Back To 1995

   Chapter 697 Chicken and Dog Ascension

  Before the Alcatel P1 mobile phone appeared, the leader in the mobile phone industry had become Nokia, which was leading the trend of the times.

In my impression, Nokia's mobile phone does not seem to have a big impression except for the roughness, but in fact, Nokia was the most willing to try new mobile phones in those years when it was the dominant mobile phone, and launched various bold new mobile phones. Design is far more daring than a certain fruit!

Only now, Nokia has to start referring to the design of another mobile phone brand. Ollila is naturally very dissatisfied with this situation. He has spent several years rebuilding Nokia from the ruins, not for Nokia to follow suit. Picked up behind other mobile phone brands.

  The form is stronger than the human, no matter whether Ollila wants it or not, now it is the Alcatel mobile phone that leads the trend of mobile phones!

All the people present are Nokia executives, including the vice president of Nokia, who has fought side by side with Ollila for many years. Piedilla, who is in high position in Nokia, chief strategy officer Marty Alahuta, Nokia phone department Head Karaswo et al.

   In addition to these Nokia candidates who have been concerned by the outside world, there is another person present. Last year, Kang Peikai, who was the head of Nokia North America, was transferred back to Nokia headquarters by Ollila to serve as Nokia's COO!

This step has made the outside world think that Kang Peikai has officially joined the shortlist of candidates for the head of Nokia. Although he does not seem to be as famous as Marty Alahuta and Karaswo, Ollila's promotion has made him more famous. Kang Peikai is famous.

   In the face of Ollila's question, everyone was a little silent. In the past, Alcatel mobile phones were beaten by Nokia in Europe. Nokia never thought about it, and would use Alcatel mobile phones as an opponent.

   But now, the name of Alcatel mobile phone has officially become a headache for Nokia. Now in terms of sales, Nokia is still far ahead, but it is aggressively chased by Alcatel mobile phones.

   "In terms of design, the P2 is not as significant as the P1 of last year. As long as it is still functional, the Alcatel mobile phone shows signs of changing to mobile phone functions such as mobile phone system and network!"

   It was Adam Grinder, the head of Nokia's mobile phone design department. As Nokia's design director, Grinder saw the changes in the P2 mobile phone at a glance.

The functions of MP3 music, e-books, CRBT, and MMS seem to be quite a lot, but they are all extensions of the Internet functions of mobile phones. In terms of mobile phone design, to be honest, the changes are not too big. That is to say, P2 mobile phones have changed the most. , not those designs, but the functions of the mobile phone. It is also these novel functions that it sells to users, not how much the mobile phone weighs, how resistant it is to roughness, how long the battery will last, and so on.

   To describe it in one sentence, P2 mobile phones have not only provided users with food and clothing, but also paid more attention to the spiritual needs of users…

   Whether this change is good or bad, whether users will accept it, and whether Nokia will follow up is a question.

   "If Nokia's next mobile phone launches MP3, CRBT and those games, how long will it take to develop it?!"

Ollila frowned, and still asked, this week, the Alcatel P2 mobile phone will go on sale. Is it going well? In fact, I will know tomorrow morning that the Alcatel P2 mobile phone has begun to accept pre-orders from users around the world. .

   There will definitely be moisture in this kind of reservation, but some clues can be seen from the amount of P2 reservations. Now it depends on whether Nokia will follow up.

   Hearing Ollila's words, Grindel looked a little embarrassed, and didn't speak for a while, which made Ollila impatient, "What's going on?"

   In the face of Ollila's urging, Grindel said, "These functions are not technically difficult, the key is..."

   Seeing Ollila, Piedilla, Marty Alahuta, Karaswo and other Nokia bigwigs, they all looked at him dissatisfiedly, and Grindel did not dare to delay any longer.

   "Patents and Telecommunications!"

   "I have already checked the Alcatel mobile phone and obtained the global patent of MP3 player. Any manufacturer who wants to install MP3 on mobile phones and sell it must obtain the authorization of Alcatel mobile phone and pay the fee!

   For such functions as CRBT and MMS, mobile phone technology is only the most basic thing. The key is the support of mobile communication manufacturers. Now, among the telecom companies in the world, only America Telecom supports CRBT and MMS functions!

  The games on P1 are not difficult. If you want to copy them, you should find a game manufacturer and they should be able to develop them within seven weeks, but…”

When Grind said this, he clearly felt Ollila's expression, which was very wrong, but he could only bite the bullet and continue, "All new games are launched, and they need to be reviewed by the Saipan system. OK, unless Nokia withdraws from the Symbian System Alliance and WAP Forum agreements, etc., it can not abide by these agreements!"

   Hearing this, Ollila finally laughed angrily, "Withdraw from the Saipan Alliance, what system should Nokia use, Microsoft's paid WP system, or go to Plam's Hawkins?

  Do you still need to go online for your Nokia mobile phone? ! "

  Now there are only a few mobile phone operating systems. If you don't need Zhang San's, you have to use Li Si's. Compared with the Saipan system, which has become more mature, stable and free, both Plam and WP are charged.

In addition, the most important point is that the WAP forum protocol that allows mobile phones to access the Internet is dominated by Saipan. Now all mobile phones in the world want to open the Internet access function, they must be authorized by the WAP forum protocol. WP and Plam and other systems are now Or black households, they have not been allowed to join the WAP forum yet!

   The Saipan system didn't say that it would bind the WAP forum, but it was choking, not allowing WP, Plam and other systems to join the WAP forum. They can join in the future, but the right to speak must be the Saipan system.

   Internet access has become the standard configuration of mobile phones. Exiting the Saipan System Alliance means exiting the WAP forum, so don’t even think about surfing the Internet on your mobile phone!

At this time, Ollila discovered that Nokia had fallen into the Alcatel mobile phone and the Symbian system, and the woven web was like a spider web. Relying on various patents, technologies, and exclusive agreements, Nokia was swept away. The tighter it gets, the tighter it gets, and now it's hard to get out!

   "That is to say, if Nokia wants to launch the MP3 function, e-books, CRBT and other functions, it must be approved by the Alcatel mobile phone?!"

Piedilla's eyes widened and asked, Nokia has not fought a patent lawsuit for so many years. Now Nokia is the world's largest mobile phone patentee. Even Alcatel mobile phones use some of Nokia's patents, which are paid to Nokia. patent fee.

  Nokia has always been the one who cut wool, but now it is going to be cut wool, so how can Piedilla endure.

   "Actually, not only MP3, but also mobile phone e-mail, mobile ICQ, mobile alarm clock, etc. must be authorized by Alcatel mobile phones before they can be installed on Nokia mobile phones!"

Grind said resignedly that, of course, the mobile phone was produced by Nokia itself, but the things on the mobile phone, from the moment Nokia accepted the Symbian system, was almost given by Alcatel Mobile and a number of brother companies, ICQ, Forita Antivirus, etc. contracted.

  Ollila's office was silent for a while, and now Nokia has felt the influence of the free operating system, and once again verified the sentence, free is the most expensive.

   With the Symbian system, even if Nokia wants to make small moves and develop some games and software that imitate Alcatel mobile phones, it will not pass the Symbian system audit…

   "I think, Alcatel phones should not be stuck with patents such as MP3, but there may be a fee!" Grind said.

  Ollila took a deep breath. This situation is not a good thing for Nokia, but at most there are hidden dangers. Compared with when he took over Nokia, Nokia was going to collapse at any time, it was just a little trouble.

   "Now is not the time to quit the Saipan system alliance, before there is no new mobile phone system that can completely replace the Saipan system!"

Ollie said calmly, not in a hurry to turn his face, "Go talk to Alcatel mobile phone and Symbian system, get the MP3 patent license, let Nokia start cooperation with America Telecom, the next generation of Nokia mobile phone, must have P2 function!"

   "Kang Peikai, you are responsible for developing the North American and Asian markets for Nokia, which are the most important markets for Nokia in the future, and Nokia must not lose these markets!"

Ollila said to Kang Peikai that Europe is the home of Nokia, and Alcatel mobile phones in Europe will not affect Nokia's position, but in North America and emerging mobile phone markets in Asia and other places, the competition between Alcatel mobile phones and Nokia is much more intense. Now, he brought Kang Peikai back, just to let him help Nokia win the war in these places, not just to make him a candidate for the head.

   "Nokia set up a software department. It must have its own mobile phone system and software. Go to Microsoft to cooperate with the WP system. Nokia will not use Symbian all the time!"

  Ollila said categorically that she did not want to let Nokia live under the Alcatel mobile phone for a long time.

In the same situation as Nokia, there are also many mobile phone manufacturers such as Motorola, Ericsson, Sony, Samsung, etc., all of which have been taught by Alcatel mobile phones. If you want to launch the same functions as P2, you must obtain the consent of Alcatel mobile phones. OK, but even if they are disgusted, they can only bite the bullet and cooperate with Alcatel mobile phones. Otherwise, what will they use to fool users into buying a new generation of mobile phones?

After the launch of the P2 mobile phone, the official website and e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and eBay have opened the pre-order function. As long as the payment is made, on the day of the release of the P2, these users who have paid the money will be the first to get the phone, so there is no need to worry about buying it. not.

   On the day of the press conference, apart from P2, the most popular sites were Scour, whose valuation soared dozens of times overnight…

   (end of this chapter)