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BroadcastAsia, which was held in conjunction with the earlier
mentioned shows, managed to get 15 per cent more visitors from abroad
with a total of 10,038 visitors from 68 countries. Overall, general
sentiments from exhibitors were positive. Many felt that the show
was very well-organised and that it attracted a high proportion
of quality international trade visitors who were genuinely interested
in purchasing or sourcing for new technologies.
Exhibitors were excited that they were able to find new leads.
They were impressed by the increase in mainland Chinese exhibitors
and overseas visitors. Companies also felt that having these three
events at the same time was effective in creating more synergy and
broadening the scope of customers.
BroadcastAsia exhibitors were satisfied with the show turnout.
Some commented on the fact that they achieved their objective of
meeting many potential customers to demonstrate their latest products.
At the event Lucent Technologies announced four new contracts worth
over $120 million. The company will supply China Telecom, Tata Teleservices,
Korea's KT and Vietnam Power Telecoms (VP Telecom) with network
solutions based on Bell Labs technology, the research arm of Lucent.
The deal with China Telecom is worth the most at more than $80 million.
Under the contract, five of the Chinese provinces, Fujian, Jiangxi,
Jiangsu, Sichuan and Gansu will be upgrading to the new Personal
Handyphone System (PHS) networks supplied by Lucent.
Gemplus tied up with South Korea Telecom to deliver USIM card technology
SKT’s commercial launch of its 3G W-CDMA network. Gemplus GemXplore
3G USIM cards support mobile commerce transactions and the Visa
Smart debit Credit application by VISA International for mobile
proximity payment services on USIM card, MONETA, which is also recognized
as a credit card in a mobile phone.
Swedish mobile firm Ericsson announced deals and a new regional
operation centre in Singapore. The company unveiled a $109 million
deal to expand China’s Guangxi Mobile Communications’ GSM network
in southwestern China. It also revealed a deal with Thailand’s Advanced
Info Service to work on the second phase of its Enhanced Data rates
for Global Evolution (Edge) expansion in the Bangkok metropolitan
area and to supply the company with a multimedia messaging service
solution.
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