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GSM backer Craig Ehrlich tips migration to one technology

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A chance to work for Asia's superman Li Ka-shing lured Craig Ehrlich to Hong Kong more than two decades ago. He hasn't looked back.

Carving out a career in the city's highly competitive telecommunications market, Mr Ehrlich gained a reputation as an astute operator in an industry where mistakes are not easily forgiven.

After holding senior positions in Mr Li's sprawling telecommunications and media empire, Mr Ehrlich went his own way by helping found mobile operator Sunday Communications in 1996.

Then leaving Sunday in 2001, he took on a wide-ranging role as chairman of the GSM Association, representing the world's dominant mobile technology.

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Mr Ehrlich has since rejoined the Li fold and is now a director of Hutchison Whampoa.

Along the way, he married one of Hong Kong's top political and environmental figures, Christine Loh Kung-wai.

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