"In order to describe in detail the advantages of CDMA over the first-generation FDMA analog signal technology and the second-generation TDMA digital signal technology, we have made a model similar to a cocktail party. If each communication channel of an operator is compared to a For a cocktail party for communication," Owen Jacobs couldn't wait to sell Qualcomm's CDMA technology to Eric during the meal at the Angle Manor: "The 'cocktail party' in the form of FDMA can only be used at the same time. Allowing two guests to have a one-on-one conversation, the communication efficiency of this technical form is extremely low; the "cocktail party" in the TDMA mode can allow multiple guests to communicate with the interactive object in turn at the same time, although it improves the communication channel. Utilization rate, but in fact, at each simple time point, only one user can still be allowed to speak. Our CDMA mode "cocktail party" completely breaks this limitation, allowing multiple groups of communication objects to use the same time at the same time. Therefore, with this more efficient utilization of communication bandwidth, the cost of building a mobile communication network using CDMA technology will be far lower than that of second-generation digital signal technology."
There were four men, three women and seven people sitting on both sides of the long table in the restaurant. Eric, Chris and others were all listening to Owen Yabug's narration carefully. Only Xiao Nizi seemed a little absent-minded, but Owen Yabuge's easy-to-understand description also made it easy for her to accept the advantages of CDMA. Looking at Eric next to him who nodded slightly, Xiao Nizi blinked her eyes, pretended to be curious, and asked with a serious expression : "Mr. Jacob, since CDMA is better than... well, the other two technologies, why did AT-T choose G** as the technical standard?"
Eric turned his head and glanced lightly at the little girl who interrupted randomly, but he didn't blame anything, but looked at Owen Jacob.
Owen Yabug did not become embarrassed by this question at all, and explained with a smile: "Miss Drew, you paused in your words just now, you must have some doubts about the nouns I said. Please allow me to explain for you Take a look. The full name of G** is Global System for Mobile Communications, which is a more mature digital communication technology developed on the basis of the second-generation TDMA digital technology. There are many reasons why AT-T chose G** technology, among which G* * The technology matures earlier than CDMA technology and commercialization is the most important aspect. AT-T has very strong capital. They don’t need to care about the construction cost of the mobile communication network, so they will choose the G** technology that has been widely promoted The lack of any mature commercial network for CDMA technology is also our biggest disadvantage. However, Qualcomm has accumulated ten years of research and development experience in CDMA technology, and we are very confident that CDMA technology is now very mature. As long as we can get If we get a commercial opportunity, we will be able to prove the superiority of CDMA to everyone."
Owen Jacob said the last, but his eyes fell on Eric.
Eric did not immediately meet some of Owen Jacob's expectations, but said: "Owen, do you know Nokia?"
Owen Jacob's expression changed slightly. Of course he knew that Nokia, a manufacturer of communication equipment and mobile phones that had risen rapidly from the brink of bankruptcy, said: "If I remember correctly, Nokia's controlling shareholder is a company called Hawaii Fund. Overseas companies, and the Hawaii Fund is an overseas investment fund established by Firefly Investment Company.”
Eric nodded, he set up the purpose of the Hawaii fund. It is to avoid the high corporate income tax in the United States by retaining Nokia's future profits overseas like Apple. This tax avoidance method is completely legal, so Eric has not deliberately concealed from the outside world that Firefly's investment is actually It is the information of the controlling shareholder of Nokia.
Noticing a trace of doubt in Owen Jacob's expression, Eric could roughly guess what the other party was thinking.
In the past two years, Nokia has developed into one of the best communication equipment and mobile phone manufacturers in Europe. Its strength is second only to Ericsson, but the gap is getting smaller and smaller, and there are even signs of overtaking. The reason why Nokia has risen rapidly in just over two years is that, in addition to the huge amount of development funds injected by Firefly, the more important reason is that Nokia's technology layout ahead of other communication manufacturers in terms of G** and the rapid development of G** technology universal. G** technology can be said to be the root of Nokia's rise. However, although G** technology has been widely popularized in Europe and Asia, it is in the initial stage of development in North America. Although AT-T, the largest telecom giant in North America, has identified G** as its main mobile communication technology standard, AT-T's G** network construction has just begun.
Therefore, in Owen Jacob's view, what Eric should do now is to assist Nokia in promoting G** technology in North America and enter the North American market, rather than throwing an olive branch to G** technology competitor CDMA.
Eric didn't wait for Owen Jacob to ask. He took the initiative to explain: "Owen, I know you must be a little confused, but in my opinion, there is no conflict between supporting Qualcomm and Nokia's development, because G** and CDMA are two completely different mobile communication technology standards. , Qualcomm and Nokia should also be two companies with completely different natures. I even hope that Qualcomm and Nokia can form a close and cooperative relationship in the future. We will discuss these in detail in the future. I just mentioned Nokia because of another reason. Although Nokia's current development momentum is very rapid, but in the second half of last year, Nokia also experienced a very major corporate crisis. Chris knows this better than me. He has been working on this matter for a long time at the end of last year. Let him speak."
Everyone looked at Chris. Although Chris was a little puzzled why Eric would suddenly mention this matter, he explained: "Before 1992, Nokia only produced hundreds of thousands of mobile phones every year. However, after 1992, Because of the strong market demand brought about by the popularization of G** technology, the sales volume of Nokia's communication equipment and mobile phones has increased exponentially. Last year, Nokia's sales of mobile phones alone reached 3.1 million units. As a result, Nokia's component supply chain collapsed across the board. Therefore, Nokia's CEO Jorma Ollila and I spent several months at the end of last year on a thorough rectification of Nokia's supply chain to ensure that Nokia's production capacity can meet the continuous Exploding mobile communications market."
Owen Jacobs has been racking his brains to promote CDMA technology, but he has never considered more long-term issues, but he also realized something when he heard Chris talk about the crisis Nokia experienced last year.
Eric also said at this time: "As far as I know, except for some manufacturers that are still producing the first generation of analog signal mobile phones in the market, almost all the digital mobile phones produced by mainstream communication manufacturers are G** standard. Qualcomm has been focusing on technology research and development for the past ten years, and it does not have the ability to produce CDMA equipment. So, once CDMA technology is selected as a technical standard by any large communication operator, what is Qualcomm going to do to cope with the sudden hundreds of What about the market demand for thousands of CDMA equipment?" (To be continued.)