Xiaolingtong growth of mobile technology in China Telecom has created the regulatory debate. Xiaolingtong behaves as a mobile phone (users can move from city to city, and their wireless phones have SIM-cards), but since the technology is running on fixed spine, it is regulated as a fixed system. Therefore, although it competes with the mobile operators, it always has the upper hand because it charges a flat rate, thereby distorting the mobile market in its favor. The Ministry of Information Industry of turning a blind eye new technology of communication? "Hide
by Kasra Mottahedeh, M. Bushehri Source: University of Hong Kong, 8 pages. Publication Date: September 14, 2007. Prod. #: HKU662-PDF-ENG
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