Chapter 494 Base Station
If any 26-year-old man said this to Li Baogui, he wouldn't even care. ++x+ mobile phone business is growing, but when will it take to replace the status of wired telephones? Don't forget that this is 1996. Even the seven people in the top level of China will not know what it will be like.
In the era when installing a phone is thousands of times larger than a phone, it is no longer a matter of vision, but a matter of courage.
But since Zhou Shuo said this, Li Baogui believed it.
This is not only his own judgment on the future of the market, but also his trust in Zhou Shuo's past achievements. Looking at the eight factories lined up along the Daughter River, is there anything more convincing than this?
"So, Mr. Zhou's next market direction will choose the communications field?" Li Baogui pondered. This news is both good and bad.
Fortunately, even Zhou Shuo values this market, which shows that there is great potential in the field of communications. Unfortunately, with a giant like Fanhan Group that controls the upstream, a "small" enterprise like himself, the living space will be greatly compressed.
Of course, if we can board the big ship of Panhan Group, maybe it would be an opportunity?
"Yes." Zhou Shuo nodded seriously and said seriously: "In the next twenty years, whoever has the right to speak in the field of communications will be the pillar of the electronics industry."
Li Baogui's face became heavy. He thought that communications would only be a development direction of Fanhan Group, but he did not expect that in Zhou Shuo's eyes, this market would be so important!
In this way...
Li Baogui made a quick judgment that Zhou Shuo could tell such an important strategic direction as Fanhan Group. He probably would never allow himself to have any other thoughts. In other words, he was either an ally or an enemy. Moreover, he himself also intends to develop in the field of wireless communications. To be honest, he felt a little sleepy and touched the pillow.
He gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, since Mr. Zhou looks down on Huaxing, what reason do we have to not cooperate?"
Li Baogui looked at Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Electronics Industry and said seriously: "I heard that Mr. Hu supports Mr. Zhou behind his back. It is definitely not our turn to Huaxing to do the China Unicom market. I still have some relationship with me in terms of telecommunications. Otherwise, I would give Mr. Zhou some of the telecom program control exchange to Mr. Zhou, so that I can show my sincerity..."
China Unicom's landline phone market is far from comparable to Telecom, and the two sides need to cooperate. Huaxing gave up some market and regarded it as a trump card of transactions.
Before Li Baogui finished speaking, Zhou Shuo waved his hand and said, "Mr. Li misunderstood. To be honest, I haven't seen the programmable exchange market yet!"
"Fanhan Group bought program-controlled switching technology from Dream Group to obtain the foundation of network switching technology. Not only will we not want the telecom market, but we also hope that Huaxing can also bear the market of China Unicom. The current program-controlled switching is still analog signals, and our foundation in this regard is a little weaker. We are not ready to continue investing."
"Ah! This..."
Li Baogui is already mentally prepared to cut his losses. With the weak, the strong, Huaxing and Fanhan cooperate, it is appropriate to give some benefits. But he never expected that the other party would look down on the things he gave! Not only that, he also gave a new market!
"Mr. Li should not think that this market is very big. Currently, program-controlled switches mainly face signaling networks. However, the development of the Internet will lead to the development of program-controlled switching technology to an intelligent network that is more suitable for computer networks. Not only a fixed-line network. With the rise of wireless communications in the future, digital intelligent network switching devices will definitely have a larger market!"
Huaxing Group was the second largest communications equipment provider in the world in its previous life. It is also a company with great potential to be ranked first! As a hero in such a company, how could Zhou Shuo not understand the communications market? Think about it, ordinary people may change a computer in three to five years or longer, but how many mobile phones can be used for so long?
What's more, it's not just terminal equipment, signal base stations, network exchanges, servers, data software...
The communication market is definitely a much larger market than the desktop P market. The network equipment serving the communication market is a strategic node that is related to the entire industrial layout!
The base station equipment produced by Huaxing in later generations almost monopolized the domestic market and was even sold to the whole world. With such an upstream advantage, once it enters the terminal market, it will have the power to destroy.
Should I be fighting with my boss Huaxing in China in my previous life, or should I form a group to complete an unfinished career in my previous life - to take over Cisco's dominance? Zhou Shuo didn't even need to think about this choice. Of course, he should take advantage of Cisco's absolute advantage and trample it to death first!
Li Baogui actually agreed with Zhou Shuo's swearing analysis, because this was the choice he would make in history. Maybe it was a few years earlier, but the thinking in this direction must have been in his mind.
"Mr. Zhou said this, and I believe that this market will do a lot." Li Baogui nodded, and sighed in his heart that the hero had a similar sigh, saying, "It's just that since we have given up the programmable exchange market to us, where should we cooperate in specific areas?"
Li Baogui originally thought that the two companies would join hands to divide the domestic program-controlled switch market, but this one was rejected by Zhou Shuo. There must be an intention to cooperate, right? You should know that most of the domestic wireless network communication equipment are still the world of foreign-funded enterprises. It is simple to say, but it is not easy to do.
"It's what I said before, wireless base stations." Zhou Shuo calculated with his fingers: "A medium-sized city requires at least two to three macro base stations, and more than 600 cities across the country, which is at least 4 billion markets. This is just a popular market in the early stage. Once the domestic communication network is built, it will inevitably pursue full network coverage. Think about how much investment is needed in China's 9.6 million square kilometers? As for distributed base stations and indoor base stations, the demand is even greater, and it's impossible to count!"
With Zhou Shuo's voice of settlement, Li Baogui couldn't help swallowing. This market is too big! Of course, maybe this process will take ten or twenty years, but Huaxing's growth will also take time! When Huaxing swallows and digests the program-controlled switch market, it should be just the opportunity for the great development of wireless communications!
Li Baogui took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Shuo and said, "Mr. Zhou said it well. This market is indeed very important! With programmable switching technology, we should work together to solve the network technology of the base station. But we need to solve the signal problem..."
Huaxing and Fanhan used to do network equipment for landline telephones, so of course there was no signal problem. However, mobile base stations involved wireless signal technology, which is not an easy technology to develop. For research units without foundation, they had to set up relevant laboratories from scratch and recruit technicians to develop from scratch. Just thinking about this difficulty and workload is also a bit daunting.
Zhou Shuo smiled confidently and pointed at a middle-aged man in his forties in the distance. Although he was dressed like an intellectual and had glasses on his nose, his every move was full of military style.
"That's Director Huang of the Institute 767." Zhou Shuo said lightly: "The leader of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission is standing with Director Huang. I think the 14th Institute should have a lot of experience in the signal issues of mobile base stations."
Before Zhou Shuo finished speaking, Li Baogui's eyes lit up. Looking at Director Huang and the leaders of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, it was like seeing a mountain of gold!
In fact, to put it bluntly, mobile signals and radars are very similar, both of which are processing radio frequency signals. Although few companies in China conduct in-depth research on this aspect, it does not mean that the military research institute does not have technical reserves in this aspect.
It is normal for Zhou Shuo to see this because Huaxing did this in his previous life. China Electric Power 14 is a domestic veteran military research institute. Its history is the same as the Republic and the birthplace of China's radar industry. In order to make breakthroughs in mobile technology, Huaxing used to treat the 14 as a vegetable basket and poached many big shots in RF technology.
"How is Mr. Li to solve the signal problem. Fanhan Group can be responsible for the research and development of intelligent network equipment. We have also accumulated some accumulation in servers. After 14 technologies, we will share this market evenly."
"The status of the 14th place in China is probably not easy to mess with..." Although Li Baogui was eager to try, he showed a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Mr. Li can choose to poach people or cooperate. How to do it specifically, I believe Huaxing can make the right choice..."
Of course, the 14th Institute is not easy to mess with, and this is also one of the reasons why Zhou Shuo was planning to pull Huaxing together. Needless to say, the grudges and hatreds between the 14th Institute and Huaxing in the later generations. With Huaxing's position in the domestic world in the future, it is even a bit tricky. However, to open up the mobile market, it is impossible not to invest in the signal field, so Li Baogui had to charge forward.
Zhou Shuo said that, patted Li Baogui on the shoulder and smiled: "In short, this part will be left to Huaxing. The mobile base station is just the beginning of our cooperation. There will be more areas waiting for us to explore in the future. Whether to eat meat or drink soup depends on Huaxing's own efforts."
Li Baogui clenched his fists and nodded vigorously, "I understand, please wait and see!"
"I believe Mr. Li won't let me down."
Chapter completed!