What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 530: A Repeat of the Same Event
"Data, chat data?"

Zhao Hande blinked and asked blankly:

"What's the use of that? According to you, hundreds of thousands of people chat every day. If each person sends three messages, that's a million messages. Even if there are confidential messages, how can you keep track of them all?"

He originally wanted to talk to Tang Wen about the rollout of MDA in China, but the latter ended up discussing the IAA's data requirements.

Tang Wen actually thought that collaborating with cybersecurity would be best, but security measures in this era were not yet perfect, so in the end he only decided to talk to Zhao Hande:
"There's no need for cumbersome screening; we can focus on key IPs, such as the area to which a certain research institute belongs. However... there really aren't many classified information online right now."

"Then what do you think?"

I have two options:
First, they'll drag it out. Even if they do provide the data, it won't be quick. They'll find some excuse to make it take at least six months, just to keep dragging it out.
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Alternatively, it can be used as a counter-espionage tool to try and catch fish, but this is risky and easily exposed, so I don't recommend it.

Zhao Hande nodded after listening. He actually knew what the information and data represented, but he believed that Tang Wen could handle it well.

After all, the situation in Southeast Asia was analyzed in China not long ago: an organization that independently controls nuclear power, can also subvert the Empire's nuclear submarines, can secretly acquire Type 685 ships, and has extremely strong shipbuilding capabilities, has zero chance of willingly submitting to the Empire.

"You can handle this kind of small matter yourselves. Let's talk about MDA instead."

"..."

Okay, Tang Wen's purpose this time was also to dispel the misconception that MDA is omnipotent, so he put forward his well-prepared rhetoric:

“MDA cannot be simply copied; it needs to be adapted to the specific national conditions. What is suitable for the United States may not be suitable for China. The mobile Internet used by MDA is based on 2.4G WIFI, which requires the establishment of a large number of WIFI base stations in each city.”

The United States was able to spend money to build it because it has huge consumer power to promote the internet economy and can recover costs by boosting GDP through the virtual economy.

If domestic companies blindly follow suit, they will only waste huge sums of money without recouping their costs, resulting in unfinished projects that cannot be widely adopted.

The plan to drain investors and detonate the bomb was an absolute secret, and Tang Wen hadn't told anyone except himself, but he believed this explanation was rational enough.

These words had actually been mentioned before when he was in the United States, but Zhao Hande still did not want to give up such a huge opportunity.

Giving up out of fear of failure is not the way things are done in China.

Reason made him hesitate, but a hard-won opportunity to catch up with the world's trends made it impossible for him to calm down.

It wasn't just Zhao Hande; the entire nation, from the bottom up, was successfully misled by the MDA and had no choice but to start thinking about it.

Seeing this, Tang Wen quickly came up with his second move:
"MDA is something only the wealthy and powerful Americans can afford, but I also have alternative plans for less developed environments:"

Instead of investing in costly and high-speed Wi-Fi base stations, they are using mobile phone communication base stations.

"cell phone?"

Zhao Hande pulled out his Philips phone, finding it impossible to connect it with the mobile internet.

Tang Wen took the phone:

"By combining mobile network base stations and mobile phone communication base stations into one, we can promote mobile Internet access along with the promotion of mobile phones. This will reduce the number of base stations by two orders of magnitude, save on additional construction costs, and is in line with the development trend of communications."

The downsides are high cost, far less coverage than MDA, and significantly lower signal strength and uplink/downlink speeds... but overall, the difficulty has decreased to a level that telecom companies can afford.

Early accession to the WTO has affected many things, one of which is accelerating corporate reform and opening up more regions to private capital, so that potential can be unleashed and more freedom can be exercised after accession.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has also entered the process of being split up, and the soon-to-be-established China Telecom Corporation is particularly enthusiastic about the MDA.

The seemingly expensive and inefficient mobile communication route was precisely for the purpose of advancing CDMA and 3G.

After all, even if Gaijin could immediately produce an iPhone, it would be meaningless without a base station.

Laying out a communication network involves too many aspects, and it can only be successful by guiding the telecommunications industry. Even if the government lets go, private enterprises cannot push it forward.

However, Zhao Hande heard it differently. It was as if not being able to afford a Bentley, but gritting his teeth and buying a Xiali seemed acceptable? Regardless of the difference, it was still a four-wheeled car.

"So, will domestic MDAs have to connect to base stations like mobile phones?"

Tang Wen, sitting opposite him, suppressed a laugh and nodded:

"That's right. The US needs $1.5 trillion, and I think $150 billion will definitely be enough to roll it out in major cities domestically."

"That's over a hundred billion, that's a lot, a lot."

The emergence of the "backup plan" immediately brought Zhao Hande back to his senses, and the idea of ​​a local area network WIFI finally left his mind.

Tang Wen: "Shanghai Semiconductor is collaborating with Qualcomm to research ways to share base stations with mobile phones. Other domestic companies that want to research WIFI technology are also welcome to do so. You just need to know that Gaijin has plans in China."

Zhao Hande nodded repeatedly: "Of course, I'm relieved now. It's not too late to build WIFI stations when the country has more money."

Tang Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully preventing the country from falling into a deep pit as well.

After their conversation, the two went to have dinner. As soon as they entered the guesthouse, they saw the news on TV:

"...Recently, Wu Ying, an entrepreneur from Yuhang City, Zhejiang Province, announced that the city will launch PHS (Personal Handyphone System) services in January next year."

It is rumored that the cordless phone technology used by Xiaolingtong is the same as the MDA mobile internet WIFI technology. In the future, only the local bus needs to be replaced with broadband to achieve the popularization of MDA. The second generation of Xiaolingtong will be combined with handheld computers...

The Little Smart phone has arrived.

Strictly speaking, the MDA plan was actually a copy of PHS (Personal Handyphone System), except that the latter relied on local landline telephone lines, while the former relied on local broadband.

Tang Wen was not against PHS (Personal Handyphone System). In the next ten years, it would be a cheap wireless communication method to replace mobile phones, so it was reasonable for him to enter the MDA (Multi-Demand Association) market.

However, when he turned his head, he saw Zhao Hande also staring intently at the TV, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

When the news segment on Xiaolingtong ended, the host's next sentence mentioned his dear third brother:

"...Henry Rams continued to urge ↑↓ to abandon the Mushroom Egg Project, and stated that if the other party persisted in its course of action, the Empire would take decisive countermeasures."

……

“Our friends who wear headscarves are going down the wrong path.”

Aside from the lost empire that is suspected of possessing advanced technology, other matters on Earth are equally important to Rams.

"Should we send a special forces unit, or just bomb them directly?"

Huai En, who had just been given power, was somewhat excited, but everyone knew that they couldn't be too harsh on Third Brother.

Just like free-range chickens, their unique geographical location and unpredictable nature often make them valuable and irreplaceable, so force should never be used against them.

But we can't leave them unpunished; their stubbornness has seriously damaged the empire's image.

With the threat of the lost empire looming, the empire actually offered a series of bargaining chips in a very humane manner:

For example, India offered to sell a few more C-17s at a "lower price" or selectively sell tactical missiles, etc. India made a good promise but was not tempted. It was obviously just trying to delay.

"Implement economic sanctions against them, especially food export controls and a suspension of arms imports."

Kazimirz made the suggestion, and everyone else nodded in agreement, including Rams.

However, he added:
"Are they planning to tow the Varyag out of the Black Sea? Let's think of a way to block them in a strait. I think Constantinople would be a good fit."

(End of this chapter)