Daily News 2005/11/07

In-Stat: Mobile phone and IP phone will take the place of fixed telephone

Result of the research shows that in the near future there will be more and more Americans using mobile phone or IP telephone instead of fixed telephone.

Market research company In-Stat says in the report released on This Tuesday that by 2009 23%-37% of the moble phone subscribers will take mobile phone as major tool for communications. At present, nearly 9.4% of them have done so.

Another research carried out by Jupiter shows that the number of IP telephone users will increase from 1.2 million (2004) to 20.4 million by 2010.

China Railway Telecom Fujian Branch opened "95105688" hotline

For the convenience of the users, China Railway Telecom Fujian Branch, after negotiating with Fuzhou Raiway Station, opened the "95105688" hotline on Oct. 20 to provide travel-related consultancy services. It is a dedicated number for the railway station. Local users in Fuzhou need only dial the number "95105688" and users outside Fuzhou need to dial "0591-95105688" to get access to the voice searching system of Fuzhou Railway Station. They can also make complaint or give proposal by this means.

2005 Intel Information Technology Summit was opened

2005 Intel Information Technology Summit was opened recently in Shanghai International Convention Center.

IDF is a grand meeting at which the manufacturers from all over the world can exhibit the hardware and software of computer, network, wireless techniques and products, and share information with each other. It is held in China Mainland, Taiwan, America, Brazil, India, Japan, Korea and Europe annually. Up until now it has been held for 11 times in China Mainland.
The meeting is formerly called Intel Developer Forum (IDF). It is one of the most famous forum activities organized by Intel.