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Chapter 450 Times have changed
It's hard to say how much profit I got from the hot sale of Alcatel's mobile phone, but Wall Street institutions and the telecom industry, which speculated on Alcatel's mobile phone concept stocks, made crazy profits.

The stock prices of Telephone and Telegraph rose sharply, and a group of telecommunications giants announced their entry into the mobile Internet industry and established their own mobile Internet business in America.

America Telecom, which is bundled with the P1 mobile phone, naturally also has a soaring valuation. Now America Telecom is the first mobile Internet provider in America, although it has only opened a few big cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Houston. The mobile network can be regarded as being put into operation!
Last year, relying on the frenzy brought about by the new telecommunications bill, coupled with the broadband line from Chicago to Wall Street, and the merger with the broadband division of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, the valuation of American Telecom has soared all the way, reaching tens of billions of dollars The point of the knife.

This valuation must be very watery, and some media even ridiculed that the water level of American Telecom is squeezed, and the water level of the Great Lakes of America will rise by a few points. They think that the stock price of American Telecom is entirely due to Song Yang and Anran Group, etc. Shareholders, who are hyped up, are not worthy of such a valuation at all. American Telecom is the thing that Song Yang used to cash out.

But now, this kind of voice has disappeared overnight. Instead, they have started to praise American Telecom. In theory, every time a P1 mobile phone is sold, America Telecom will add a mobile network user. According to this theory, then America Telecom's mobile network users will also exceed several million. These users can bring America Telecom more than tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars in stable revenue every month...

Of course, in fact, everyone knows that it is impossible to reach this level at the moment. It is impossible for other telecom giants to watch America Telecom steal the entire mobile Internet market and remain indifferent.

But it doesn't matter, the telecommunications industry is used to fool the outside world, and American Telecom will naturally make a fortune in silence. The higher the valuation is now, the more leeks will be circled when it goes public!
Of course, some people laughed, and others guessed it. Almost when the supply of P1 mobile phones was in short supply and the telecommunications industry was touting the arrival of the mobile Internet era, Motorola's stock price almost fell into a dog.

The best-selling P1 mobile phone in America, the most direct competitor is Motorola, which is also a local brand. Motorola was beaten by Nokia, and now there is another Alcatel mobile phone, which directly starts to rob America, which was originally Motorola. Old Nest Market.

In addition to the competition in the mobile phone industry, the Iridium project, which just launched its first communication satellite, has also fallen into an embarrassing situation. The Iridium project originally faced competition from traditional telecom operators, and now it has a mobile network. The user's difficulty is even more difficult, and the risk has increased again...

The mobile phone and communication businesses are all under threat, and the semiconductor business is sluggish. Motorola's plight is almost visible to the naked eye, and the stock price naturally plummets.

The Motorola management headed by Sandor is also very helpless. Obviously Motorola is still the second largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. The low-cost mobile phone D160 launched by the company far exceeds the current P1, but now it is rumored that Motorola is about to collapse.

Alcatel mobile phone parts suppliers around the world are working hard to produce. Various parts are delivered to Yanjing, and the production capacity of P1 has also begun to increase sharply. In less than half a month, the daily production capacity has increased from [-] units to More than [-] copies.

According to external forecasts, when Alcatel's mobile phone production capacity gradually increases, this shortage of supply will be changed, and the sales of P1 mobile phones will gradually decrease and stabilize.

To the surprise of the outside world, after Alcatel’s mobile phone production capacity soared, instead of reducing the production capacity, it announced that it would maintain a P1 production capacity of more than one million units per month. As soon as this news came out, the entire electronics industry was shocked. There was an uproar!
The outside world doesn't know whether Alcatel's mobile phone has the confidence to make the P1 mobile phone a generation of magic phone, and it can maintain the sales period in units of "years", or it is really the top iron.

According to this output, by the end of the year, the production capacity of P1 will definitely exceed [-] million units, which is more than double the sales volume estimated by Wall Street analysts!
If this kind of sales can really be achieved, then Alcatel mobile phone will become the fourth largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world after Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson, and it can achieve this result with only one model.

"Jeff, what do you think of the current P1 phone?"

In front of the gate of Palm Company, Jeff Hawkins, who had just arrived at the gate, was stopped by the media. This media was the same media that Hawkins had interviewed on TV before.

Hawkins frowned. He had been keeping a low profile these past few days. Unexpectedly, the media had chased him here. Looking at the camera that was about to hit his face, Hawkins knew what happened today, and he might not be able to avoid it.

"P1 is a kind of innovative mobile phone, but that's all. The functions of P1 have already been realized by Palm, and there will be more powerful functions in the future!"

Hawkins, who knew what the media was here for, said with a straight face that with the popularity of the P1 mobile phone, the media magazines and celebrities' comments on the Alcatel mobile phone were all found out, including Hawkins, of course. The nonsensical remarks about Alcatel mobile phones were also dug out.

As a veteran in the electronic technology industry, Hawkins cannot easily admit defeat. It is not easy to hear that the P1 mobile phone is good from him. However, Hawkins is more, and he is still touting his own Palm handheld.

Before finding the door of Palm, the media will naturally not let Hawkins go like this, "President Hawkins, the shipment of P1 mobile phones this year may surpass Palm. It will be possible to fully surpass the Palm handheld..."

Hearing this, Hawkins couldn't bear it any longer, couldn't help but burst out, "It's absolutely impossible, Palm can't be surpassed, I believe Palm is the best miniature handheld electronic product!"

"President Hawkins, do you think it is impossible for Alcatel's P1 mobile phone to reach the sales volume advertised?!"

After hearing this, the reporter finally got the news he wanted, and asked Hawkins, if nothing unexpected happens, when the news on this TV station in the evening, it will appear that Hawkins looks down on the P1 mobile phone and thinks that the P1 mobile phone will usher in Slipping and falling, Symbian system being crushed by Palm's system, etc. In terms of the media's handling of things, the routines are simply not too familiar.

After finishing speaking, Hawkins knew that he had been tricked. The handheld market is only so big. The entire market this year is less than 15 billion US dollars, which is completely different from the mobile phone industry.

This year, Palm suffered from internal injuries, and it only managed to sell more than 100 million units. However, the momentum of P1 is too strong. The mobile phone industry has long been a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Even ten million is possible. The brand influence of Alcatel's mobile phone is not as good as that of Nokia, but now the momentum of P1 mobile phone, who knows if it will explode a few more sales.

But at this point, in front of the media, Hawkins can't slap himself in the face, or belittle Palm or something.

Hawkins could only bite the bullet and said, "I said that the P1 is a good phone, but I want to say that the Palm handheld is the best one, both in terms of system and design!"

After speaking, without waiting for the media to ask any more questions, Hawkins walked into the Palm company and asked people to block the media from the door.

"Some technology media broke the news that Sony, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Siemens, Ericsson, Sanyo and other mobile phone manufacturers intend to join the Symbian Alliance and launch mobile phones equipped with the Symbian system. Mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola are also considering it.

If the news comes true, the Symbian system will surpass the Palm OS system, Microsoft CE and other microelectronic product systems, and become the world's largest microelectronic operating system! "

As soon as he got home at night, Hawkins turned on the TV and heard the news. Watching the news on TV, Hawkins couldn't figure out what Song Yang was going to play. The Alcatel mobile phone actually opened the Symbian system. and licensed to other manufacturers.

However, Sony and Ericsson, the mobile phone giants, are willing to swallow their anger, accept the contract of Alcatel mobile phone, and join the Symbian alliance. Yes, I will never accept Microsoft's CE system and install it on the Palm handheld.

Hawkins, who was still frowning, heard another piece of news that made his eyes widen.

I just listened to the voice of the host on the TV news and said, "According to a third-party statistical agency, today the Alcatel P1 mobile phone has once again achieved a single-day sales volume of 15 units. Markets such as America, Western Europe, Lao Maozi, and Asia, for the The demand for P1 mobile phones is strong, and the current global sales volume of P1 has exceeded 41 units. Wall Street agencies predict that P1 mobile phones may usher in a new sales peak in the next period of time!"

Hawkins stared blankly at the news on TV. In front of the newly opened flagship store of American Telecom in London, there was a long queue of users who were ready to snap up P1 mobile phones.

As America Telecom's first store in Europe, it is also the first step to expand its telecom business to the European market. America Telecom's London flagship store has transferred nearly 1 P[-] phones from Alcatel today. Users who buy at the scene today can get a [-]% discount on purchases.

There was also a British rock band invited to perform for the users queuing up at the scene, and the scene looked extremely noisy.

Watching the news on TV, Hawkins' scalp was numb. The performance of the P1 mobile phone somewhat subverted Hawkins' worldview. His experience, when placed on the P1, was completely broken.

It has only been a short time since the P1 went on sale, and it has already sold more than 40 units, which seems to be just around the corner. At that time, it was the time when the Palm handheld was surpassed. Hawkins could not imagine that the day would come. Hawkins was at a loss for a moment as to how he and Palm would be treated, wondering if the era belonging to his group was really about to pass...

(End of this chapter)