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It should be pointed out that at this stage, the application of cellular telephone communication system has blossomed all over the world. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the early 1980s, Sweden and Norway launched the nordic_mobile_telephone Nordic mobile phone system, NMT, and Denmark, Finland and Iceland joined the Nordic mobile phone system, which now has more than 100,000 subscribers.

The Scandinavian mobile phone system, with all specifications free of charge, has attracted companies such as Finland's Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson to develop and produce hardware for them, driving down prices.

Initially, the terminal equipment of the Nordic mobile phone system was designed to be installed in the trunk of the car, and the keyboard and display were installed near the driver's seat.

In 1987, Nokia launched a mobile phone that weighed 760 grams, mobira_cityman_900, and sold for 24,000 Finnish marks, or about 4,000 dollars when converted into dollars.

The Soviet leader Gorbachev used mobira_cityman_900 in public, which made the product famous.

During the visit, Simo Warrinato, took such a "brick" stained with celebrity light to Tang Huan to appreciate.

As a result, the richest man took it in his hand and checked it, it seemed to be too heavy, he didn't catch it, and it slammed on the ground with a bang.

Tsimo Warrinato, the chairman and CEO of Nokia, who is 60 years old this year and is beginning to consider retiring, hurriedly bowed his waist and picked it up, ready to change it to a new one for the richest man in Tang to admire.

Unexpectedly, Mr. the richest man took it directly, pressed the keyboard a few times, and then said with a smile: "The quality is good, it has not affected the normal use." ”

Tymour Warrinato, not without pride, said, "Nokia has always valued product quality. ”

Tang Huan shook his head, "It's a pity that the technology of the cellular telephone communication system has begun to transition to the second generation." This kind of terminal, which only works with old-fashioned analog networks, will soon be withdrawn from the mainstream market. ”

The first generation of cellular telephone communication systems, which began to emerge in the early 1980s, can be described as a hundred schools of thought, and there are many incompatible standards.

In Europe alone, in addition to NMT in Northern Europe, there are TACs in the UK, C-450 in West Germany, Radio2000 in France, RTMI in Italy, and so on.

In the midst of this fragmented chaos, countries in Western Europe began to consider a unified standard for next-generation mobile phones that would allow for a greater variety of features and make it easier for users to roam.

As a result, the global_system_for_mobile_munications Global System for Mobile Communications, or GSM, has stepped onto the stage of history.

In May 1987, all GSM member countries agreed to identify the most important key technologies of the GSM.

In 1990, the first version of the GSM standard was finally completed and ready for commercial use.

In Europe, the official joint launch of the time-division_multiplexing - time division multiplexing (TDM) GSM, the United States is a commercial company based on the code_division_multiple_access-code division multiple access (CDMA) standard.

For example, a similar achievement of Zheru is CDMASMART, which was adopted by Datang Mobile Communications.

The general trend is like this, Nokia's mobira_cityman_900, no matter how resistant to falling, is also a sunset product.

Seeing that Nokia was poked at the point, Simo Warrinato stubbornly said: "We are already developing the next generation of mobira_cityman_900 products to support the mobira_cityman_2000 of GSM." ”

As he spoke, someone sent a prototype, which looked significantly smaller than mobira_cityman_900.

Seeing that the richest man began to weigh again, Tymour Warrinato reminded in a panic: "This is the prototype, it is not all finished yet, that ...... Compared to the previous generation, the weight has been reduced to less than 500 grams. ”

Seeing that the other party was still quite nervous, Tang Huan didn't ask for verification in person, but asked casually while fiddling: "If I want to purchase a batch, when can it be shipped?"

With a happy look on his face, Simo Vorinato quickly replied, "It should be possible next year." ”

Speaking of this, Tsimo Warrinato, who couldn't help but ask curiously and expectantly, "Is Don going to provide GSM services in the United States?"

It is not to blame that the head of Nokia has no knowledge, and the network it previously supported, the Nordic mobile phone system, is comparable to the user scale of Datang Mobile Communications Company.

"I was looking for a solution for a communications company in Asia. Speaking of this, Tang Huan added: "However, it is not excluded that Datang Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. supports GSM in the United States at the same time. ”

Although Zheru has developed CDMASMART that is also suitable for the 2G era, Tang Huan, who has a huge industrial structure, will not just bet on CDMA.

Due to the peculiarities of the field of communications, forces at the national level are bound to take action and control it, which is nothing more than a different form.

This makes it impossible for technical factors to achieve true market success. The safest road for enterprises is the specific realization under the technical standards.

Take CDMASMART as an example, although it has the advantage of relatively smoothly upgrading to the future 3G era, it is undeniable that for the upcoming 2G era, in terms of complexity, cost, etc., the cost is inevitably higher than that of GSM, which is easily supported by many countries.

Especially in the current recession situation that will last at least a year, the most pragmatic way to do things is to seize the market first.

The Finns who accompanied them couldn't help but smile after tasting that the cellular communication industry of Mr. The richest man walked on two legs, and the cooperation naturally added one more field.

"At a time when Finland's economy is in a difficult situation, it is important to find new impetus for growth. I think the emerging era of 2G mobile communication is a good opportunity. ”

"Nokia's board of directors may still be skeptical about the industry, but imagine how it would change the market if users found that the cost of ownership was significantly lower than in the past."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan made a clear request: "I hope that when customers get the mobira_cityman_2000, the price cannot be higher than one-third of the mobira_cityman_900." ”

Hearing this, Tymour Warrinato's smile suddenly stiffened. He replied hesitantly, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. ”

Tang Huan asked playfully: "Then do you think it will be more difficult if Nokia's communications department cooperates with Zheru, and even in addition to GSM, it will also set foot in the field of CDMA?"

"If that's the case, then there must be a great deal of certainty. Tsimo Warrinato replied overjoyed.

In the field of mobile communications, Nokia currently has cooperation with Siemens of Germany;

Tang Huan suggested again: "I think that if we jointly set up a company focusing on the field of mobile communications, and integrate the leading technology of Zheru and Nokia's excellent manufacturing capabilities, it will definitely bring surprises to the market." ”

Simo Warrinato's voice trembled with excitement and said, "I didn't expect that I would add such an important strategic legacy to my tenure. ”

Tang Huan laughed, he didn't blindly trust Nokia based on the existing results of the original time and space.

After what he saw and heard in Finland during this period of time, Mr. The richest man also has some of the most intuitive experience of the cultural spirit of this nation - "sisu".

As a result of living in a cold region, Finns have developed a pragmatic work style. For example, in product design, it reflects the importance of practicality and durability, and does not "design for design's sake". But that doesn't mean being a fixture – Tang Huan can see from his residence the intricate lines of glass created by Finnish designers for purely ornamental purposes.

Furthermore, Finns are very practical and know where they are. This can be seen from the fact that neutrality in international relations has brought about stable foreign trade -- as for the sudden loss of the chain of the Soviet Union, an important trading partner, it is really impossible to attribute the cause to it.

At the same time, Finns have a quality of perseverance. Such a small country, during the Second World War, was able to fight with the Soviet Union and Germany successively, maintain its dignity, and finally save it from suffering the fate of being annexed by the Soviet Union like the three small Baltic countries after the war.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing -- Tang Huan feels that Nokia is very competent as an "OEM" for himself.

In addition, Finland is as good as Ireland, the UK's neighbor, in creating a high-tech industrial environment.

Next, Tang Huan went to Finland's largest and oldest university. The University of Helsinki, founded in 1640, visited the University of Helsinki and observed the excellent quality of the local students up close. For example, almost everyone here knows more than one foreign language, and he hardly uses Finnish or Swedish translations.

Esco Aho, the prime minister of Finland, graduated from the University of Helsinki and was accompanied by the richest man to the highest university.

The computer system of the University of Helsinki has both older DEC minicomputers and the latest Fangyuan servers, and the facilities are top-notch.

After Tang Huan's visit, he began to give a speech.

During the interactive session, he smiled and asked a few questions. For example, who has used a Fangyuan computer, who owns a Fangyuan personal computer, and what is the experience of using it?

The answer obtained made Mr. the richest man very satisfied - almost all the students on the scene had used Fangyuan computers, and there were many people who had their own Fangyuan personal computers.

One of the students described it very specifically - he bought a 32-bit architecture of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer compatible machine by installment payment a few years ago, and then by increasing the memory and board, the performance of this computer is not outdated until now; more importantly, the software resources of the Fangyuan computer platform are rich and excellent, and his own programming, entertainment and other requirements have been perfectly met.

"You can see that you are a master of the computer field. Tang Huan waved his hand and asked the student to sit down, because he saw that the other party was a little familiar, so he casually asked his name.

The man stood up again with joy, "My name is linus_torvalds - Linus Tovaz. Don, may I ask a question that is not related to the topic of the presentation?"

Tang Huan paused slightly, and then laughed meaningfully-it turned out to be you, and I didn't know the operating system in the original time and space-linux, has it emerged now.

Born in Helsinki, Finland, Linas Tovaz is a family student. His father, Nils Tovaz, was an active radio journalist, his mother, Anna Tovaz, was also a journalist, his grandfather Orr Tovaz was a poet and journalist, and his maternal grandfather was one of Finland's first professors of statistics, and the Finnish Statistical Institute established an award in his name to award outstanding master's degree in statistics within two years.

As early as the age of 11, Linus Tovaz, an activist at the University of Helsinki, was asked by his maternal grandfather to write some small statistical programs in the basic language.

Therefore, Mr. Lynus Tovaz, a computer expert, suddenly jumped out, and the richest man was not too surprised, after all, the environment in which he grew up was there.

Tang Huan waved his hand generously, "You ask, I am willing to satisfy your curiosity." ”

"Richard Matthew Stallman, the famous richard_matthew_stallman of the founder of the self~by software movement, was traveling around giving lectures and recently came to the University of Helsinki. Linus Tovaz asked seriously, "Don, you started with the world's first spreadsheet software and single-handedly founded the world's largest business software company. So, what do you think of free~free software?"

Linus Tovaz is an activist who really raises a sensitive question. Even if he is already the Taishan Beidou in the IT industry, Mr. the richest man has to be cautious.

Tang Huan groaned and said: "I first make clear my view of free~free software, that is, free~free software is not equal to free software. ”

"I noticed that in this emerging trend of self-~self-sponsored software, the meaning of 'free_software' is easy to give people the impression that 'free~by' is 'free'. ”

"I think that since ~ the software movement should first conceptually distinguish between 'libre' - free software and 'gratis' - free software, and then talk about how the software industry as a whole should develop. (To be continued.) )