Chapter 367: Here Comes the Opportunity: An Opportunity for the Lower & Mobile Version of ICQ?
However, Liu Gong's words scared Yang Tingkun and Ma Chun: Damn! A customer service center where everyone has a computer?
What is the customer service center, they know too well, they don't know? Don't you know if you won't refer to the 114 customer service center? In short, it's the same thing.
"Yes, everyone has a computer," Liu Gong said that he had to repeat it again, and at the same time showed his knowledge by the way, "When I went to Japan Suzuki Co., Ltd. to investigate, I was fortunate to visit the customer service center of others, hehe...... That's really a long experience...... "Fortunately, this person is not stupid, and immediately realized that these words were inevitably suspicious of something, and hurriedly turned around, "Director Yang, don't worry, we can contact Ford Motor now, there will be absolutely no problems, if there is a problem, you will cover me." β
"That'...... All right! Yang Tingkun gritted his teeth and decided to listen to Liu Gong's advice.
That's right, when the Ordnance Industry Corporation introduced the Alto project, Liu Gongna stayed in Japan for several months as a Chinese technician, compared to Suzuki, Ford is an automobile giant that I don't know how many times bigger, since Liu Gong dares to say so, it must be certain.
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Not to mention how Jiangbei Alto and Ford were ecstatic after confirming the authenticity of Tesla, Lin Zheng is a little depressed now...... Ya is at a height of 10,000 meters, I originally wanted to squint for a while, and after arriving in Belarus, I also have a little spirit, after all, it takes a little jet lag from the United States to Belarus. But I didn't think about it, and I just lay down for a while. The phone rang, and it was still the kind that refused to stop, even if the flight attendant repeatedly explained to the other party that Boss Lin was resting, it was useless.
Of course, there is a reason why the other party dares to be so strong: IcQ's executive Benier has thought of a good solution to the mobile version of IcQ, and he can't wait to discuss it with Lin Zheng.
Dude, don't you know that satellite phones are expensive? Boss Lin, who can afford to burn oil but feels that he can't pay the phone bill, wants to cry without tears, although this is indeed an exaggeration......
"What you mean is that we use two-way technology. Implementing a mobile version of IcQ on a two-way pager? Well, but you need to discuss with the telecom operator the monthly customized service of counting jΓΉ traffic, after all, IcQ cannot be like a two-way pager that can send messages to each other...... That's right? "I didn't listen to what Benier said too much, Lin Zheng already understood what Benier meant, but it was precisely because he understood what he meant that he had a little headache.
Unlike traditional pagers, which are one-way. That is, only the pager can send information to the pager, and the pager passively accepts the information, and can not send the information, the technology we will not describe, to put it simply, the two-way pager is a bit of a two-way phone text message. Well, of course, you can only text each other, not make phone calls.
Of course, compared with the traditional one-way pager, the technology of the two-way pager is much more complicated, and the price is much higher. But compared to expensive mobile phones, two-way pagers are undoubtedly cheaper. Moreover, the two-way pager is indeed the second most convenient communication tool after mobile phones to be able to contact each other in real time...... At this point, not even a landline, who has ever seen a landline phone that can be carried with you? β¦β¦ Therefore, the United States now not only has the world's largest mobile phone market, the largest one-way paging market, but also has the largest two-way paging market.
Benier was not wrong to put the idea of mobile IcQ on a two-way pager, but the question was: "That's a good idea, but the two-way paging technology is basically in the hands of Motorola, right?" Lin Zheng was a little embarrassed, "Motorola, as the largest civilian communications giant in the United States...... Well, they will work with us? I think it's a bit more difficult to license Motorola's technology than it is to discuss cooperation with telecom operators. β
Of course, this is just one of the reasons for his worry, or the most weightless reason, the real reason is: Nima Laozi has just swept Motorola's face in the domestic mobile communication market, not to mention how angry Motorola is, seize this opportunity, they still have to bully their buddies to death?
But Benier really accepted Lin Zheng's explanation and concerns, the unlimited paging business is Motorola's brand business, Motorola brand pagers once occupied 8o% of the total global pager sales, this direct result is that Motorola has always been strong in the communications market, which is something that almost everyone knows, but there is no way, who makes the relationship between Motorola and the military good? With the support of the military, it is difficult not to be strong.
"But boss, you and Mr. Ford of Ford Motor, Texas Instruments' global executive vice president, Bill. Mr. Gates is all friends, ask them for help, Motorola should give you some face, right? Benier knew a lot, and he knew that his boss had a good relationship with many of America's top billionaires and heads of large conglomerates, so he was able to think of this idea.
"This ......" Lin Zheng hesitated for a moment, but still smiled bitterly and simply told Benier about the dirty matter between himself and Motorola: "How can I say it, if it is another company, or it may really be possible, but Motorola really can't do it...... My company also has electronics and communications business in China, and there are some conflicts with Motorola, and the two sides have a very unpleasant quarrel......"
"How is this possible?!" Benier couldn't understand his boss's words: how could the boss clash with Motorola in its traditional turf? Listening to the meaning of the boss's words, it seems that Motorola has suffered a little loss? He couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "I haven't heard of it at all...... but before he finished speaking, he suddenly reacted, "Uh...... It's the despicable ...... Boss, I'm not saying you're ......."
He suddenly remembered that some time ago, Motorola had slandered a certain Chinese "thief" company in the media, and he had a little schadenfreude at that time: Aren't you Motorola very good? How? Also have a day when you are bullied and have nothing to say?
Yes, he was just gloating, and he didn't feel sympathy and anger at all about what happened to Motorola, Motorola was unlucky, that's true, but what does it have to do with himself?
"Looks like Motorola didn't say anything nice about me?" Although Benier only spoke half of his words, Lin Zheng was not a fool, how could he not hear what he meant? It's a little depressing.
Since the boss said so, Benier couldn't help it anymore and laughed on the phone: "That's right, they scolded you as a vile, shameless, lewd thief, but boss, I like what you do." β
Hey? This guy didn't even feel angry? Doesn't it mean that Americans are very aware of intellectual property? Lin Zheng, who was a little puzzled, wanted to ask Benier why, but thinking of the expensive cost of satellite phones, he stopped this thought: Forget it, let's get down to business quickly. Although the cost of a satellite phone is really not expensive compared to burning oil, it is only a few tens of yuan per minute......
It's a pity that before Lin Zheng could speak, Benier spoke first, but his tone was very regretful, "But boss, you're right, since you have had this unpleasantness with Motorola before, I believe our cooperation with Motorola will be very difficult...... It's a shame that if we were able to implement the mobile version of IcQ on the two-way pager, we would definitely be able to expand the number of users again...... At least double. β
Benier's regret is of course justified, Motorola is not only the leader in the field of global mobile phones, the leader of the pager business, but also holds almost all the technical patents of two-way pagers, and there are no other companies that produce two-way pagers in the market, but they have to obtain the corresponding technical authorization from Motorola...... Even if they have their own technology, Motorola's patent group is something they can't get around anyway, the only difference is just how much money is spent on Motorola.
Since the boss has offended Motorola, it is unlikely that he wants to implement the IcQ function in the two-way pager market, and it seems that he can only think of a way on a mobile phone? Although the penetration rate of mobile phones is still very low, it is believed that those who are enterprise-level users will be interested in this feature (the mobile phone penetration rate in the United States was 37% in 2ooo, and it was not possible to find it earlier, but it can be inferred that it should not have exceeded 25% in 1995)
"That's the only way," Lin Zheng sighed, "That's it, you go and contact Nokia, Ericsson or Alcatel, to see if we can work with them to develop a custom model of IcQ, Motorola is very strong in the analog mobile communication market, but the emerging g"s--m" digital mobile communication market, Motorola is still a little behind, I think these European companies should be very interested in opening the American market." β
"Okay, I'll contact them when I get back," Benier agreed, but even so, Benier was still a little unwilling, so he had to ask Lin Zheng again, "Boss, in the field of two-way paging, we really have no other way?" β
"We really have no other way, in the face of so many patent groups of Motorola, how can we get around?" Lin Zheng smiled bitterly, but the next moment, Lin Zheng seemed to have been struck by a bolt of lightning, "Hmm......"
How did I forget about any company?
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