The Accidental Accomplishment of Little Smart: Understanding the Emergence of a Working Class ICT
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The Accidental Accomplishment of Little Smart: Understanding the
Emergence of a Working Class ICT
Jack Linchuan Qiu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
October 7, 2005
Figure 1. The growth of Little Smart subscribers in China, 1999-2005 (million)
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (July)
Figure 2. Annual growth rates of Little Smart subscription and regular mobile subscription in China, 1990-2004
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Cell phone growth (%)
Little Smart growth (%)
Figure 3 UTStarcom annual net sales revenue
(million USD)
Public/Private
Scalability
Figure 4. The declining profitability of UTStarcom, 2002-2004