Chen: In order to take the leadership in this industry, Motorola has invested heavily in 3G technologies. There are two major technologies under 3G -- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 2000 and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) -- and Motorola aims to be the market leader in both sectors.
We cooperated with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (黃浦和記) to launch the world's first dual-mode 3G handset at the end of last year and we continue to introduce more new models with Hutch-ison as well as many other 3G pioneer operators to roll out handsets.
For the Taiwan market, of course, APBW has already launched CDMA2000 services and we will work with them to offer Motorola 3G handsets as well.
In the next couple of weeks, Motorola is expected to start offering 3G handsets to APBW. Now I can not disclose details because we've signed an agreement with APBW, but I am sure Motorola's first 3G handset in Taiwan will be top-of-the-line compared with pretty much all handsets currently available in the market.
The launching price has not been decided yet, because we have to discuss it with the APBW.
As for UMTS, in addition to Japan, Hong Kong and Australia, Taiwan will probably be the next country in Asia to deliver UMTS services.
TT: Will you have any collaboration project with local 3G service providers?
Chen: Motorola aims to be the first in Taiwan's market to deliver 3G phones, therefore, we are working very closely with all operators. Most market incumbents such as Taiwan Cellular Corp (台灣大哥大), Far EasTone Telecommunications Co (遠傳電信) and Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信) are expected to start delivering 3G services early next year, and now Motorola has 3G handsets testing with all of them.
Actually there are only a couple of dual-mode 3G handsets currently available in the market, so Motorola definitely has the most mature handsets ready for use.
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