Chapter 938 PHS Project
Song Yuanchao didn't think much of things like mobile phones, after all, he was also a person who had used smartphones.
But even such a broken thing, when it first came out, it actually sold for 30,000 yuan a piece. Now it is considered cheaper, but it still costs more than 20,000 yuan. You have to know how much a courtyard house in Yanjing costs now? A mobile phone can almost replace a courtyard house.
Shenghua has been engaged in the research and development of mobile phones since the American company was first established, when it began developing pagers.
Compared with pagers, the development of mobile phones is much more difficult from a technical point of view, especially the baseband of mobile phones, which is the main part. Although American companies have obtained some technologies, they have not yet formed their own overall research and development results in many core aspects, and have only completed part of them.
This is due to the lack of technological breakthroughs and current technological barriers. However, Song Yuanchao still invested a lot of money in this area, striving to come up with perfect mobile phone results in the next few years.
In addition, Song Yuanchao also set his sights on Japan's newly released PHS technology, which is the personal handyphone system.
When talking about this technology, we have to mention the Japanese imagination. The Japanese are best at using their brains to think crookedly about some original things and come up with some incredible things.
In history, the Japanese have done this many times, especially during World War II, when the Germans were desperately researching high-end technologies and converting them into military uses, such as missiles, small submarines, jet aircraft, and even flying saucers.
But what about the Japanese? They seem to have gone in the wrong direction in the technology tree, always preferring to research some variants and modifications of existing technologies. During the war years, they came up with the so-called Fulong individual underwater attack system, the National Anti-Tank Special Attack Weapon, the Native Decisive Battle National Pistol, the Flying Tank, and the most famous Sakura suicide jet fighter, etc.
The same is true for mobile phone technology. To put it simply, Japan's PHS technology is a technology that uses microcellular technology to achieve wireless coverage through microcellular base stations, and wirelessly connects the user end (i.e. wireless local telephone mobile phone) to the local telephone network, so that traditional fixed-line telephones are no longer fixed to a certain location, but can be freely moved and used within the coverage of the wireless network, and can answer and make local, domestic and international calls anytime and anywhere, achieving an effective extension and supplement of local calls.
This technology is only invented by the Japanese in the world, and it will not be accepted by advanced Western countries in the future. On the contrary, countries and regions in Southeast Asia have used it to a certain extent due to limited conditions.
In China, this technology is also called "Xiaolingtong". It was introduced into the country in 1996. Since the terminal price of Xiaolingtong was much cheaper than mobile phones at that time and the communication fee was also extremely low, it was welcomed by many consumers who could not afford mobile phones.
In the few years since its introduction into China, the Xiaolingtong market has developed rapidly. However, due to its inherent deficiencies and joint suppression by mobile communication operators, the promotion and application of Xiaolingtong have not been as expected.
After 2003, with the improvement of mobile phone technology and the sharp reduction in costs for mobile phone manufacturers, the price of mobile phones and communication costs also dropped greatly. In comparison, the Xiaolingtong phone, which had poor communication performance, no longer had any advantages and soon disappeared from the market.
But at present, Xiaolingtong still has relative advantages over big mobile phones. First, its cost is much lower than that of big mobile phones. Second, there is not much difference in the communication effects between the two. Third, Xiaolingtong's talk time is longer than that of bulky big mobile phones, and its small size makes it more convenient to carry.
Under such circumstances, Song Chaoyuan has already asked American companies and Japan's NTT to negotiate technology transfer. PHS technology was invented by Japan's NTT Laboratory as early as 1989. At present, this technology has been quite perfected and has entered practical use.
Although Japan has not really promoted this technology, after all, there are many links from the emergence of a new technology in Japan to its improvement and application. In addition, the Japanese think differently from other people. On the one hand, they will innovate in technology, but on the other hand, they will resist the practical application of new technologies. No one knows where this contradictory mentality comes from.
Therefore, although NTT has always wanted to promote this technology, for various reasons, Japanese operators were not keen on using this technology. The two sides negotiated for a long time, and it was not officially launched until 1995.
As the technology owner, NTT is also very troubled by this situation, but is also helpless.
At this time, the appearance and contact of Song Yuanchao's American company made them see the practical application of this technology. After the contact, the other party showed a very enthusiastic attitude, even a little too enthusiastic, which surprised the American company representatives who had negotiated in the past.
After hearing about this situation, Song Chaoyuan could understand NTT's thinking. NTT had spent a lot of effort on this technology and had always wanted to promote its practical application, but due to the rejection of domestic operators, it encountered many difficulties in the promotion process.
Now, some American companies have approached them to discuss technology purchases, which has given them hope. NTT feels that if the technology they have developed can be recognized by American companies, it will be a great honor. If American companies can use this technology first, it will prove the advancement and practicality of this technology, and it will be much easier to negotiate with domestic operators.
But despite their enthusiasm, the Japanese were not stupid. The conditions they offered for the technology transfer were quite outrageous. The American company was shocked by the conditions offered by NTT. For a moment, they thought that the other party had received the wrong information. It was just a PHS technology, not a high-end technology. Such conditions were really incredible.
When the news reached Song Yuanchao, he immediately told the American company to terminate the negotiations without hesitation, regardless of the Japanese side's attempts to retain the company. At the same time, the American company also privately pressured NTT through channels, revealing to the three major Japanese operators that they were not optimistic about PHS technology.
This hit NTT's soft spot. You know, NTT originally wanted to negotiate with the US company and use it as a bargaining chip to get the recognition of domestic operators, so as to quickly launch the PHS technology project. Who would have thought that the US company not only terminated the cooperation, but also spread rumors about the imperfection of PHS technology, which immediately made the operators who were not optimistic about this technology lose interest in PHS technology.
As a result, NTT became anxious. The technology they had worked so hard to develop was about to fail. They started blaming each other internally. Some said that there was a problem with their attitude towards the American father, while others said that the person who led the cooperation negotiations did not understand the problem from the beginning and was too greedy, and the strategies and methods they used were absolutely wrong.
After a lot of trouble and with a few scapegoats making their exit in disgrace, the new project manager, as soon as he took office, took the initiative to contact the American company again, demanding to restart the negotiations, and offered much more favorable conditions than the last time.
The American company did not seem impatient, but instead replied indifferently, which made NTT more eager. In order to achieve their ultimate goal through the transfer and use of American company's technology, NTT took the initiative to make another concession, which made the American company reluctantly restart the negotiations.
At Song Yuanchao's home in Hong Kong, Song Yuanchao, Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo were waiting for news from Japan.
Today is the day when the American company and NTT officially signed the agreement. Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo rushed to Song Yuanchao's side early in the morning.
Although they were waiting for news, the three of them looked relaxed because the negotiation process for the agreement had already ended today and it was just a matter of final signing.
Moreover, in order to obtain PHS technology this time, Shenghua made many preparations so early.
Drinking tea, chatting about other topics, and waiting for the results from Japan.
"Hu Yaoqing came to Hong Kong? And started cooperation with Liu Liu? Was this introduced by you?" Qin Zhengguo talked about his children for a while and suddenly asked.
Song Yuanchao asked Qin Zhengguo how he knew about this, as he had not told anyone else about this in advance.
"How else can I know? I ran into him at a cocktail party yesterday." Qin Zhengguo said with a smile. Yesterday, he attended a business cocktail party and happened to run into Hu Yaoqing who was with Liu Da at the cocktail party. Although Qin Zhengguo had never met Hu Yaoqing, he knew who he was as soon as Liu Da introduced him. He was curious and asked around, and then he found out that Hu Yaoqing was working with Liu Da.
"Yuan Chao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but it's better to stay away from Hu Yaoqing. After all, he is different from Luo Yang and they are not on the same path. Besides, Da Liu is not an easy person to deal with either. Who knows what will happen ." Li Daqi frowned slightly. He had an average impression of Hu Yaoqing. Although he had never dealt with him, he knew that Luo Yang's deal in Dazhalan finally fell into Hu Yaoqing's hands.
Li Daqi and Luo Yang have a good relationship, but Hu Yaoqing is not so good because of this incident. And as he said, no matter Hu Yaoqing or Liu, these two people are not easy to deal with, and no one knows what will happen in the future if they get together now.
"I know." Song Yuanchao nodded without comment. There were some things he couldn't say to Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo. Song Chaoyuan had his own ideas about Hu Yaoqing and Liu Da, and he also understood that Li Daqi said these for his own good.
"By the way, how is the communication with the post and telecommunications department going?" Song Chaoyuan asked, changing the subject.
"At present, PHS technology has not been obtained, and many later-stage things cannot be discussed. However, after preliminary contact, several leaders of Posts and Telecommunications are quite interested in this project." Li Daqi was in charge of Posts and Telecommunications. When the American company started to initiate negotiations with NTT, Song Chaoyuan asked Li Daqi to have tentative communication with Posts and Telecommunications, because the subsequent promotion of PHS in China must go through Posts and Telecommunications. At present, Posts and Telecommunications have not been separated, and all communications are still carried out by Posts and Telecommunications. It will not be until after 1998 that Posts and Telecommunications will be officially separated, thus giving rise to the two major companies of postal service and telecommunications.
"As long as you are sure, you should pay more attention to this matter. In addition, we must also work out the coverage integration plan of the paging station as soon as possible. Once the PHS project is approved, the coverage of base stations will be the top priority."
