China Joint Venture Studies Internet Centers

HONG KONG (02/03/2000) - Canadian company Concept Industries Inc., negotiating a joint venture with a Chinese telecommunications carrier, has hired Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) to investigate the prospects for Internet data centers in China, Concept said this week.

British Columbia-based Concept in December reached agreement with the Beijing branch of state-owned Jitong Telecommunications Co. Ltd. to establish a joint venture for Internet operating centers in China. Concept officials met with a Jitong executive last week to discuss the data centers and introduce an e-commerce business software solution, according to a statement from Concept.

The Beijing and Hong Kong offices of EDS will study the Internet industry in China and the feasibility of setting up Internet data centers, which would include facilities for high-speed Internet server links and server housing.

Concept and Jitong said in a December statement that they hope to provide e-commerce server hosting that meets Western standards, to serve Western companies as they enter the China market. The Internet centers also would host dial-up, leased line, and microwave Internet access. (See "Chinese Telecom Provider Plans 'Net Centers," Dec. 23, 1999.)Concept has its roots in the paging business and holds a paging license in Shandong Province.

Jitong Telecommunications is a division of Jitong Communications Co. Ltd., administered by China's Ministry of Information Industry. It is based in Beijing and can be reached on the Internet at http://www.jitong.com. Concept Industries is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and can be found on the Web at http://www.concept-industries.com. EDS is based in Plano, Texas, and can be reached at http://www.eds.com.

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