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The Chinese market is very complicated. Of course, the markets of other countries are also very complicated.

But only in China, when wifi is about to be popularized in other countries, some communication operators, for their own benefit, force the mobile phones produced in China and sold in China to castrate the wifi function.

Then it is mandatory to use the security protocol of WAPI. WAPI is essentially the same as WIFI. The only difference is that WAPI is higher than WIFI in terms of authentication and confidentiality.

But history has proved that this decision is wrong. Whether it is an ultimate terminal or a digital product such as a notebook, it has finally implemented the WIFI standard, so for many people, they have never heard of WAPI.

But now it is 2009, and many mobile phones in the Chinese market are called smart phones but do not have WIFI functions.

"You mean, they require our iPhones to change the security protocol, and they can only be sold after they are successfully certified according to China's wireless LAN security standards?"

Wen Ming finally got the reason why the iphone did not pass the certification in Huaxia, which reminded him of the incident of the emasculation of the WIFI function that was so noisy in certain years when he lived in another world.

But at that time, Wen Ming didn't pay special attention to these news, because he was still in high school at that time, and having a mobile phone was already a great blessing, so why did he care if the mobile phone had wifi function?

What's more, he went to a boarding high school back then, and even if his mobile phone had a wifi function, he had no place to connect to it.

Sith replied: "I think this is just an excuse, because we are not the only ones who do not manufacture mobile phones according to the WAPI security standard, but other companies' products can pass the certification and even be sold in the market, why can't ours? "

With that said, Sith took out a folder, and the files inside had a very eye-catching title.

"Standard Announcement on Wireless LAN Products", this announcement comes from the China General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Management Committee.

Sith introduced: "This is an announcement issued in 2003, requiring all wireless LAN products in China to adopt the WAPI standard. Later, due to resistance from many parties, it was changed to June 1, 2004, and the implementation of the WAP standard will be postponed. mandatory regulations."

"Because this standard is completely different from the standard used in the world, companies that produced chips such as Intel and Broadcom were very resistant to it. Of course, there are some reasons for the resistance. I don't think I need to say this. You can understand too."

"Last year, that is, in 2008, in the network access test specifications of Huaxia Telecom and China Mobile, WAPI was designated as a test item that must be met in Class A. That is to say, if this requirement cannot be met, our iPhone is considered a test item." If it is sold, users cannot use iPhones to use the SIM cards of these two communication companies. According to reliable sources, China Unicom will also set WAPI as a test item that must be met this year."

After listening to Sith's report, Wen Ming suddenly felt dizzy. In fact, the first-generation iPhone he launched can completely meet the double standards of WAPI and WIFI without increasing the cost.

However, due to the short development time, he did not consider these issues at all, nor did he understand the standards of the Chinese market. His concept is still stuck in the time before he traveled. At that time, he didn't know whether the mobile phone products on the market had WAPI function, but when users used the mobile phone, they always used the WIFI function.

What the hell is WAPI?

How many people know?

In fact, Wen Ming had a reason for his neglect,

The other thing is that what he got was the technical knowledge of Apple, not the developers of Apple, or the real memory of Jobs. Regardless of whether Wen Ming's brain will explode after obtaining the memories of so many people at the same time, and whether he will suffer from schizophrenia, if he obtains the relevant memories, then he will definitely know the relevant information about WAPI .

Because in another world, although the original intention of WAPI was to castrate the WIFI function and allow operators to earn more money, but after it was really developed, the country found that this standard was really good because it could break the WIFI business. Union blockade.

On a national level, this kind of thing is very meaningful.

But in the first few years of WAPI's launch, it has been boycotted by the WIFI business alliance, even by many countries led by the United States. I won't talk about those history, but only later, with the growth of China's national power, the right to speak enhancement, countless hardware manufacturers have chosen to accept it.

Later, although there are almost zero WLAN devices on the market that use the WAPI standard alone, almost all wireless devices will have double standards at the same time. Even the mighty Jobs' Apple company has implemented this standard.

(ps: Not too many descriptions, interested friends can search it. Users who use Apple mobile phones, take a look in your wireless LAN settings, is there a WAPI option?)

Wen Ming rubbed his temples, and asked: "If we follow the requirements and allow the iPhone to implement two sets of standards at the same time, then can we pass the certification and start selling it?"

Sith didn't know much about technology and asked, "Will it be troublesome to join this standard? Besides, we have already ordered 10 million iPhones. What should we do with these iPhones?"

Wen Ming shook his head and said: "There is no need to change the hardware. We only need to release a patch to make the existing iPhone support the WAPI standard. There will not be much increase in cost."

It won't increase the cost, but Sith was not very happy, but asked with a serious expression: "But even so, we can't guarantee to pass the certification in the first time. Because our mobile phones in the Chinese market are not the only ones that don't meet this standard , that is to say, this standard has actually become dispensable now because of the resistance of various companies in various countries.”

Sith can't imagine that in the next few years, China's development can be said to change every year, and soon, this standard will become a necessary standard.

Wen Ming can understand Sith's meaning, some people forcibly extend the iphone's authentication time for their own benefit. So, even if the standard is met, so what?

There are reasons for wanting to extend the certification period.

"That is to say, we were cheated by someone, but there is no way to determine who cheated us?"

Li Jiacheng has this reason, because Wen Ming did not sell the stock to him, so he chose to trip Wen Ming's Apple company. The sales of iphone is bound to affect the sales of other mobile phone brands.

That is to say, apart from Li Jiacheng, other mobile phone manufacturers also have reason to trip up Apple, such as Nokia, which is now in full swing and is preparing to launch a new flagship model.

Nokia is not a Chinese company, but Nokia is now a giant in the mobile phone industry. Those agents who left suddenly may have chosen to temporarily give up representing iPhones because of Nokia's pressure.

Compared with the current Apple, agents must pay more attention to Nokia.

Sith frowned and said: "That's true, because the pre-ordered volume of 300,000 copies in two days is too enviable. I have already communicated with Peter, and I want to find out who is stumbling us through the relationship. But there is really little hope of finding it.”

After being silent for a while, Wen Ming said, "I will notify the people in the R\u0026D department to make the patch. It won't take too long. You arrange someone to follow up on the progress of the certification."

After Sith nodded, he said worriedly, "Actually, the person I'm most worried about is Teresa Roy."

Wen Ming frowned and said, "Can he do this? As far as I know, he has no investment in Huaxia, and he has no business dealings."

Sith said, "But, you have a bet with him."