regarded by China Telecom as the best way to grab mobile business.

A fringe technology unexpectedly triggered a telecommunications war between monopolies in China. China Telecom promoted PHS in hundreds of cities across the country, while mobile service providers in various places attacked PHS's entry and continued to file urgent complaints. Ministry of Information Industry.

The Ministry of Information Industry also felt in a dilemma. At one time it announced that PHS was a backward technology and its development would be restricted nationwide. At another time, it announced that after investigation, PHS was a supplement and extension of fixed telephones, and conditionally allowed China Telecom to engage in this business.

The most sensational news this year happened in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Lanzhou Telecom gave PHS a prefix number. However, China Mobile in Lanzhou did not recognize this number, which had not been approved by the Ministry of Information Industry, and refused to let it enter the mobile phone number. net.

Lanzhou Telecom, which has always been bullish, simply cut off the connection between the entire mobile network and the fixed telecom network. Hundreds of thousands of users were unable to contact their mobile phones and landlines for dozens of hours, resulting in a major and ridiculous accident.

At present, except for a few big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Linktone services have been launched across the board, with more than 10 million users.

China Telecom’s strong promotion of PHS. Naturally, equipment supply Dakang achieved amazing growth. After Dakang was listed in the United States, the company drew a perfect growth curve, and its performance exceeded Wall Street's expectations, even during the Nasdaq stock market crash. Its stock price has never been below twenty dollars. It is the best-performing Chinese stock, with Starcom's market capitalization exceeding 26 billion at its peak.

After Fan Wubing returned to the capital, he heard people talk about this issue. He was probably a little envious of the strong launch of PHS. His father Fan Heng also mentioned this matter during dinner, saying that the Ministry of Information Industry had some influence on it. It’s embarrassing, after all, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh.

It is unlikely that you will let China Mobile and China Unicom take all the good things and leave China Telecom to starve to death, right?

"Survival of the fittest," said Fan Wubing, "The biggest problem now is not the high price of mobile phones, but the high mobile costs. It is precisely because of the high profits from mobile phone bills that there is There is an inherent demand for PHS to enter the Chinese market. Once the cost comes down, there will naturally be no market for backward technology. This is also an inevitable market self-selection. "

"Is your brainstorming geared toward developing a PHS network?" Fan Heng asked. He now attaches great importance to his son's opinions.

"You always have to respect the market's choice." Fan Wubing didn't make it too clear.

In fact, for things like PHS, some people call it Waiwaicao, which means that this thing is small, ineffective and incomprehensible, and after ordinary people pick it up. I always say "Hey, hey" twice, and then I find that I can't hear what the other person is saying at all, so I yell "grass" again to end the problem.

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, from the actual application point of view, PHS does have many problems.

The basic condition for its survival is the phone economy. PHS and landline phones use the same rate standard and implement one-way charging. Enjoy the convenience of a local mobile phone call at the price of a landline. Of course it can attract many people. Moreover, the PHS power-consuming electromagnetic wave radiation pole does not cause much radiation harm to the human body, and is loved by some special groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, and medical personnel.

Moreover, PHS consumes less power and has a long standby time. With one charge, the standby time can reach ten days, eliminating the trouble of frequent charging. Therefore, there are indeed not a few people using PHS, and there are even many people who do not have great demand for mobile phone services. I also changed the mobile phone I used before to a PHS. Firstly, it saves money, and secondly, it saves trouble. A few flaws are tolerable.

But overall, PHS is a product of a special period. It was also a helpless move by China Telecom and China Netcom because they did not have mobile licenses, but they grabbed a large number of users for the operators on the eve of the epidemic.

There are many disadvantages to being psychic. There are very few accessibility features. Currently, short messages can only be sent between PHS phones, and many fashionable new functions such as Internet browsing and mobile games are not available. There is also poor network coverage, which is generally limited to urban areas. The signal is poor, there are few base stations, and calls are not smooth in some parts of the city. In the event of a power outage, it is even impossible to make calls.

If it is in a car, it is basically unusable because once the vehicle speed exceeds 40 kilometers. Calls are intermittent. Although Japan is still constantly improving PHS technology, after it was introduced in China, it basically stopped developing, which also caused the problem of subsequent functions not being able to keep up.

The most important point is that PHS cannot roam across the country like a mobile phone, so it can only supplement and extend the fixed line. There is always a considerable gap in functionality with mobile phones.

Rebirth from past life. Pao Wubing also used a PHS device. how to say. If you go to the song city to sing, as soon as you enter that relatively closed environment, your PHS will be completely blocked. If nothing happens, it will be equivalent to automatically shutting down. If something happens, the impact will be huge. Yes, it is far less convenient than a mobile phone for insurance.

"Under the current conditions, the emergence of PHS has indeed allowed many people with poor purchasing power to find a way out in terms of cost performance." Fan Wubing explained to his father Fan Heng, "Although it is a backward technology, it The technology provided by domestic mobile operators is actually relatively backward. Not only is it backward, but it is also expensive. This extreme monopoly makes companies have no interest in in-depth research and development. In the long run, the technical level of China Mobile Communications will decline. Reduced to a very scary level. From this aspect, the addition of PHS will allow China Telecom to carve up part of the mobile communications market without a mobile business license. Reducing the cost of telephone communication is very beneficial to reducing the degree of monopoly." Fan Heng nodded in agreement, "In fact, the people in the Ministry of Information Industry have more headaches. After all, they want to break the industry monopoly. The risks to be taken are too great, and if the company itself makes some adjustments, the effect will be much better.

Fan Wubing was deeply ashamed of this, "While he is in a high position, he doesn't want to make progress. He has decision-making power in his hands but dare not use it. He knows that industry monopoly is very harmful, but he just wants to let it go, just to maximize his tenure." Let’s get over it and retire peacefully. There are too many people like this among senior officials now.”

Logically speaking, a dim-witted and corrupt leadership is most beneficial to a large chaebol like Fan Wubing, but even though Fan Wubing is a super chaebol. However, his experience as a civilian in his previous life made him understand a lot of things. He knew the hardships of ordinary people and how much pain these leaders brought to the people. Therefore, it is even more difficult for him to tolerate those job seekers who harm the rights and interests of citizens with high salaries.

Fan Heng was reluctant to discuss this matter at this time. After all, the role he could play was limited. "Why didn't your Fan Investment Group get involved in the PHS business? I heard that there is no profit in this area."

Fan Wubing shook his head and denied, "The PHS is just a product of a transitional period, and it has inherent deficiencies. Our Fan Investment Group still focuses on the research and development and production of mobile phones, and now the prices of major components have dropped to a shocking level. Our profits are very substantial, with annual revenue of tens of billions, which is very satisfying.”

Since the mobile phone R&D department of Fan's Investment Group obtained the R&D technical capabilities for new underlying new products, the cost of Fan's mobile phones has been greatly reduced. At present, the cost of a single ordinary mobile phone has been reduced to less than 200 yuan, but the selling price is Above a thousand yuan, it can be said to be an absolute huge profit, especially the price advantage of mid-to-high-end products. The sales of high-end mobile phones that are more suitable for Chinese people's aesthetic concepts are very good, and the profits are even more amazing.

"In fact, making money means making money from rich people. Once we launched the business of customizing mobile phones for the rich, mobile phones costing millions of dollars can be said to be in short supply. The annual sales revenue in this area exceeds Billions of dollars." Thinking of this, Fan Wubing couldn't help but said to his father Fan Heng with emotion, "With the most advanced chips, the most exquisite craftsmanship, and valuable materials, what we have created The top-notch mobile phone series is more like a market-oriented art than a commodity. Such products are naturally very popular among wealthy people at home and abroad. "

"There are more and more rich people." After hearing this, Fan Heng couldn't help but sigh.

"It should be said that the phenomenon of polarization is getting more and more serious," Fan Wubing replied. "Whether it is viewed from abroad or domestically, the phenomenon of polarization has intensified now. Rich people with a net worth of more than 10 billion US dollars have become more and more serious." The number is constantly increasing, and the phenomenon of domestic embezzlement of state-owned assets is also increasing. This is an era of bloody wealth creation, at the expense of the interests of the majority of people, and countless new aristocrats are born every day. " Fan Heng said with a frown.

In fact, Fan Heng himself feels a little depressed. Yes, in the past few years, the country's wealth has indeed increased a lot, and the people's living standards have indeed improved a lot. But judging from the increase in per capita income, . There are some problems. The reform of state-owned enterprises is also very difficult. Although many companies have completed restructuring, employees are often laid off as victims. At extremely low cost, the leaders control the company and become the new generation. The major shareholders, while the employees have become migrant workers without exception.

Fan Heng does not think that such a reform is the reform he dreams of, and the result now seems more like a resource plunder during the land enclosure movement, but this time it is carried out in the name of reform.

A lot of people, in a short period of time. Through the process of legal confirmation, the empty-handed white wolf immediately possessed astronomical astonishing wealth, while many more people became penniless in this seemingly fair process. They even lost their source of livelihood and were forced to push themselves into society to solve life problems on their own.

Such a huge contrast would make even a senior executive like Fan Heng, who is in contact with state-owned enterprise reform every day, feel worried.

But there was nothing he could do to change this. Because what he is facing is an extremely large interest group, which cannot be adapted by one person, several people, or even a group.

Even if Fan Wubing can control so many companies, so much money, and so many assets, he is just a wealthy man with considerable influence. If we want to talk about confronting this interest group head-on, there is no way. It's different from using a mantis' arm as a chariot.

In the face of pure interest disputes, any sense of justice, morality, integrity and law are nonsense.

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Faced with all this, even Fan Wubing and Fan Xiang, who are at the top of the hierarchy of wealth and power but still retain their conscience, can only shout like those who use PHS. !