Daily News 2005/02/05

Huawei gaining the year's grand prize for the best investor in China

　　At the Chinese new year's party held last night by London Export Association and the 48 Group Club (China-Britain Trade Group), Huawei, as the biggest telecom equipment provider in China and the most promising one in the world, gained the year's grand prize for the best investor in China.

Qingdao Netcom expanding the capacity of "10060"

　　Recently, Qingdao Netcom expanded the capacity of "10060" hotline. After the expansion, the positions will be increased from 50 to 100, so that the citizens of Qingdao can get consultation services very easily by dialing "10060".

　　In the past, the citizens of Qingdao like handling relevant matters by dialing the hotline "10060", which lead to the dramatic growth in the volume of traffic (operator had to answer more than 200 calls a day). To solve this problem, Qingdao Netcom decided to expand the capacity of the line to twice as big as the before. At present, the traffic volume through "10060" accounts for more than 60% of the total traffic volume of Qingdao Netcom, and the satisfaction index of customers are over 99％.

IDC anticipates that income from soft switch and media gateway will reach 9.3 billion USD in 2009

　　According to the latest research result from IDC, in spite of some uncertainties involved, the total income from the sales of soft switch and media gateway will amount to 9.3 billion USD in 2009, with an annual compound rate of 47% during 2004~2009. In 2009, the total income on soft switch and media gateway will exceed the total income on traditional gateway for the first time.

　　Soft switch and media gateway are still the major parts of the next generation of switch equipment-to take place of the traditional central office switch on the public telephone network.

　　Like other technical market segments, wireless service market is a focus of attention too. It is anticipated that in 2009 the income from wireless soft switch will account for 27% of the total income from the soft switch on the world market.