Episode 121. Waiting heart.
Chae Ki-hwan, president of the road driver, answered my question.
“It’s just that we don’t see losses. Apparently, most of the company’s capabilities are allotted to the touch screen business, so that’s a good thing. But why the RF repeater? I haven’t really been interested in it for a while. CEO Kang doesn’t seem to take it very seriously, so I was gradually reducing the proportion.”
“Well, things have changed a bit. The RF repeater division, I think we need to grow it again.”
“We are going to enter the telecommunication equipment market. Please increase the size of the business unit so that it can handle not only RF repeaters but also comprehensive wireless communication equipment.”
“Was that too sudden?”
“…a little. It would be a lot of money if it could be sold, but the major wireless communication equipment is already monopolized by European companies such as Urickson and Nakia. We don’t know if we can beat these companies by starting now, and no matter how we enter the market, it’s hard to expect big profits.”
“There will be no competition with other companies. The market I want to enter is not the 3G market where competitors are infested, but the 4G telecommunication equipment market.”
“4G?”
CEO Chae continued with a worried face.
“..3G is a candidate standard, but 4G is not. Deciding what standard to develop equipment is a problem, but the bigger problem is that no company is developing 4G modem chips, which are essential for base station wireless communication equipment.”
“I will supply the 4G modem chip. Don’t worry about it. Please take care of the rest of the equipment and develop it.”
“CEO Kang’s modep chips? how?”
I repeated the explanation I gave to President Lee Byung-hoon.
Hearing my words, President Chae had a face in great shock.
He calmed down and nodded his head.
“If CEO Kang thought so, I understand. Most of the revenue generated for the time being will go to the communication equipment division’s budget.”
#World Communications Headquarters conference room.
I called Shin Hyun, the head of the network division, and asked.
“Director Shin, how many base stations are there in the world now?”
“A little over 20,000.”
“What about other competitors?”
“Doosung Telecom has close to 30,000, and the remaining competitors are slightly smaller than us. Probably no more than 20,000.”
Also Doosung Telecom.
As a company with the largest market share, it had the largest number of base stations.
Probably the best call quality.
“Are you preparing for the next-generation network system?”
After a moment’s hesitation, Shin replied.
“..I wasn’t ready because the decision wasn’t fully made yet.”
“Decision? What decision?”
“We have not yet decided whether we should go for 3G, the next-generation mobile communication system, between WCDMA and CDMA2000.”
“That’s a good thing.”
“I had no intention of investing in 3G. We will skip 3G and go straight to 4G.”
Director Shin asked with a surprised face.
“4G? That’s still not well-theory. Even if you start crafting the theory now, it will take another 10 years to develop and deploy the actual equipment. Are you going to do that?”
“yes. It should be laid out with good investments.”
“..while we are developing 4G, all other carriers will already switch to 3G. From that moment on, the speed at which customers exit to other carriers will be incredibly fast. Even though I say this, the company may go bankrupt before the 4G network is even installed.”
“How long do you think it will take for other companies to roll out 3G networks?”
“Probably no more than five years.”
“It’s been 5 years…I am confident that I will have a 4G network in 2 years. If that’s enough, you don’t have to worry about the company going bankrupt, right?”
“Two years?”
“yes. So, you don’t have to worry about the company going bankrupt. And the 4G communication equipment is being prepared by a company called Dodunja, so work closely with that company to invest in equipment.”
“If you are a road driver, I know a little bit about repeaters, but I know that they do not sell core equipment such as transmitters and receivers and network cores that go into the rest of the base stations.”
“Now there is a new communications equipment division. We are developing all the core equipment you mentioned, so please help us if you have a test request. By the way, I am the largest shareholder of the road driver, so don’t think about neglecting it.”
Director Shin answered immediately.
“Are you the largest shareholder? All right, sir! If there is such a request from the driver, we will actively cooperate.”
“yes. And I would like to start a wired internet business. Director Shin, please create a new wired Internet division within the network division.”
World Telecom is a company that provides wireless services such as calls and text messages.
It did not even provide internet service.
This is because the speed of wireless communication is not yet developed enough to allow access to the Internet.
At this point, only wired communication could provide Internet service.
“Um… can you tell me why you want to start a wired internet business?”
“Wireless communication and wired communication have good synergy. By bundling services together, we can complement each other.”
In fact, there were other reasons besides that.
Wi-Fi.
In the future, it is a local area wireless network that will be used in almost every home.
Although high-speed wireless communication was not yet possible.
If a Wi-Fi hotspot was installed using a high-speed wired communication network, the area could use a high-speed wireless communication network.
By installing a wireless LAN card in the D-Tab, you could use Wi-Fi.
I was thinking of creating these Wi-Fi zones across the country to promote D-Tab sales.
Executive Director Shin, who had been organizing his thoughts for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Although we are a company that has received a license for the telecommunication business, basically only the wireless telecommunication business is in a state of being licensed. If you want to start a wired internet business, you need to get approval again, but it probably won’t come easily.”
“This is because the wired Internet business is already saturated. In this situation, if one more operator enters, all operators may have to operate at a loss, which is unwelcome for the government, which values the Internet industry. It is clear that the Ministry of Information and Communication will delay the permit as much as possible to reflect this trend.”
Well, that makes sense.
When I saw that I was troubled, Executive Director Shin continued.
“If you want to start a fixed-line Internet business, how about acquiring an existing operator?”
“Are you an existing business?”
“yes. There are rumors that Kowon Information, a subsidiary of Kowon Electronics, is currently the third-largest operator, but is looking for a buyer due to the difficulties in operating Kowon Electronics. It should be relatively easy to take over.”
Did you do internet business at Kowon Electronics?
There is no other octopus foot like this.
“That’s a good idea. Okay. We will cancel the establishment of a wired Internet division. As you said, it would be better to take over Kowon Information.”
#In early May.
Cornell University in the United States.
Architecture student Anthony sat on an outdoor bench and pulled out a D-Tab.
Next to him, who was drawing something on the screen, Ben, a student from the same department, who he was close with, approached and sat down.
“Hey, that’s a D-Tab right?”
Anthony grinned.
“Okay, you know?”
“Of course, I’m saving up money to buy it too. Do you like D-Tab?”
“very! I don’t need a pen, paper, protractor, ruler, nothing to draw a picture. All you need is this D-Tab. Besides, I can take notes during class, and it’s even better because I can take pictures right away when I see a building I like while passing by.”
“envy. But how did you buy that expensive thing when you said you were short of pocket money?”
“I didn’t buy it. I’m writing what my brother left for a while to go on a trip.”
“no wonder. Ah, why don’t I have an older brother like that?”
“You have an older sister who takes good care of you.”
“Still, she doesn’t have a D-Tab to lend me.”
“..a desolate child who judges everything based on economic logic.”
“haha. It’s a joke. I like my sister too. Besides, in just one more month, you’ll have enough money to buy the D-Tab. There are few days left to envy you.”
“Wait a little longer if you are going to buy a D-Tab.”
“There are rumors of D-Tab2 coming out soon.”
“D-Tab2?”
“yes. It’s not exact, but the CPU and display have been upgraded so it’s a much better deal than the one I’m using right now.”
“Nonsense. How long has it been since D-Tab1 was released? Has it been officially announced?”
“It’s not like that, but there are so many stories about D-Tab2 coming out, so I think it’s definitely coming out.”
Ben rubbed his chest.
“Huh… I’m glad I didn’t buy it early. Anthony, wait a minute. Let me show you the new D-Tab myself. haha.”
Anthony shook her head.
“You don’t have to. I’ll live too. I started working part-time a while ago to raise that money.”
Ben asked surprised.
“why? You have this.”
“This is my brother anyway, so I have to return it when he comes. Originally, I was planning to borrow it only when I needed it for a while, but I can’t. I should buy one. In addition, there will be a lot of high-performance games with gorgeous graphics exclusively for D-Tab2, so I’m looking forward to it.”
“but. I don’t know if this had not been there from the beginning, and it seems like it would be difficult to endure without it.”
“I know yeah.”
Ben looked at Anthony and smiled.
“It is expected. D-Tab also looked good, how good is D-Tab2?”
“Tell me what are you doing? It must be fantastic!”
#Da together center, tablet division.
I asked my brother, Daewon.
“brother. Is it going well to spread rumors about D-Tab2 in the US?”
“yes. It wasn’t officially leaked to the press, but I wrote down here and there that Drill 2 was released and that D-Tab 2 would be released soon, mainly on websites that people visit a lot. I get a lot of phone calls from the company, but it’s going to the point where I can’t confirm it.”
“haha. Well done. As the curiosity about D-Tab2 grows, the destructive power will increase when the article is officially published later.”
Daewon continued with a face that said that he admired his older brother.
“I will. but you are really toxic To make people wait so long for D-Tab2 and to think about hitting the back of the head.”
“Are you in the back of the head? Is it okay to release it?”
“What if the U.S. government doesn’t withdraw Section 301? Are you still going to release it?”
“..that’s not it.”
“I am not bad. The US government is bad. I don’t intend to compete fairly and do such tricks, how can I be powerless? You have to stick with the same trick.”
“Is that right? So, hyung, please make sure you play the press. That’s the only way we can win. Do you know the Trojan Horse? The stronger the enemy, the quickest and easiest to destroy from the inside.”
“OK. I will take care of it for sure.”
