CAT readies for CDMA-service launch
The Nation (13 October 2007)
CAT Telecom's board has instructed the state agency to fine-tune its marketing plan ahead of the planned launch next month of cellular services via its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 1-x network in 51 provinces. Board director Air Vice Marshal Piriya Siriboon said the board told CAT to add more details to the plan but declined to elaborate further. The cellular service will be limited to voice service, he added. CAT might have to buy wireless content from Hutchison-CAT, its joint venture with Hong Kong telecom giant Hutchison Telecom, since it has yet to develop its own content. Hutchison-CAT provides cellular services via a separate CDMA network in 25 provinces under the brand name "Hutch". CAT has yet to reach a conclusion with Hutchison-CAT on a marketing collaboration between their two networks. The state agency, which has positioned the CDMA service as its main revenue source, plans to set up a joint venture for marketing between the networks. Meanwhile, CAT plans to inform China telecom-equipment supplier Huawei Technologies, which installed its CDMA network, that the service debut next month does not mean its acceptance of the network delivery from Huawei. CAT plans to impose a fine on Huawei for alleged late delivery of the complete phase two of the network installation. Their contract sets the fine for late delivery at Bt90 million per day. Victor Wang, Huawei's president and CEO for the Asia-Pacific, said this week that Huawei had submitted an explanation to CAT to resolve the "misunderstanding".
The Nation (13 October 2007)
CAT Telecom's board has instructed the state agency to fine-tune its marketing plan ahead of the planned launch next month of cellular services via its Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 1-x network in 51 provinces. Board director Air Vice Marshal Piriya Siriboon said the board told CAT to add more details to the plan but declined to elaborate further. The cellular service will be limited to voice service, he added. CAT might have to buy wireless content from Hutchison-CAT, its joint venture with Hong Kong telecom giant Hutchison Telecom, since it has yet to develop its own content. Hutchison-CAT provides cellular services via a separate CDMA network in 25 provinces under the brand name "Hutch". CAT has yet to reach a conclusion with Hutchison-CAT on a marketing collaboration between their two networks. The state agency, which has positioned the CDMA service as its main revenue source, plans to set up a joint venture for marketing between the networks. Meanwhile, CAT plans to inform China telecom-equipment supplier Huawei Technologies, which installed its CDMA network, that the service debut next month does not mean its acceptance of the network delivery from Huawei. CAT plans to impose a fine on Huawei for alleged late delivery of the complete phase two of the network installation. Their contract sets the fine for late delivery at Bt90 million per day. Victor Wang, Huawei's president and CEO for the Asia-Pacific, said this week that Huawei had submitted an explanation to CAT to resolve the "misunderstanding".
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