The CDMA mobile communication system, which is capable of monitoring and dispatching fishing boats, locate fishing boats that give alarms, realize timely rescue and set up a temporary communication network made up of fishing boat that give alarms, reuse boats and monitoring center, will be employed to guarantee the safety of fishery production in China

As reporter with People's Daily learned from a signing ceremony between China Fishery Command Center and China Unicom, the CDMA mobile communication system will provide value-added services like weather forecast, safety warning to navigation etc. to fishermen. The system will be put to trial in South China Sea, East China Sea and Bohai Sea. With special mobile terminals, the system can offer all functions of a mobile phone. It can also function like walkie-talkie.

By People's Daily Online