Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

The shadow of subprime mortgages is slowly looming over the world, while mainland China is testing 3G network technology. This is a project promoted by Zhang San, and the main purpose of this project is to sell mobile phones.

At that time, mainland China was still using 2G networks, while overseas, 3G networks were already in use.

His efforts finally paid off. Just like in the original timeline, he had three licenses: one for the C network, one for the W network, and one for the TD network. The original TD network was jointly developed with Siemens in Germany. However, in this timeline, it was developed in cooperation with Zhang San's original ARM laboratory in London and its laboratory in Hong Kong. The copyright was shared equally by both parties, and this technology could only be used in mainland China.

"What's the use of this 3G network?"

This question has gone viral online, and someone has already answered it.

"With 2G, you can only read text; with 3G, you can read both text and images."

"With 2G, it takes a long time to see images after reading text, but with 3G, as long as you have enough data, you can see GIFs and even blurry videos."

2G data transmission speeds are typically between tens of kbps and hundreds of kbps.

3G data transmission speeds typically range from several hundred kbps to several Mbps, supporting applications such as video calls, mobile internet, online games, and multimedia messaging.

It's too early to say that the mobile internet era has arrived, but we can already see future development trends.

As soon as 3G networks began to be used, a batch of applications were launched, and system versions were updated at the same time.

Hong Kong has already adopted 3G networks, and the AI-N series system has begun to be widely used in Hong Kong. It can be said that feature phones are basically only used by the elderly in Hong Kong.

This matter also spread quickly in mainland China. At that time, mainland smartphones did not have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, while Hong Kong smartphones did. Therefore, there were a lot of grey market phones in mainland China. People would rather buy grey market phones than official phones because the lack of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi made them very inconvenient to use.

Data plans in mainland China are too expensive, and the network is slow 2G. Hong Kong doesn't have this problem; it's very convenient and faster for them.

As for why mainland China launched its 3G network almost three years earlier than the original timeline, it's naturally because Zhang San pushed for the rollout of the TD network ahead of time. This gave mainland China bargaining power with the two major networks in Europe and North America; otherwise, these two companies would have demanded exorbitant prices.

Zhang San's overseas subsidiary, Golden Orange Communications, is now the largest 3G network operator in Europe, and its prices are the lowest among all European operators, but you need to sign up for a package deal.

As for why Zhang San didn't sell Golden Orange, it's because Golden Orange is a North American company. It's very profitable, and it has already become number one in Europe. It also acquired the fourth and fifth largest companies, making it number one. That's all. He won't follow Li Ka-shing's example and sell Golden Orange Communications. Next year, investors will demand that Golden Orange go public. They say that a company like Golden Orange, which makes money, must share it with the public, otherwise it will be investigated.

Zhang San naturally scoffed at this, but circumstances forced him to learn to bow his head.

However, before going public, some things naturally need to be done, namely acquisitions, acquisitions, loan acquisitions, dividends, and distributing all the profits. As for other things, he doesn't care. If you all work together to get Golden Orange listed, then you should be prepared to let him get some benefits. In short, everything must be reasonable, legal and compliant.

Jincheng's success in communications has made it a major partner in mainland China. Jincheng Communications is also a member of the Da Sima Foundation, as are the three major telecom operators. In terms of technology, they rely heavily on the Da Sima Foundation. In basic research, the Da Sima Foundation is currently ahead of mainland China; mainly because it has money and has invested a lot of money to bring back a lot of technology.

This time, AI company released a new system, AI-N3G system, internally codenamed N8. This version of the system is mainly used for mobile networks, with faster speeds and enhanced network performance.

At the launch event, many people attended, including more than 30 major global mobile phone manufacturers and over 2,000 developers. Their purpose in coming was to see what was special about this system named N3G.

As the name suggests, the N3G system was naturally designed for 3G systems.

"Several years ago, Hong Kong was among the first in the world to use 3G networks. Now, we have made optimizations to the previous system, and now we have made comprehensive improvements from the UI to the kernel, adopting more advanced optimizations. When browsing the Internet, it consumes less power, runs faster, and the entire system will increase the phone's standby time..."

The person on stage begins to give a long and eloquent speech, and after their presentation is complete, they move on to the next step.

"...Now we've reached the product phase. We've launched a phone with only three buttons. Currently, this is the phone with the fewest buttons in the world. With simple operation, you can quickly become familiar with the phone..."

Soon, this concept phone launched by the AI ​​company appeared on the big screen. It's essentially a generic phone that others can modify slightly.

However, these generic phones have no copyright, so they can be used freely, mainly for the purpose of promoting the AI ​​system.

"This phone, also launched by an AI company, will be sold globally. This marks the first time an AI company has ventured into sales..."

Those sitting below also know the reason for this. One of the main reasons is the news that Da Sima Foundation exposed some time ago.

Two months ago, the Grand Marshal Foundation ran into financial difficulties because no one was willing to donate to it, and the membership fees collected were not enough to cover its expenses.

Although the funding problem was later resolved, in order to prevent such problems from recurring, the only company under the Da Sima Fund, AI Company, developed its own mobile phone, AI-NET, and its initial system, which is N3G.

"This will be the world's most advanced mobile phone, using the most advanced chip, the best screen, with more delicate display and more sensitive touch..."

"This phone has a global retail price of $498, but of course, the price will be adjusted according to local tax policies..."

This price was actually quite expensive; at 498 in 2005, it wasn't very friendly. However, its internal specifications were excellent, reaching 8GB, which made it seem much more affordable.