Daily News 2004/10/27

Broadband telephone services stopped suddenly

　　It is said that relevant authority has stopped a new service called "broadband telephone". However, the reporter has been informed that the two largest fixed telephone service providers, Beijing Communication Corporation and Beijing Telecom are now engaged in relevant technical experiments in this field. Is has been said that Beijing Telecom was planning to cooperate with Great Wall Broadband to provide such a service, but it is later stopped suddenly due to the fact that such a service may affect the quotation standards for fixed telephone services. Person from Beijing Telecom clarifies that the company is now making relevant experiments in such a field and there is no marketing plan for such products, nether is there any intention for competitions. High-level managers from Beijing Telecom also put forward the ideas of providing broadband telephone service. But, they confirmed that up until now there is no marketing plan for such products and services considering the quotation policy for fixed telephone service still works.

SMS service is promising with color bell service

　　There is a great business opportunity hidden in the color bell of mobile phone. According to the research report as released recently by a telecom consultancy service provider, the number of users of CRBT services will amount to 22 million this year, and the market value will reach 860 million CNY. The SMS service is quite promising, with such a color bell service.

　　The growth of color bell service is due to two major factors: first, it can be used through any kinds of mobile phone; second, the divergence mode in which it is spreading. The two factors contribute to the fact that SMS service becomes quite popular all over the country.

A reduction of 4.5 billion USD in telecom expenses for using VoIP services for a year

　　Adit, an American research company recently reported that, if all the government offices in America adopt VoIP services, there would be a reduction of 4.5 billion in the telecom expenses annually.
Adit made an investigation on the telephone fees of the telephone system of more than 300 government offices in the past 8 months. According to the investigation report, the government offices that adopt VoIP services can save about 25-60% of the telecommunication expenses.