Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 198 The Dawn of 4G Network

When it comes to 4G, operators are of course indispensable, so the three major operators must participate.

Then various base station equipment needs to be provided, so the two major base station equipment manufacturers, Huawei and Zhongxing, are indispensable.

Finally, you still need a mobile smart device with the mobile phone as the core... Although there are many domestic mobile phone manufacturers, they are not as good as Zhiyun.

When the 4G network can be launched depends on the operators and base station suppliers.

But when will 4G mobile phones be available? That depends on Zhiyun... Xu Shenxue said that there is no problem at all, 4G mobile phones have been developed a long time ago, and even the overseas versions of the next generation of Zhiyun's three major series of mobile phones next year are ready to use 4G networks... So there is no problem with 4G mobile phones.

As for when 4G mobile phones will be used in China, you guys can discuss it yourselves. I'll just sit there and stare blankly.

Then Xu Shenxue saw the fighting between the three major operators...it was a fierce argument.

At the symposium, representatives from China Mobile were extremely excited, even tough, and kept advocating 4G, requesting the early issuance of 4G licenses, and the full launch of 4G network construction... They were badly screwed by TD-SCDMA in the 3G era, with poor signals, instability, slow speeds, etc.

It was thanks to the series of TD-based mobile phones launched by Zhiyun Mobile that the situation was barely saved!
By the way, China Mobile's 3G users, especially mid- to high-end users, are almost all Zhiyun mobile phone users, because other mobile phone manufacturers do not, or cannot, produce good TD-based mobile phones.

To some extent, Zhiyun Mobile is the only company that produces mid-to-high-end TD-SCDMA smartphones. It cannot be said to have a monopoly, but it still has a 90 percent market share.

In recent years, China Mobile's dismal 3G business has been barely supported by the sale of Zhiyun's mid-to-high-end contract phones.

This also led to an extremely close relationship between China Mobile and Zhiyun... China Mobile spared no effort to support Zhiyun through huge orders and high subsidies in order to obtain high-performance TD-SCDMA smartphones.

Zhiyun Technology reciprocated the favor by developing TD-SCDMA-compatible mobile phones in each generation, allowing China Mobile to always have a card to compete with China Unicom and China Telecom in the past few years in terms of mid-to-high-end mobile phones.

But... even if Zhiyun Mobile makes its TD-SCDMA models better, and even develops a better TD communication baseband, it still cannot change the fact that TD is a rubbish 3G standard.

Therefore, the signal problem has never been solved.

Therefore, China Mobile is eager to obtain a 4G license and then start building a 4G network to avoid the pitfalls of the existing 3G network.

To this end, we have started the research and development of TD-LTE networks with Zhiyun, Huawei, Zhongxing, Datang and other companies a long time ago.

During this process, Zhiyun Technology also obtained various patents for the 4G network standard such as TD-LTE... and made a lot of patent contributions, owning some core patents.

In addition, Zhiyun Technology has also conducted cooperative research and development of 4G networks with Japanese operators and domestic operators such as China Unicom and China Telecom.

As a result, it has obtained a large number of patent licenses for FDD-LTE, and has also obtained many exclusive patents through cooperative research and development.

Because of some exclusive patents, this means that if other mobile phone manufacturers want to use these two 4G network standards... Sorry, you have to reach a patent licensing agreement with Zhiyun Technology first.

Of course... Zhiyun Technology also needs many other patent licensing agreements, so the previous series of negotiations was actually a process of patent exchange.

In the end, no one can hold Zhiyun back in the 4G field, and Zhiyun cannot hold others back.

Well, the above is only limited to a few leading manufacturers, such as Qualcomm, Warwick, etc. They have the 4G patents that Zhiyun needs. Ordinary small manufacturers who don’t have any 4G patents should not come to make trouble, because Zhiyun will not conduct any patent exchanges with them.

If you dare to use my Zhiyun's 4G patent, I will sue you until you go bankrupt!
By directly participating in the research and development of 4G networks, Zhiyun Technology does not need to look at other people's faces in the 4G field. It can do whatever it wants and even look at the necks of some manufacturers. It can be said to be very happy...

That is the benefit of directly participating in the research and development of the next-generation communication network... So now Zhiyun Technology is also very active in the research and development of the future 5G network, investing a lot of manpower and material resources to do it, and has obtained many patents.

Without mentioning these, let’s just say that Zhiyun and China Mobile are engaged in TD-LTE network research and development and testing, and are also cooperating with China Unicom and China Telecom to build FDD-LTE test networks.

This has greatly promoted the research and development progress of domestic 4G networks.

The rapid maturity of 4G network-related technologies has made this 4G network development seminar possible.

Of course, what is more important is that China Mobile is advocating everywhere to promote the rapid development of 4G networks.

At this symposium, they first complained bitterly, saying that they had taken over the crappy TD-SCDMA project out of responsibility, and it had been several years since then, and they had lost a lot of money!

Can we get 4G first to make up for the loss? Besides, a large number of mobile users are also looking forward to it, and the crappy G3 network is really unsustainable.

China Unicom and China Telecom simply maintained their opposition, saying that the technology was not yet mature and there was no need to rush and that they could take their time.

Furthermore, China Mobile has not invested much in 3G, but we have invested a lot in 3G, and we have not yet recovered from such a huge investment. If you release 4G now, it will be like forcing us to die!

While the operators were arguing, Xu Shenxue from Zhiyun was standing there in a daze... because as a terminal manufacturer, Zhiyun had no say in such matters, as this was a business for the three major operators.

Of course, if possible, Xu Shenxue naturally hopes to access the 4G network in China earlier, because the 4G communication baseband has a certain threshold. Zhiyun can then develop 4G mobile phones first to gain more market share.

At the same time, it can also avoid the situation where the overseas version of Zhiyun's same generation of mobile phones can use 4G, but the domestic version can only use 3G.

A series of Zhiyun mobile phones that are currently under development and expected to be released next year have already been confirmed to use 4G.

4G networks in many overseas countries have obtained licenses and have been built on a considerable scale. Therefore, Zhiyun Technology has also launched the a4 communication baseband. This a4 communication baseband is not just an FDD-LTE communication baseband.

It also integrates the two 2000G standards, CDMA3 and WCDMA, as well as the old-fashioned 2G mode communication baseband.

When this type of baseband is used overseas, it is actually a full-network communication baseband, because CDMA2000 and WCDMA are mainly used overseas.

For example, the three major operators in North America are: one WCDMA and two CDMA2000.

As for the domestic situation, it is more special because there is an additional mobile TD-SCDMA and the extended TD-LTE. These things are unique to the domestic market, so the domestic full network access must add these two network standards.

Unfortunately, Zhiyun also has a corresponding project for the domestic version of the all-network communication baseband that integrates the three major 3G network standards and two 4G network standards, and the design has entered the late stage. This is the B4 communication baseband.

It’s just that due to the limitations of the domestic 4G situation, the B4 communication baseband cannot be used for the time being... Not only the B4 cannot be used in the country, even the dual-network a4 cannot be used - there is no 4G network in the country, no matter what kind of 4G network it is, if you insist on using this communication baseband, you will not be able to get a network access license.

For next year's domestic version of the mobile phone, Zhiyun plans to use the B3 communication baseband, which integrates the three 2000G network standards of WCDMA/CDMA3/TD-SCDMA, and is also compatible with the communication baseband of 2G network.

这个B3通讯基带，将会搭载在明年的S300系列芯片的S300B3以及S301B3，用国行S系列以及A系列。

而A4通讯基带，则是搭载在明年的S300系列芯片里的S300A4以及S301A4上，用在海外市场。

In fact, the core s300 of both are the same, but the communication baseband is different.

In the 4G field, Zhiyun Technology has technological advantages... Both 4G communication basebands have been prepared in advance and have good performance.

Especially the TD-LTE network of China Mobile. On the current 4G experimental network, the mobile phone terminals used for testing use the TD-LTE experimental communication baseband provided by Zhiyun.

In the current TD-LTE communication baseband, if Zhiyun says its technology is second, no one dares to say it is first!

FDD-LTE's advantage is not that great, but it also belongs to the first echelon. After all, Zhiyun Technology is directly involved in the research and development and testing of the FDD-LTE experimental network in Japan, and also provides FDD-LTE communication baseband for various experiments.

Anyway, Zhiyun has both types of 4G communication basebands, and they are both pretty good.

Zhiyun Technology has made sufficient preparations. No matter what happens in the country, Zhiyun Technology can respond directly and then quickly launch corresponding products.

If it could be released earlier, Zhiyun Technology would have some advantages in technological leadership...but this advantage is only average.

Because Zhiyun Technology’s mobile phones never rely on signals to win!
It relies on powerful hardware performance and ultimate user experience to maintain its high-end status... Even using 3G communication does not affect Zhiyun's high-end attributes.

Anyway, the signal of Zhiyun's S series mobile phones has always been not very good.

The S series uses an aluminum alloy body, so you can’t expect a very good signal, that’s unrealistic.

We still have to obey the laws of physics to some extent.

So many mobile phone manufacturers have seized on the fact that Zhiyun phones have poor signal and have been spreading the word everywhere...so that many people know that Zhiyun phones have poor signal.

But in fact...it's only the S series that has average signal, while the C series with a plastic body has a very good signal!
In response to this, Zhiyun Technology’s publicity department often emphasizes mobile phones with good signals when conducting rebuttal propaganda. That’s because they are made of cheap plastic or easily broken glass!

It's almost like equating good signal with cheap and fragile body materials.

Then, we repeat that our S phones are born noble, and it is natural to sacrifice some insignificant signal problems for the sake of the beautiful and noble aluminum alloy body...

Then, a large group of Zhiyun's S mobile phone users really agreed with it.

(End of this chapter)