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Chinese Huawei Takes on U.S. Telecom Market

ChipGuy writes "With funds on loan from the Chinese government, Chinese equipment giant, Huawei is undercutting big rivals like Cisco and Nortel, and is using money to buy its way into the U.S. market. Overseas in Europe and Asia it already has become a major force. There are parallels with auto industry and home appliances. It took a little while before prices became a determining factor and shifted growth away from North American vendors. Telecom will go through the same curve. Huawei is curently selling EVDO phones for about $130 and WCDMA phones about $250 which is about 30% than everyone else on the market. Huawei's agenda is pretty clear - get business and sales at any cost. And that means bad news for already struggling telecom industry."

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  1. Did anyone read this as... by GFLPraxis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chinese Hawaii takes on U.S. Telecom Market?

  2. Red menace! by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny



    Damn communists! Undercutting big rivals, using money to buy their way into the U.S. market! Can't trust 'em!

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  3. Re:30%? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    As it says in the headline - their agenda is pretty clear from the start.

    They are using the SCO line of attack. They are confusing you with figures which make no sense, and nobody is stepping up to clear up their ambiguity, therefore, they make no sense.

    Because none of it makes sense the only sane thing left to do is buy a phone.

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  4. Re:30%? by nutshell42 · · Score: 2, Funny
    That's the new marketing ploy du jour. Expect to see more of it in the next weeks:

    "Microsoft Longhorn and your productivity will by about 40%!!!"

    "Buy Apple, now 100% than Redmond!"

    "Forget the Prius, the new Hummer hummer offers 40"

    No substance, no refutable statement you could be sued for and the internet made consumers error-tolerant so they'll read what the marketing boys want them to read.

    Profit!

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    Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage