giants of the era

Chapter 286 Communication Giant Qualcomm!
"CDMA technology is immature, and GSM technology is about to become a standard, so Sprint can consider building GSM base stations first!" Li Zetian said.

Edgar Carr said: "Well, however, Mr. Li, there is another problem here. What if the US mobile phone manufacturers have not developed mobile phones that support the GSM network? As you know, GSM is a digital mobile communication standard. At present, Motorola occupies more than 70% of the market share, and the mobile phones they develop only support cellular mobile communication systems based on analog technology! If we spend huge sums of money to build GSM base stations across the United States, I am afraid that we will end up with huge losses!"

Li Zetian said lightly: "You don't need to worry about this. If Motorola is too arrogant and sticks to the first-generation communication system, it will already be eliminated. Consumers determine the market, and we can provide consumers with more Good service will naturally be liked by consumers. I think there should always be mobile phone manufacturers supporting Sprint. Here, I might as well tell you that the next step is that I am going to let Apple develop mobile phones!"

Edgar Carl was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Li, I understand!"

On the way back home, Li Zetian confessed to Dongfang Yuqin: "Dongfang Yuqin, please send someone to collect information about CDMA technology research talents."

Although Qualcomm was founded in 1985, it is only January 1th, and there is a high probability that Qualcomm has not yet been established.Instead of looking for a company, it is better to find talents in this field and build the company by yourself.

Dongfang Yuqin smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Li."

"In addition, by the way, register a company called Qualcomm." Li Zetian added.

Dongfang Yuqin nodded, and immediately took out her Motorola mobile phone and started making calls.

Li Zetian glanced at "Brick", thinking, in the 90s, this thing should be obsolete.

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One afternoon after a week, Dongfang Yuqin came to Li Zetian's study.

"Mr. Li, Qualcomm has successfully registered. This is the talent information on CDMA technology, please read it!"

Li Zetian nodded, took a document, and flipped through it.

After a while, Li Zetian looked up and said, "So, this Dr. Irving Jacobs is the pioneer and authoritative person of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology!"

"Yes, Mr. Li." Dongfang Yuqin paused and said, "There are also Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Andrew Viterbi, and Harvey White. Dr. Si is closer, as far as I know, they may plan to set up a company!"

Li Zetian was not surprised. This Dr. Irving Jacobs is probably one of the founders of Qualcomm. It seems that they are indeed planning to establish a company, but they have not yet made a final decision.

"Well, I know, let's recruit them before they set up a company. In addition, there are many CDMA technical talents on the list. They are all recruited. The development of CDMA has lagged far behind GSM. I have to invest huge Capital, work hard to catch up, catch up from behind!!!”

"Okay, Mr. Li!"

Dongfang Yuqin responded and went out to carry out Li Zetian's order.

Li Zetian made no secret that Qualcomm was founded by him. With his fame, it is much easier to recruit talents.The other party heard that Chronos Li, the boss behind Qualcomm, has strong financial resources and a strong background, so he immediately agreed.

In less than two weeks, Qualcomm has gathered thousands of wireless communication technology engineers.

Dr. Owen Jacobs originally wanted to establish a company with other people to develop CDMA, but seeing that Li Zetian established Qualcomm and recruited so many talents, he knew that a few of them would form a company with Li Zetian's company Competition, in the end, must die ugly.On the contrary, joining Qualcomm at this moment is the first batch of employees of the company, and will enjoy a large share of options in the future.Especially Dr. Irving Jacobs, Li Zetian hired him as the CEO and chief scientist of the company. This kind of favor is too good to refuse!
Afterwards, Li Zetian took the time to go to Qualcomm to meet with everyone.

The arrival of Li Zetian made the employees extremely excited and excited.

"Hi everyone, welcome to Qualcomm!"

"Hello, Chronos Li!!!"

"I hope you can work happily in Qualcomm in the future, and work together to develop Qualcomm into a Fortune [-] company!!!" Li Zetian smiled, "And I believe that Qualcomm has this potential, I am very optimistic about it, I hope you Don't let me down!"

When everyone heard this, they were very excited.

"Wow, Chronos Li thinks that Qualcomm has the potential to become a Fortune [-] company? From his point of view, it's probably impossible to go wrong!"

"Chronos Li has created so many legends, the company under his name is by no means ordinary! Gene Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Flamingo, Galaxy Network, Sun Microsystems, etc., which one is not the world's top [-] companies Enterprise? Now it seems that we joined Qualcomm is really the right choice!"

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Li Zetian smiled, glanced at Dr. Jacobs beside him, and followed him to the office.

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It is impossible for Qualcomm to make such a big move without attracting the attention of the media and the industry.

People are very puzzled by Li Zetian's approach, and they are very unfamiliar with CDMA technology.Right now, analog cellular phones are very popular, so what's the point of engaging in CDMA?
The CEO of Motorola said: "Motorola will only develop cellular mobile communication mobile phones based on analog technology, and many countries have just established the first generation of mobile communication networks, so Motorola will not consider other wireless communication networks in a short time! It seems that CDMA technology is a technology during World War II and has not been developed much since then. There are many problems and it is not suitable for mobile communication! Chronos Li invested heavily in the development of CDMA, which is obviously a wrong decision!"

As a monopoly in the mobile phone manufacturing industry, Motorola's words represent authority, which is tantamount to a death sentence for CDMA.

Many reporters wanted to interview Li Zetian what he thought, but it was a pity that Li Zetian didn't give them this opportunity.

Li Zetian also read the speech of the CEO of Motorola, and he dismissed it very much. In the technology industry, the speed of technological upgrading is very fast, and the GSM standard is almost established. Li Zetian also thinks that the development of CDMA is slow and difficult to follow. GSM grabs the market.It's really stupid for Motorola to be indifferent and laugh at it instead.It is no wonder that in the 90s, Motorola was surpassed by Nokia, which is understandable.

At this time, Li Zetian came to Apple and called Jobs and Wozniak over.

"Have you read all the recent news?" Li Zetian asked with a smile.

The two nodded. Jobs glanced at Li Zetian and said, "Look, Qualcomm has caused heated discussions in the media and the industry!"

"Ah."

Li Zetian nodded, and then said, "Motorola thinks there is no need for the development of CDMA, and they will not develop corresponding mobile phones. I think, since Motorola is willing to give up such a good opportunity, it is really good, just right Let Apple do it!!!"

(End of this chapter)