news bulletin – answers

Asia telcoms eye 3G, beyond

questions

1. What does ‘eye’ in the headline mean? to look at carefully because they want this
2. What is Ryuji Yamada looking at? a saturated market
3. What is the annual value of this market? $8 billion
4. What will have various meanings from now on? competition
5. Which current competition ‘factors’ does Mr Yamada mention? rate, service area coverage and after service
6. How much did DoMoTo spend on overseas operators in the late 90s? $20 billion
7. What happened to most of their investments? they turned sour
8. In which country do they not have a stake? China
9. What did the Chinese government do on Wednesday? hand out 3G licences
10. How does the reporter describe China Mobile? ‘world number one’
11. How much will all three carriers spend on equipment? $41 billion over the next 2 years
12. What does LTE stand for? Long term coverage (technology)