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China's Largest Local Handset Manufacturer Selects Motorola's Innovative ConvergenceTM Platform to Power Scalable Cellular Solutions
TCL Mobile Communications Chooses Motorola's i.200 Enhanced Voice and i.250 GSM/GPRS Platforms for Feature-Rich Applications
AUSTIN, Texas - November 19, 2002 - TCL Mobile Communication, a powerful, high-tech joint venture member of China's largest manufacturer of electronic devices - TCL Holdings Co., Ltd. - is adopting Motorola Inc.'s (NYSE:MOT) i.200 and i.250 Innovative Convergence(tm) platforms to develop advanced handsets for delivery of voice and high-speed data services to consumers and mobile professionals.
The advanced i.200 and the i.250 platforms for 2G enhanced voice and 2.5G cellular handsets and smartphones offer TCL a complete product portfolio, ranging from voice centric applications to GPRS rich data features such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Java(tm) 2 Micro Edition (J2ME(tm)), Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), as well as built-in camera functionality for handheld devices.
"Our rapid growth over the past year demands reliable and rapid product enhancements as we strive to deliver the highest quality GSM/GPRS handsets to millions of consumers," said Dr. Wan Mingjian, CEO of TCL Mobile Communication. "For this, we were looking for a fully scalable platform for designing and developing handsets and smartphones in a high-potential, high-growth environment. Motorola provides us with advanced wireless and semiconductor experience. The i.200/i.250 gives us comprehensive, fully integrated platforms for rapid implementation of next generation handsets for high volume production at low cost."
Established in 1999, TCL Mobile Communication recently announced that it will boost its annual mobile phone capacity from the current 3 million to 12 million units by the end of 2002. Already a leading designer and manufacturer of GSM/GPRS handsets, TCL plans to expand its production schedule and strengthen its market position by leveraging the time-to-market and cost advantages offered by Motorola's Innovative Convergence wireless platforms.
"Today's announcement with TCL marks our 10th major Innovative Convergence customer win since January," said Pete Shinyeda, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Wireless and Broadband Systems Group. "Motorola is redefining wireless and forging a de facto industry standard that offers designers and manufacturers one-stop shopping to create smaller, cost-effective wireless communications products with advanced battery power performance. This provides consumers with effective use of rich features such as multimedia, J2ME, EMS, MMS and built-in cameras."
Innovative Convergence platforms feature a highly integrated chipset, comprehensive reference designs, field-proven GSM/GPRS software and development tools, as well as test environments and services. This complete system approach allows customers such as TCL to focus their resources on product differentiation and customizing handset features to fulfill their customers' requirements.
In addition, Motorola's i.200 and i.250 platforms enable OEMs and ODMs to reduce development time by as much as six months and reduce systems costs through a lower component count. The i.200 platform is an entry-level GSM platform for voice and enhanced voice-only applications. Specifically, the advantages of the i.200 Innovative Convergence platform include flexibility and scalability, offering migration paths from 2G to 2.5G and 3G protocols.
About Motorola's Innovative Convergence Solutions
Motorola offers a portfolio of Innovative Convergence platforms and products to help customers quickly address the converging mobile computing and wireless communications markets. The portfolio includes: the i.200, i.250 and i.300 wireless platforms; the DragonBall(tm) family of applications processors to drive multimedia applications; an industry-leading J2ME reference implementation that provides wireless device designers with the most up-to-date software for quick integration of Java(tm) applications; image capture technology to enable imaging and real-time video; and Bluetooth? solutions engineered to deliver high-quality Bluetooth-enabled applications.
The Innovative Convergence platform is designed to expedite handset development and manufacturing process by organizing the tools and pieces of the solution into three major development environments. These environments include:
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE) - features a comprehensive hardware and software environment, integrating the advanced GSM/GPRS chipset, handset reference design, GSM software engine with field-proven GPRS and user interface toolkit, and an application development system.
- Radio Test Environment (RTE) - includes tools for configuring features, testing and fine-tuning radio performance.
- Manufacturing Test Environment (MTE) - provides software and manufacturing adaptation tools and services so a customer can decrease manufacturing set-up time by quickly ramping up a production line.
About TCL Mobile Communication
TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. is a member of TCL communication industrial group which belongs to one of the largest producers of electronic devices in China --- TCL Holdings Co., Ltd. TCL Mobile is a hi-tech joint venture committed to R&D, manufacturing and sales of mobile terminal products, and, along with other Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, is greatly supported by the State Development Planning Commission and the Ministry of Information Industry (MII). In 2001, TCL Mobile reported cell phone sales of 1.5 million units, with $36 million in revenue. More information on TCL Mobile is located on the World Wide Web at www.tclmobile.com.cn
About Motorola
As the world's # 1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNA? system-on-chip solutions for a connected world. Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $4.9 billion (USD) in 2001. www.motorola.com/semiconductors
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