Sunday, August 10, 2008

Telecom is developing WiFi

The IT news is provided by Star East Technology Ltd

For those who have been accustomed to mobile office business, the most concern thing is that where are "hot spots", that is, those in which can provide free or paid access to a WiFi service, in fact refers to these places to install a wireless router, having wireless Internet signal. For example, airports, Starbucks, McDonald's, KFC, hotels and other places have "hot spots."
Recently, China Telecom news release: China Telecom in 21 provinces and cities have done a WiFi deployment, and are brewing launched WiFi terminals, ZTE (000063, stock it), and other manufacturers have to provide a number of prototype. This news has aroused the attention of all sectors of the focus of WiFi mobile terminal is about to enter the era.
Weekly financial management in China Telecom's technical staff there understand that the current domestic WiFi network follows the IEEE802.11b wireless network standards, in a closed area, the distance only a few dozen to 100 meters, in an open area, communications Distance is only 300 meters, in the city wireless network construction, WiFi network of higher costs.
CLP, Qualcomm, China Mobile is also competition for WiFi market, such as Beijing, Shanghai and other cities in Jiading WiFi network, that is, by the power-built. But H3C wireless products Minister Wang Yuchen said, compared with China Telecom in terms of absolute superiority, its greatest advantage lies in its population more in the area, using high-density layout hot spots, Internet speed smoothly.
WiFi business development of strong, nearly 8 million, while in public places layout of the more than 20,000 access points, Shanghai Telecom has been building 3,000 hot spots, Guangdong Telecom build 1,400 WiFi hotspots (as of May), Wuhan Telecom Covering 500 hot venue (the end of April), Zhejiang Telecom completed before the end of 8000, Jiangsu Telecom has been laid in the province more than 8,000 access points, at the end of this year, Nanjing plans to build 8,000 access points. WiFi account this year will achieve roaming service. Once the business development of mature and future access to mobile licence, China Mobile and mobile services will combine WiFi, WiFi can not be made in the coverage of regional, mobile Internet access can be achieved. In addition, China Telecom's WiFi layout couldn’t rule out CNMA, China Telecom CEO Wang Xiaochu has previously said, China Telecom will integrate CDMA and WiFi, to provide better "the E-I" service to home users, and CDMA business will be bundled with WiFi business to snatch the domestic market, and then seize the public users.

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