After Li Xuan and Robert Allen met by chance at the fundraising dinner at New York University, the Eastern Group soon began to negotiate cooperation with AT&T! Two giants in the electronics industry, it is impossible for the business of the two sides to have no competition!

The friction between Oriental Group and AT&T is mainly due to its subsidiary, MCI. In recent years, the two sides have been in the long-distance telephone market, and the market competition is fierce!

However, since Oriental Group became the largest shareholder of MCI, MCI's business direction has undergone a major adjustment. It began to focus more on the emerging Internet and mobile communications market segments.

As a result, the competition between MCI and AT&T in the traditional telephone market has shown a tendency to ease! As far as AT&T is concerned, its real rival in North America is actually Canada's Northern Telecom Company.

Nortel can be called a Canadian copy of AT&T! Both sides are century-old stores, and both have deep accumulation in the field of telephone communication market and basic telecommunications equipment. The similarity of the main business is also destined to make the contradictions between the two sides almost irreconcilable!

If AT&T becomes an ally of the Eastern Bloc, although it will still not be able to avoid the challenge from the MCI, it will at least be able to directly obtain help from the Eastern Bloc in emerging fields such as the Internet and mobile communications.

The part of the benefits it lost in the Eastern Bloc can be taken back from other competitors such as Nortel! This is also one of the important reasons why AT&T is willing to cooperate with the Eastern Bloc!

After all, the reason why Li Xuan went to control MCI was to better promote the development of Internet and mobile communication technology in the American market. And in this regard, the more powerful AT&T is actually a better helper than MCI!

As long as AT&T can get the support, the entire U.S. telecommunications market will be open to Li Xuan. And Motorola still opposed it in time, and it would not cause much trouble to Li Xuan anymore.

Because it's just a telecom equipment supplier, and not a telecom service provider like AT&T. Ultimately, the kind of mobile communications technology used by American consumers depends on the standards adopted by telecom operators.

As long as the Eastern Bloc can reach a tacit agreement with AT&T, Motorola can only obediently join the CDMA camp unless it is willing to give up the entire United States for a new generation of mobile communication equipment market!

At the same time that Li Xuan stepped up to win over AT&T, the restrictions on CDMA at the U.S. policy level also began to change!

The White House officially announced that Mr. Ronino, one of the five commissioners of the FCC, will not be re-elected after the end of his term. President Bush will renominate Richard Brown, a Democrat from South Carolina, as the new FCC commissioner.

For the latest nomination of the White House, the major American media have not paid much attention. The focus of everyone's recent attention has been on hot topics such as the tax reform dispute between the president and parliament, and the new civil rights bill.

The reason why Richard Brown was nominated by Bush Sr. was that Li Xuan contributed a lot! But in fact, Li Xuan had not had any contact with the new commissioner before.

But not long ago, Li Xuan was introduced by Brademas to Senator Hollins, the current chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Under the FCC's bylaws, it is directly accountable to the U.S. Congress.

The House of Representatives is responsible for interfacing with the FCC by the Energy and Commerce Committee, while the Senate is the Business, Science and Transportation Committee chaired by Hollins.

Dingle, the current chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is one of the leading opponents of CDMA standards in the United States. Li Xuan wants to balance the voice from the parliament, and the best option is naturally to gain the support of the Senate.

And Richard Brown's appointment as an FCC commissioner is one of the chips that Li Xuan gave in order to gain Hollins' support. Hollins became governor of South Carolina in 1959 and ran for the Carolina Senate in 1966.

Hollins was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1967 and has been with Capitol Hill for more than two decades. He is one of the most senior Democrats in the Senate and is not inferior to Dingle in terms of seniority.

But compared to Dingle, who had been at the helm of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for a decade, Hollins' biggest weakness was that he did not become chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation until 1987.

In the three years that Hollins has been chairman, the FCC has had two commissioners. But both of them are Republican seats, and the Democrats don't have much right to interfere. So in fact, he didn't have time to expand his influence in the FCC.

And Li Xuan has now just given Hollins a chance to install his own people in the FCC, and the two naturally hit it off. Brown is Hollins' hometown in South Carolina, and it is only natural that he will become the CDMA standard after entering the FCC, and he is the staunchest supporter and promoter of the United States!

These political games, hidden in the shadows, will naturally not be known to ordinary voters. Of course, those in the industry with a keen sense of smell can still feel the changes in the general climate.

First of all, the FCC's attitude towards the CDMA has become more and more ambiguous! Some people who had been staunchly opposed to the CDMA have also stopped speaking out. For example, Dingle, a senior member of the House of Representatives, Li Xuan gave the other party a lesson this time.

Commissioner Rodino, who was kicked out of the FCC, was one of Dingle's supporters. And his influence on the FCC will be increasingly challenged by Hollins from the Senate in the future!

After his own rights were threatened, the Dingle parliamentarian's attitude towards the Eastern Bloc also had to change dramatically. Because he has changed from the original strong side to the weak side now. Li Xuan now has enough means and capital to play slowly with him!

Of course, Li Xuan didn't really have to form a mortal enmity with a senior councilor, and after he wielded the stick, he naturally wouldn't forget to give the other party a sweet date. For example, spend $1 million to support Dingle's re-election campaign for the House of Representatives, so that the other party will also become a friend of the Eastern Bloc.

Since going to Austin to participate in the Global Internet Conference, Li Xuan has stayed in the United States for nearly two months, and finally made a breakthrough in the implementation of CDMA standards in the United States.

Now that this matter is over, it's time for Li Xuan to return to Hong Kong! After all, he lit a fire before leaving, and he always has to go back and clean up the mess by himself!