China Telecom 2000 - Explore Business Opportunities in the Kingdom of Change June 2-3, 1999, Washington DC

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The successful 1999 China Telecom 2000, organized by the Information Gatekeepers, was held at the Swissotel in Washington DC from June 2-3, 1999. This year’s conference drew over 130 high level telecom executives from several countries. The conference covered a wide array of topics related to the telecom market in China - new telecom policy and regulations, telecom services market and the WTO, telecom investment financing models, IP phone and fax regulations, the Internet, fiber optics and optical networking, switching, wireless, mobile satellite, VSAT, and other technologies. A total of 27 speakers made presentations on various aspects of the telecom market in China.


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Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Hui Pan, Chief Economist and Director of Asia Pacific
    Information Gatekeepers Group
  • Dr Paul Polishuk, President
    Information Gatekeepers Group
  • Mr. Liu Zhaodong, Minister Councilor
    Embassy of P.R. China

Keynote Address

China Telecom Industry – Prospects for the 21st Century
  • Current Telecom Maket Development
  • Market Forces and Players
  • Chinese Switching Market
  • Lucent Tchnologies in China
  • Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. Rau Chang
Senior Vice President
Lucent Technologies China

Opportunities in Key Regional Markets
Telecom Development and Market Opportunities in Shanghai
  • The Network Development in Shanghai
  • Current on-going Telecom Projects
  • Shanghai Information Port
  • Telecom Investment Policies in Export Promotion Zones
  • Where is Shanghai Going in Telecom Towards the 21 Century

Mr. ZHENG Jie – Director
Shanghai Long Distance Telephone Bureau
Shanghai PTA, China

Developing Telecom Network Business in China

  • China Telecom Issues, Trends, and Forecast
  • AmTech's Strategy
  • AmTech's Development and Experience

Joseph Wright - Chairman and CEO, AmTech, Inc.

Investment Environment and Telecom Financing
Investments in the PRC Telecom - Facts and Fiction
  • Current legal and regulatory framework
  • Life after Unicom
  • Future of Great Wall/CDMA project
  • Hope for foreign investor

Jeanette Chan, Partner
Paul, Weiss, Ricfking, Wharton & Garrison, Hong Kong SAR


Challenges in Foreign Funding for Services Ventures

  • The Unicom Chinese-Chinese-Foreign Investment Model
  • Problems with the CCF Arrangements
  • Risks to Foreign Investors
  • Long Term Market Opportunities for Foreign Operators

Ken Zita
Independent Telecom Consultant


Market Reality and Telecom Financing in China

  • World Bank Activities in Financing Telecom Projects in China
  • Criteria for Project Financing
  • Critical Issues in the Chinese Telecom Industry
  • New Market Structure
  • Recently Announcement
  • Real Competition?

Alberto Cruzat
Senior Telecom Specialist
The World Bank

Telecom Services Markets and Opportunities for Operators
Financing Telecom Projects in China
  • The Structore of Telecom Regulation in China
  • The Role of Vendor Financing
  • How to Evaluate Telecom Projects in China
  • Critical Issues in Cross Border Financing
  • Financing in the New Deregulated Environment

Tara Giunta
Partner
Coudert Brothers


China's Telecom Service Market in the Light of the WTO Agreement

  • Recent Policy Changes on Foreign Participation in Teleocm Services
  • Challenges Facing foreign Operators in the Chinese Market Place
  • What a Foreign Operator Can or Cannot do in China
  • The WTO and Further Deregulation in China
  • BellSouth Experience

Weichou Su
Vice President
BellSouth China


New Telecom Policy, Regulations and Barriers

  • New Telecom Policy, Laws and Regulations
  • Regulations on Telecom Services Provision by Foreign Operators
  • New Policy Announcements and Initiatives
  • Challenges and Opportunities in China
  • Impact of the Regulations on Foreign Companies

John Henry
Director
Office of Telecommunications
U.S. Department of Commerce


New Market Players in China's Telecom Industry

  • Organizational Structure of Ministry of Informaiton Industry
  • Recent Progress in Introducing Competition in the TelecomSector
  • Policy Development on China Unicom and CCF Financing Model
  • The New Buy-local Policy and Reasons Behind it
  • Market Access Conditions

Chrisine Keck
Manager, Asia/Pacific Programs
Telecommunications Industry Association

Fiber Optic Infrastructure Development and Optical Networking
China at the Forefront of Optical Networking Technology Deployment
  • Objectives of Adjusted 9th Five-Year-Plan
  • Achievements of Fiber Optical Communication
  • All Optical Network Communication
  • Optical Fiber, Fiberoptical Cable Demand and Supply
  • The Optical Fiber and Fiberoptical Cable Markets Development

Prof. Zhu Qiliang
Director General, Telecom R&D Center
Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (BUPT)


SDH and DWDM Markets in China

  • National Fiber Optic Backbone Network Development
  • The Transmission Networks - Eight Horizontal and Eight Vertical Fiberoptic Cables
  • Fiber Optic Transmission Equipment Market
  • The Market for SDH and DWDM
  • SDH and DWDM for Regional, Metro and CATV Markets
  • Market Share of Vendors

Dr. Hui Pan
Chief Economist / Director of Asia Pacific
Information Gatekeepers Group


China Optical Fiber Network in China - A Case Study

  • China's Optical Fiber Needs
  • Guandong Province
  • Our Fiber Optic Network Project

Mohan Datwani
Partner, Koo and partners, Hong Kong SAR


Building China’s Highways of Light

  • China’s Market Potential for Optical Transmission Equipment
  • Optical Networking Market in China
  • Challenges of Deploying Advanced Technologies Such as SDH and DWDM in China
  • Vendor’s Experience

Rau Chang, Sr. Vice President
Lucent Technologies China

The Internet, Data Networking and E-Commerce
The Internet Development in China
  • Internet Market in China
  • China's Internet Policy
  • IP Telephony Standards and Services
  • Strategy Analysis for IP Telephony Service
  • IP Telephony Regulation and Plicy
  • Trends for IP Market
  • Development Status for IP Phone in China
  • China's Regulatory Environment for IP Phone Service

Ms Zhang Rong
Vice President, Science & Technology Information Center
Ministry of Information Industy, PR. China


E-commerce Opportunities in the Chinese Telecom Market

  • Recent Telecom Regulation Changes
  • The Impact on the Internet Sector
  • Internet and ISPs
  • E-commerce Opportunities in China

Dr. Denis Simon
Director China Strategy Group
Andersen Consulting


The IP Telephony Market in China
  • Regulatory Environment for IP Phone/Fax
  • Development of IP Phone International Gateways
  • Players in IP Phone/Fax Business
  • Potential Local Chinese Partners
  • Different Marketing Strategies Of Foreign Datacom Equipment Suppliers

James Shen
CEO
NeTrue Communications

Wireless Communications Markets
The Wireless Market and Nortel's CDMA Development in China
  • China Telecom Market Update
  • China Wireless Boom
  • Nortel China
  • China CDMA
  • Opportunities and Challenges

Charles Mah
Senior Manager
International Marketing, ASP & China.
Nortel Networks


Motorola's Experience and Business Strategy in the China Wireless Communications Market

  • Importance of the China Market
  • Motorola's Commitment to China
  • Motorola's Market Presence in China
  • New Business Model for the China Market across the Communications Enterprise

Jim Chang
Senior Marketing Manager - Asia Pacific
Motorola


China's Evolution to 3G

  • The future of China wireless market
  • The role of 3G
  • The most economical path to 3G

Martin Chang
Director- Business Development
QUALCOMM Inc.

Satellite and Wireless Local Loop Market and Technologies
Internet Via Satellite and the VSAT Market in China
  • INTELSAT Overview
  • Internet Development in China
  • INTELSAT Customers - China Teleocm, Ji Tong and others
  • Internet via Satellite
  • VSAT Market in China
  • VSAT and WLL Applications

Dr. Yao Gao
Regional Director - Asia Pacific
INTELSAT


Wireless Local Loop and SCDMA Development in China

  • Wireless Local Loop Market in China
  • WLL Market Development Trends
  • Economics of WLL Deployment in China
  • Development Strategy
  • Pricing Reality and Operators' Expectations
  • Updates Of Recent Development Of Key Vendors in China

Wei Chen
Chairman & CEO
Cwill Telecommunications, Inc.


Telecommunications for Development: Emergency Telecom's Perspective

  • Technology vs. Disaster
  • The Bottleneck: E.T. Constraints Faced by Developing Countries
  • The Dawn of a new era: An International Regulatory Framework for E.T.
  • Cashing in On E.T.: Can you do it, and how?

Ei Sun Oh - Scientific and Legal Advisor
Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (WGET)
United Nations


Competing with the Big Guys: Opportunities for Small and Mid-Size Telecommunications Enterprises (SMTE's) in China

  • Market Positioning for Smaller Services Providers and Manufacturers.
  • Partnership and Distribution Strategies
  • Special Pre-Sales and Post-Sales Requirements for SMTE's.
  • Keeping Expenses under Control - Some Practical Advice
  • Examples of Success

Bob Fonow
Managing Director
Revenue Growth International Ltd.

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