MONTHLY REPORT

Li Pin

April 2003

 

I MARKETING

Market news

1.      For 2002, in China household computer market, NO 1 is Legend, 37%, NO 2 is Founder, 11%, and NO 3 is Hengsheng, 9.1%. They are all Chinese brands.

           http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/m/2003-04-10/075617677
           Chinese version

2.      China's "Little Smart" Users Grow To 15 Million By End-March

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Growth in the number of suubscribers to the discount wireless phone service known as "Little Smart" accelerated in the first quarter of 2003, thanks to a looser regulatory environment, an industry executive said.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030417/0437000492_1.html

3. SOHU.COM Reports First Quarter 2003 Financial Results

 

First Quarter Net Income of 12 Cents Per Share and Revenue Growth of 218%

 

Highlights for the first quarter 2003:
     *  US GAAP net income of US$4.6 million, or US$ 0.12 per diluted share
        was a US$6.8 million improvement from the Q1 2002 net loss of US$2.2
        million or US$0.06 per diluted share
     *  Revenues rise 218% year-on-year to US$14.4 million
     *  11th consecutive quarter of double-digit quarterly sequential revenue
        growth
     *  Advertising revenues rise 78% year-on-year to US$4.5 million, with
        positive outlook for 2003 China online marketing spend
     *  Non-advertising revenues jump 392% year-on-year to US$9.9 million
        through sustained conversion of SOHU's user base into consumers
     *  Gross margins reach record high of 64%
     *  Operating profit margins of 30% in Q1 2003 demonstrate scalability of
        the business model

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030423/lnw011_1.html

 

  1. SINA Reports First Quarter 2003 Financial Results

 

Reports Record Revenues of $18.1 Million, US GAAP Net Income of $3.4 Million

 

SHANGHAI, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003--SINA Corporation (Nasdaq:SINA - News), a leading online media company and value-added information service provider for China and for global Chinese communities, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003:

·                     Net income for the quarter grew to $3.4 million; or $0.07 per diluted share

·                     Net revenues for the quarter grew by 155% year-over-year to a record $18.1 million

·                     Non-advertising revenues for the quarter grew by 412% year-over-year to $10.8 million and accounted for 60% of the total revenues

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030424/245936_1.html

  1. China Mobile 1Q Net CNY8.98 Billion Vs CNY8.18 Billion

Net profit at China's biggest mobile-telephony provider in the three months ended March 31 rose 9.7% to 8.98 billion yuan ($1=CNY8.28) from CNY8.18 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose 10% to CNY37.65 billion from CNY34.21 billion.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030421/1946001083_2.html

 

  1. China Adds 5.09 Million Mobile Users In Mar; Total 221.5 Million

 

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China added a total of 5.09 million new mobile phone subscribers in March, state media reported Tuesday, but the growth rate for the first quarter slowed compared with last year, while fixed-line growth accelerated

 

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030422/0634000759_1.html

 

  1. China Telecom/Earnings: Flexible Pricing For Companies

 

China Telecom's revenue grew 10% to CNY75.50 billion from CNY68.55 billion a year earlier.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030424/0403000603_1.html

 

  1. China Telecom Shares Up On Solid Results, Attractive Price

 

The company Thursday reported a net profit of 16.86 billion yuan (US$1= CNY8.28), up 13% from 14.9 billion a year ago excluding a one-time asset revaluation.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030425/0832000345_1.html

  1. China United Tel To Offer Yao Ming Game On CDMA Phones

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's number-two mobile provider will this summer launch a video game for its phone service using code division multiple access technology featuring the Chinese basketball star Yao Ming.

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030430/0438000815_1.html

10. China Unicom First-Quarter 2003 Net Profit CNY1.29 Billion

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030429/1104001157_2.html

11. China Unicom Q1 results fail to inspire investors

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030430/telecoms_china_unicom_1.html

  1. NetEase.com Announces Strong First Quarter Results

Continued revenue growth of 23.2% over preceding quarter results in further enhanced gross margins of 77.9% , Company achieves operating profit of RMB63.6 million (US$7.7 million) and net profit of RMB68.9 million (US$8.3 million), or US$0.27 per American Depositary Share (basic)

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030428/285869_1.html

13. NetEase Wins With Online Gaming

             http://www.forbes.com/2003/04/29/cz_rf_0429netease.html?partner=yahoo&referrer=

Banner reports:

Here is the weekly 14 banner report URL:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner14.html

Week 15 banner report URL:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner15.html

Week 16 banner report URL:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner16.html

Week 17 Banner report URL:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner17.html

 

II SALES

For April,

In google, simplified got 653 clicks, and traditional got 2069 clicks.

In 888tests, total sold 35 tests, and 2 from simplified 33 from traditional.

The total revenue is $107.9, and $4.23 from simplified and $103.67 from traditional.

The total net revenue is -$36.56.

In XITI, 4477 visitors from simplified, and 20783 visitors from traditional.

 

III PRODUCT

1.      Did final translation of the 20 pages decision in this week.

2.      EQ TEST: The last week I translated total 5 pages of EQ test.

3.    Translated the presentation of ANXA.

4.    Translated the letter to our partner.

IV CRM

1.      Daily quality control.

2.      This month I total received 12 emails, and mostly complain about in case they don’t have credit card, and two ask co-operation, so I am contacting with iq188 now.

3.      Every Tuesday I send FX weekly support report.

V SEARCH WORK AND REPORT

1.      Information of Baidu, I don’t mention more here, it is in my weekly report April 5-11.

2.      Make co-branding study of SINA, SOHU, NETEASE, and it is in my weekly report April 12-18.

3.      Make a research study of K-Java, it is in my weekly report April 19-25.

4.      Make a research study of BREW, it is in my weekly report April 26-May 2.

5.      Make a comparison report of SINA, SOHU, NETEASE

6.      Make a comparison report of China Mobile, China telecom and China Unicom.

http://www.eurobytes.com/anxa/suzanneanxa/marketing/china/cnk.html

VI OTHER TASKS

1.      Attend weekly meeting, discuss market information and market plan.

2.      Make the weekly sales report every week.

3.      Attended Training meeting, and learn more about the affiliate, and register [email protected] in tradedoubler.com, and choose 10 programs made a banner page.

4.      We changed the ticket is free but report is need pay, then now we sale became much better than before.

5.      Still on working on payment solution.

6.      We also made the decision to change our page; the users will need register to get our free ticket.

7.       Got the basic information or iq 188.

 

 

 

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