Lucent Bell Labs in China An account of personal experience

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Lucent Bell Labs in China -- An account
of personal experience

• Lucent Bell Labs
• Bell Labs in China
• LT RD Center in Nanjing
• Challenges

Dr. Ho, Jenlie (??? ??) General Manager Lucent
Technologies Nanjing jentto_at_lucent.com
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About Myself

• Bell labs 1982
• MTS, Technical Manager
• Switching Systems 5ESS switch, ISDN, Packet
  Switching, Operating System, Call Processing
• Globeview switch ATM, Call Processing, OAM,
• Bell Labs in Shanghai 1996
• RD Director
• Advanced Technologies DSP, Speech Processing,
  ASIC, Digital phone. VOIP.
• Bell Labs in Beijing 2000
• RD Managing Director
• Lucent Mobility GSM BST/BSC, CDMA/CDMA2000 Call
  Processing.
• Bell Labs in Nanjing 2003
• RD Managing Director General Manager
• Lucent Mobility 3G, CDMA/CDMA2000 OAM

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Lucent and Bell Labs

• Bell Labs was Bell Telephone Laboratories in Bell
  Systems and ATT era. Had always been the RD
  arm of the parent company since 1925.
• Lucent Technologies was formed in Oct. 1996 when
  ATT separated into three completely independent
  companies. Systems and equipment business along
  with 85 of the Bell Labs moved into Lucent.
• Lucent Technologies (China) is the holding
  company handling all Lucents business interests
  in China.

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Lucent and Bell Labs
Bell Labs RD Architecture

• Basic Research
• Advanced Technology
• Product Development

• 10 of Bell Labs personnel --- Central Labs
• 90 are involved in a variety of product
  development projects

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Bell Labs in China

• Motivations
• China Market potential close to our customers
• Plenty supply of good talent at lower cost
• Manufacturing and sourcing activity in China
  RD complementary
• Serve Lucent customers better
• Government support

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Bell Labs in China

• 2/93 MOU between ATT and Chinese SPC
• 11/94 Pudong project MOU between City of
  Shanghai ATT
• 3/97 Cooperation MOU with SEDC signed
  ---------------------------------------------
• 5/97 Bell Labs China Establishment first
  group MTS onboard for US training
• 10/97 President Jiang visit Bell Labs HQ in NJ
• 11/97 Shanghai BLC operational
• 3/98 Beijing BLC operational
• 3/00 BL Research formed in BJ----------------
  ------------------------------
• 6/00 BLC Wireless Lab established in BJ
• 4/02 Lucent Mobility RD center established
  in BJ
• 8/03 Lucent Mobility RD Nanjing formed for
  3G projects

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LT Mobility RD Nanjing Center

• 05/24/03 Final location selection and office
  planning.
• 08/03/03 Phase 1 staff Report-to-work (90)
• 09/17/03 Grand opening ------------------------
  -----------------------
• 12/2003 1st software delivery by Nanjing team
  to LT 3G product development.
• 03/04 HWI team established
• 07/15/04 Phase 2 staff all on-board (110)
• 10/08/04 Phase 3 recruiting started (100 by
  7/05)
• 11/05/04 Nanjing LT Telecom Co. established

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A Few Things About Nanjing

• City history goes back 2470 years, capital of 10
  dynasties, has long been a culture center of
  China.
• Capital of JianSu province, city population 6.4
  million. 20 million in one hour drive circle.
  Key city in Yangzhi Delta.
• GDP gt 2000. Annual Increasing 12.. Top ten city
  in China in terms of economic development
• Among Top 3 in Education and RD, with BJ and
  SH. 48 universities and colleges, 430k students,
  annual graduates 100k.
• Nanjing graduates are considered high quality,
  lower wage, all fields, relatively more stable.
• Major industry Petrochemical, Auto, Electronics
  IT.
• Strong interest in further developing the
  Software industry, supported by many favorable
  government policies practices.
• Lucent competitors presence Motorola, Ericsson,
  Hua Wei, Siemens, ZTE.

For LT Human Resource, Gov Support, Market
opportunity
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LT Mobility RD Nanjing Center
Nanjing Center Staffing
Profile
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LT Mobility RD Nanjing Center
Nanjing Project Direction

• 3G Technology product development
• Mobile Switching Center (MSC, ECP, BSC) Software
  components development for Lucents global 3G
  products
• Technical Support (ECP SW, BST HW) for Lucents
  customers and business teams in China

• Outlook for Nanjing Center
• Growing RD team in size (300 staff and beyond)
• Expanding development scope, new project, HW.

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Challenges

• Fast growing organization and staff training
• Build organization and grow local management
  atthe same time
• Integrating with global RD community
• Capital investment Software Co
• RD Lab equipment Import tax
• Culture management style

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Thank you
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Bell Labs Awards

• Eleven Nobel Laureates
• 1937 Wave Nature of Matter, (Clinton J.
  Davisson)
• 1956 Transistor (John Bardeen,Walter H.
  Brattain, William Shockley)
• 1977 Local Electronic States in Solids (Philip
  W. Anderson)
• 1978 Radio Astronomy (Arno A. Penzias, Robert
  W. Wilson)
• 1997 Optical Trapping (Steven Chu)
• 1998 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect 1998 (Horst
  Stormer,
• Robert C. Laughlin, Daniel C. Tsui)

• 9 US National Medals of Science
• 8 US National Medals of Technology
• 40,000 patents since 1925, 4/working day now
• In the past few years important achievement by
  Bell Labs include
• - The first all optical router
• - Software that makes web content
  accessible by telephone
• - A record for the fastest transmission of
  data over fiber
• - A new material that may be useful for
  working plastic semiconductor chips

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Bell Labs in China
Other Considerations

• Global RD Localization
• Multi location
• R before D
• Software first than Hardware and System
• Pre-sales support and product support
• Intellectual Property Protection
• US laws and regulations Export Control, FCPA

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LT Mobility RD Nanjing Center
Recruiting Process

• Campus Market recruit
• Channel job ads (newspaper, internet,
  internal referral, BBS), campus visit
  agent (FESCO)
• Campus recruit (Oct), Report-to-work (April
  July)
• Screening and interview

3,200
1,600
850
370
315
Resume Received Selected Candidates
Interviewed Offers