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Chapter 857 Verification
Li Dongling and Carlson exchanged a glance, then said calmly, "This is a fair deal that both parties are satisfied with, isn't it?"

"I also think this deal is very fair!"

Carlson said, clapping his hands, but there was something intriguing in his smile.

Hou Weigui and Xu Lihua were listening to the conversation between Li Dongling and Carlson, and they also had their own thoughts. They could feel that Li Dongling and Carlson seemed to be fighting in secret.

"I deeply regret that Ericsson failed to acquire Xiaolingtong. Ericsson actually values ​​Xiaolingtong very much!"

Carlson said he felt regretful, but Li Dongling didn't see any regret in him. He was sure that Carlson must have seen some clues.

"Mr. Li, you are the person with the most strategic vision in the mainland's technology industry. Which technology do you think will become the mainstream in the communications and mobile phone industries in the future?"

Carlson looked directly at Li Dongling and asked. He came to Pingyang this time basically to confirm his own judgment.

After Yanjing agreed to let Dongling Hi-Tech sell PHS and Li Dongling made a complete move, Carlson was actually 70% sure that Dongling Hi-Tech and the Yanjing Electronic Information Industry Department would abandon PHS technology.

But Carlson wants to talk to Li Dongling in person before he can make it sure, as this is related to Ericsson's future profits in the mainland!

Once PHS comes to an end in mainland China, the era of GSM will really come. Several major domestic telecom operators will begin to lay base stations in major cities in mainland China, and huge orders for GSM base stations, communication equipment, chips, software, mobile phones, and repairs will begin to appear.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that in Yanjing, Shanghai, Pengcheng, Yangcheng and other places alone, a city may have GSM orders worth more than 10 billion RMB. The entire mainland GSM market may be worth at least 1 trillion RMB, or even far more!
In the past, the country had built infrastructure such as roads, power grids, and signal towers even in the mountains. As long as there were villages and people, these basic facilities were laid all the way there.

This kind of large-scale infrastructure has not been achieved even in America, old Europe and other places. American telecommunications giants have no interest in laying signal towers and broadband in remote areas.

In the Americas, some states with small populations and difficulty in laying signal towers are destined to be losing money markets, so telecom giants like Verizon really stay away from them and don't even look at them.

This is also the reason why Musk's Starlink was able to rise in America in the past life, because America's telecom giants are not like the major operators in mainland China. They have to lay signal towers there regardless of whether they can make money in a certain place or not.

Although the Starlink fee is $150 per month, many people in China are still fascinated by it and call it cheap. However, for Americans, this price is not cheap. Only Americans themselves know it...

Li Dongling could hear the tentative meaning in Carlson's words. The huge domestic GSM orders were a carnival feast for companies like Ericsson.

"President Carlson, you are too kind. Ericsson is an expert in global telecommunications and does not need an outsider like me to give us advice!" Li Dongling said, shaking his head.

Unlike Nakamura Weifu just now, Carlson did not fall for Li Dongling's flattery. He is a very pragmatic person.

"If even Mr. Li can't give us guidance, then who else in mainland China can know the future of the telecommunications industry?"

Hearing Carlson's words, Li Dongling felt how difficult he was to deal with. In his previous life, Carlson was able to suppress the Chrysanthemum Factory in the early stages, so he must be quite capable.

Looking at Carlson, Li Dongling could not offend Ericsson directly. It was only a matter of time before Dongling Hi-Tech launched a GSM mobile phone and had to deal with Nokia and Ericsson, who held the GSM patent. The fact that Dongling Hi-Tech was launching a new mobile phone would certainly not be hidden from these two companies.

Slowly shaking his head, Li Dongling said to Carlson, "No matter what the mainstream technology of the mainland's future telecommunications industry is, does Ericsson have any choice?!"

Hearing this, Carlson was stunned for a moment. At first he felt that Li Dongling seemed to be making excuses to him, but then Carlson's eyes suddenly lit up.

As an expert on the mainland, he had not been hanging around in vain over the years. The information revealed by Li Dongling's words was enough for him!

For Ericsson, no matter what the mainstream technology of the mainland telecommunications industry is, for Ericsson supporting GSM, is there any other choice? !

But for the domestic market, how much room for choice is there?

After agreeing to Dongling Hi-Tech to sell Xiaolingtong, it was equivalent to abandoning PHS technology. After all, the leader was gone and the technology was backward. Why did the Ministry of Electronics and Information Industry and others still support it?

The remaining options are GSM and CDMA. Compared with CDMA, GSM technology is more mature, base station costs are lower, and companies such as Ericsson entered the domestic market the earliest.

Moreover, the corresponding technology in old Europe is more relaxed for China, while CDMA is not completely open to China because of America. In this case, what else can China choose if it does not choose GSM? Carlson was not unaware of these things before, but he was still unsure. Now that he heard Li Dongling point this out, Carlson suddenly understood.

"Thank you Mr. Li for clearing up my doubts today. I think it won't be long before Ericsson will have the opportunity to cooperate with Dongling Hi-Tech!"

Carlson stood up and spoke to Li Dongling with a smile on his face. Then he nodded to Hou Weigui and Xu Lihua in a gentlemanly manner and left.

In Carlson's eyes, Dongling Hi-Tech will definitely develop GSM mobile phones, it's just a matter of time!

Hou Weigui and his companions are no match for Ericsson. When Dongling Hi-Tech changes its allegiance and joins the GSM camp, a large number of domestic mobile phone manufacturers such as ZTE and Bird will probably also follow suit. By then, these domestic mobile phone manufacturers will all be Ericsson's customers and will be giving money to Ericsson.

Li Dongling looked at Carlson and couldn't help but curse him in his heart as an old fox. With Carlson there, Ericsson Mainland would definitely become one of Dongling Hi-Tech's tough opponents.

After Carlson left, only Li Dongling, Hou Weigui, and Xu Lihua were left. Li Dongling asked Hou Weigui, "Mr. Hou, why are you here this time?"

"Mr. Li, I came here this time just to ask you a question. Dongling Hi-Tech has sold PHS. What will happen to PHS in mainland China in the future?"

Hou Weigui asked Li Dongling with a worried look on his face. Xu Lihua on the side nodded repeatedly. He also wanted to ask Li Dongling the same question.

ZTE was the first manufacturer to cooperate with Dongling Hi-Tech in the PHS industry. Dongling Hi-Tech launched Xiaolingtong and ZTE manufactured PHS base stations. The two companies jointly developed the PHS market in China.

Looking at Hou Weigui and the other person, unlike facing Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, Ericsson and other companies, Li Dongling was ultimately thinking about the friendship between them.

“There is definitely still a market for PHS, but you should have also felt that competition in the market will become increasingly fierce in the future. The era of huge profits in any industry cannot last forever!
In addition, GSM has a growing technical advantage over PHS. Dongling Hi-Tech will not enter the PHS industry again. Of course, this is just Dongling Hi-Tech's opinion. As for the choices of other companies, Dongling Hi-Tech has no right to interfere!"

Li Dongling's words, to the extent that they could say so, were already very insightful. He was just short of telling them directly that he was not optimistic about the PHS mobile phone industry.

As for whether Hou Weigui and the others believe it or not, that is their business. After all, Li Dongling cannot make a decision for them. Sometimes you just have to let go of your desire to help others and respect their fate!
When leaving Yuhe Leisure Resort and getting in the car, Hou Weigui and Xu Lihua's brows were still furrowed, and the expressions on their faces were even more solemn than when they came.

When they came, they actually already had some expectations in their hearts but just didn't want to believe it. Now Li Dongling has given them a clear answer, but this is really too complicated.

Not everyone is like Dongling Hi-Tech, who has the determination and courage to sell Xiaolingtong at its peak.

ZTE, Bird, UTStarcom and a number of PHS mobile phones are still making money now. This is why they are hesitant. They are afraid that after selling their PHS mobile phone business, they will never be able to get up again!
Hou Weigui and the other man left with heavy hearts, but what choice they would make, whether to abandon the PHS business or go all the way, was not a problem that Li Dongling needed to worry about.

"Snapped!"

In the fishing ground of Yuhe Leisure Resort, sitting on the fishing platform that belonged to Mr. Li, Li Dongling cast out a fishing rod.

There have been too many things going on during this period, and Li Dongling has not come to distribute disaster relief food to the fishing grounds very often. Now he has distributed several large bags of fish food and bait.

The fishing rod created ripples on the water surface, and Li Dongling couldn't help but think about the current situation of Dongling Hi-Tech.

Having just experienced such a big storm, Li Dongling needs time to let it slowly subside. Otherwise, he will not be able to do anything under the spotlight.

For a technology company, the product needs the spotlight and popularity, but the company and the founder do not need so much spotlight. Sometimes being too much attention from the media is not a good thing.

Looking at the water, Li Dongling felt that he needed to go to Quancheng and other places with Yao Luoying under the pretext of a honeymoon trip to let the turmoil in Pingyang slowly calm down.

After the electric bicycle project prepared for Yao Zhengru in Quancheng was implemented, Li Dongling prepared to go to Gangcheng.

After getting such a large sum of cash from Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, I had to spend some of it, otherwise I would have no peace of mind with people thinking about it every day. After all, you can't be afraid of thieves stealing, but you can be afraid of thieves thinking about it!

(End of this chapter)