Qualcomm leverages its extensive patents in communications to charge manufacturers 5% of the price of the entire device when selling its chip packages.

Many mobile phone manufacturers don't even make 5% profit, yet Qualcomm earns more than them. Who can stand that? It's like they're working for Qualcomm.

Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and had not yet ventured into CDMA technology, instead focusing on other products. It wasn't until 1989 that it challenged traditional wireless technology standards and introduced Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology—which permanently changed the face of global wireless communication and became an industry standard in 1993. In 1999, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) selected CDMA as the technology behind 3G.

If CDMA technology hadn't been developed relatively slowly, Europe's GSM would have been no match for it.

In this life, Zhao Ye is determined to acquire CDMA and, like Qualcomm, implement a "Borderless Tax."

If Wujiang Company develops CDMA technology sooner, it is likely that China's telecommunications authorities will choose Wujiang CDMA as the standard for second-generation, third-generation, and fourth-generation mobile communications.

If we can go abroad, that would be even more of a joy.

At this moment, Zhao Ye was explaining CDMA code division multiple access technology to his employees.

Currently, only Zhao Ye is familiar with this technology. If it isn't explained clearly to them, they won't know how to develop it at all.

However, developing CDMA is quite difficult, and there probably won't be much progress in the short term unless Zhao Ye spends all his time leading them to study CDMA.

But Zhao Ye has other things to do and doesn't have that much time. Furthermore, CDMA technology is too advanced and may not be suitable for China.

It is said that being one step ahead makes one a martyr, while being half a step ahead makes one a pioneer.

Wujiang Group only needs to be half a step ahead.

Developing CDMA technology is a plan for the future.

Currently, there is actually another mobile communication technology that is more suitable for China's national conditions, namely PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

The PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology was not only popular in China, but also in many other countries.

Because PHS (Personal Handyphone System) uses microcellular technology, it is low-cost and more suitable for densely populated cities.

A GSM mobile phone normally costs 10,000 to 20,000 yuan; a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) mobile phone costs several thousand yuan.

Furthermore, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) has low power consumption and minimal electromagnetic radiation, posing less harm to the human body, making it popular with certain groups such as the elderly, pregnant women, and medical personnel. It also boasts long standby time and is energy-efficient. A single charge provides up to 10 days of standby time, eliminating the inconvenience of frequent charging. Within network coverage, PHS call quality rivals that of landlines; and unlike mobile phone Wi-Fi which is shared by multiple users, PHS allows for dedicated 64/128kbps bandwidth internet access.

Furthermore, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) did not require a mobile license. In its previous existence, China Telecom and China Netcom chose PHS because they did not have mobile licenses, thus capturing a large number of users before 3G.

Of course, the shortcomings of the PHS phone were also very obvious, otherwise it would not have been replaced later.

There are two main drawbacks. First, it cannot roam. Unlike mobile phones, PHS phones cannot roam nationwide. They can only serve as a "supplement and extension of landlines," and there is always a gap between them and mobile phones in terms of functionality.

Second, coverage is poor. It is generally limited to urban areas with weak signal; there are few base stations, making calls difficult in some parts of the city, and calls are completely impossible during power outages.

However, given the current situation in China, having a PHS phone is already quite good; why would you need a "bicycle"?

Before I knew it, it was almost time to get off work.

Zhao Ye talked a lot about Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology today. As for PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology, he plans to talk about it in a few days.

With so many technologies being implemented all at once—two-way Chinese display pagers, program-controlled exchanges, mobile phones, CDMA, and PHS—the Wujiang Communications division was clearly short-staffed.

Wujiang Group had no choice but to continue advertising in newspapers and on television to recruit people, while also hiring foreign headhunters to poach some talent to work in China.

However, during this period, there were not many talented people willing to work in China.

Many international students who go to the United States don't want to come back once they arrive.

Zhao Ye felt deeply ashamed.

Faced with an increasingly urgent talent shortage.

Zhao Ye felt it was necessary to take action...

P.S.: There's one more chapter coming, updating around 11:30 PM tonight.