Little Smart expands to downtown areas
17/12/2003 15:14
People in downtown Shanghai will also be able to enjoy the Little
Smart service from next year with a package monthly fee at 60 yuan (US$7.3),
today's Shanghai Morning Post said, citing a recent advertisement on an unnamed
media.
The initial registration fee is not required.
Currently, the
citywide mobile phone service is only availed in such suburban Shanghai
districts as Fengxian and Songjiang.
The Shanghai Morning Post report said
the ads indicated the service's operator, Shanghai Telecom Co Ltd, will probably
upgrade its phone network in downtown area before the business expansion and
will likely raise the price after the upgrade.
It encourages consumers to
register for the business soon and avoid the possible price rise.
"If you
want to sign for the Little Smart business, you'd better make the deal before
next February," said a Little Smart salesperson, cited by the report in
anoynym.
Unlikely its suburban networks, Shanghai Telecom's Little Smart net
in downtown areas adopts CDMA1900 (Code Division Multiple Access) technology
rather than the personal handy-phone system (PHS). The CDMA technology is said
not so stable as PHS.
Jane Chen/ Shanghai Daily news
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