China Telecom 2000 - Telecom Business Opportunities in China April 7-8, 1998 - Washington D.C. Table of contents $395 Conference Highlights This 200 plus-page proceedings contains all the papers presented at the highly successful conference, which had over 100 US and International attendees. It covers all sectors of China's telecommunications market: telecom policy, regulations, network development, China Unicom, China's 9th Five-Year plans, cellular, paging, wireless local loop, mobile satellite, telecom financing, investment opportunities, and fiber & data communications. It serves as a valuable reference tool on the telecom development in China. Table of Contents Opening Remarks Dr. Paul Polishuk, President, Information Gatekeepers Inc. Mr. Eric Nelson, Vice President, International Affairs, Telecommunications Industry Association Minister Counselor Liu Zhaodong, Science & Technology, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Elizabeth Echols, Office of Int'l Affairs, NTIA Irene Wu, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission Keynote Address Mr. Dun Huang, Vice President, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Panel 1 - Development in China's Telecom Policy, Regulations, and the 9th Five-Year Plan Chair: Christine Keck, TIA What are the recent developments in China’s telecom policies? What are the new telecom regulations? What is China’s current telecom network development status? What are the details of the 9th Five Year Plan at the national and provincial levels? Who are the major current and potential players in China’s telecom market? New Market Players in China's Telecom Industry Ms. Christine Keck, Manager, Asia/Pacific Programs, Telecommunications Industry Association Recent Developments in China's Telecom Policies Mr. John Henry, Director, Office of Telecommunications, Department of Commerce China's Telecom Development and the 9th Five-Year Plans Dr. Hui Pan, Chief Economist and Director-Asian Markets, Information Gatekeepers Inc. China's Telecommunications Strategy Towards the 21st Century Dr. Denis Simon, General Manager, Andersen Consulting, China Keynote Luncheon Speaker Making Progress with China: From ‘Do Not Enter’ to ‘Detour’ to ‘HOV Lane‘ Dr. Robert A. Kapp, President, US-China Business Council, USA Panel 2 - Investment Environment and Telecom Financing Chair: Xing Fan, CSIS Who will finance China’s ambitious 9th Five-Year Plan in telecommunications? BTO and BOT, how is it done in China? How can foreign firms participate in providing telecom services when foreign participation is still restricted? How to protect your investment capital? Why invest in China? Comparing China with other markets The risks and opportunities in China’s telecom markets Case study by vendors - industry experience Structuring Financing for Chinese Telecom Projects Mr. Mark Kantor, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley McCloy The Financial Structure of China Telecom Transactions Mr. Andrew Yan, Director, Emerging Markets Corp. Problems & Challenges in Telecom Services in China Mr. Ken Zita, Principal, Network Dynamics Panel 3 - Cellular, Paging & PCS Market Chair: Ming Louie, Globalstar What are the development plans of the MPT, China Unicom in cellular & paging markets? Where are the centers of activities in the wireless market? TACS, AMPS, GSM, CDMA, where is China going in cellular standards? New competitive operators in paging Who are the mobile and paging equipment suppliers? What lessons have the vendors learned from their operations in China? IMT-2000, where is China heading for the next generation of mobile communications? Case study by vendors - industry experience Mobile Satellite Market in China Mr. Ming Louie, Vice President, Asia/Pacific, Globalstar Wireless Opportunities and Perils in China Dr. Arunas Slekys, Vice President, Wireless Networks Division, Hughes Network Systems The Development of Ericsson Cellular Networks in China Mr. Bo-Erik Dahlstrom, Deputy General Manager, Ericsson Topic TBA Mr. Kevin Kelley, Sr. Vice President - External Affairs, Qualcomm April 8, Wednesday Keynote Address The Development of Internet Technology in China and the experience of CIC Mr. Peter Yip, Vice Chairman, China Internet Corporation (CIC), Hong Kong, China Technology Issues and Economic Analysis of Wireless Local Loop in China Prof. Qiliang Zhu, Director General, BUPT and Nortel R&D Center, Beijing China Panel 4 - Satellite and Wireless Local Loop Market and Technologies Chair: Peter Wang, World Communication Group Trends and development status of mobile satellite market in China How big is the Chinese mobile satellite market? Factors behind the fast growth of VSAT market and who are the new players? Wireless Local Loop market in China WLL technologies: CDMA, TDMA, PHS, PACS, DECT... Economics of WLL deployment in China Updates of recent development of key vendors in China and Asia Pacific Case study by vendors - industry experience WLL Development and the Future of PACS in China Mr. Peter Wang, President and CEO, World Communication Group, Inc. Factors behind the Growth in VSAT and Examples of VSAT Users in China Mr. Yan Liao, Vice President, Business Development- China, ComStream Wireless Local Loop Markets in China Mr. John Spiller, Director, Business Development, ArrayComm, Inc. Panel 5 - Data Networking, the Internet/intranet, Broadband and Access Technologies (xDSL, FTTH, etc.) Chair: Al Furst, Asian Projects & IDG China’s Internet policy The Internet development and the ISPs in China Who controls the Golden Projects? Data communications in the banking and financial industries Market development in both public and private data networks Different marketing strategies of foreign datacom equipment suppliers New access technologies - ISDN, HDSL, ADSL and other DSLs Which provinces are pushing fiber to the home (FTTH)? The markets for new fiber optic equipment - SDH, WDM The broadband network development - where are the major activities? Case study by vendors - industry experience The Internet in China Mr. Al Furst, President, Asian Projects and Consultant to IDG Extended Enterprise Networks-ATM at the Core and FORE's Experience in Chna Mr. Richard Kushner, Director of Marketing, FORE Systems New Bridge in China-From DDN to Multimedia Broadband Networks Mr. Chong Xie, Manager, Strategic Business Support, Newbridge Networks DWDM-The Bandwidth Explosion in China Mr. Lin Chao, General Manager, Asia Pacific, CIENA top