China Mobile to sign joint research and development agreement with 12 companies

The new measures to promote the development of TD-SCDMA industry are announced on the day of World Telecom Day. May 17, the TD-SCDMA Terminal Special incentive funds joint research and Development project signing ceremony held in Beijing, China Mobile and 9 mobile phone manufacturers and 3 chip manufacturers signed the "Joint Research and Development" Cooperation agreement. China Mobile will invest 600 million yuan, at the same time to promote the input of cooperative manufacturers, the total will be the TD-SCDMA terminal industry chain injected more than 1.2 billion yuan of research and development funds.　　This has created a precedent of "joint research and development" between operators and terminals and chip manufacturers in China. As the first international standard with independent intellectual property rights, TD-SCDMA is an important milestone in China's national strategy of promoting independent innovation.　　With the strong support of the party Central Committee, the State Council and relevant government departments, the TD-SCDMA industrial chain has worked together to achieve rapid development. To speed up the process of TD-SCDMA terminal products, China Mobile officially launched the "TD-SCDMA Terminal Special incentive funds joint research and development project" Tender in March 13 this year. The result of the recent bidding is announced, and finally, there are 9 handset manufacturers and 3 chip manufacturers winning the bid. In this project, China Mobile will provide the total scale of 600 million yuan of capital support, with handset terminal manufacturers and chip manufacturers to develop and design to meet market demand for TD-SCDMA terminal products.　　Government departments of the joint Research and development projects in the efficiency of the use of funds and the implementation process have put forward strict requirements. According to reports, 2009 TD-SCDMA Terminal Joint research and development of the project included: "Flagship broadband internet phone" and "Low-cost 3G mobile phone." The flagship broadband Internet mobile phone on product design, Internet experience, business experience and other aspects of the high demand, hardware and software integration research and development is difficult.　　Low-priced mobile phones for chip solutions, machine integration and cost control requirements are high. To this end, China Mobile through the open tendering method to select project partners, mobile phone manufacturers and chip program manufacturers to jointly bid. The results of the bidding show: "The flagship broadband Internet mobile phone project has 6 bids, respectively is the motorcycle-days, samsung-Acer, Yulong-Core, Dopod-days, lg-, ZTE-Core, China Mobile in the project total investment of about 310 million yuan, low-cost 3G mobile phone" project has 5 of the winning bid,　　Respectively: The core-ZTE, Core-LG, exhibition-Hisense, exhibition-New mail, the Acer-Huawei, China Mobile in the project total investment of about 290 million yuan. China Mobile's total investment of 600 million yuan, at the same time, also stimulated the cooperation of cooperative manufacturers to invest enthusiasm, the first issue is to win the Samsung, motorcycles, LG and other international brands, as well as a large number of domestic brands, their input will not be less than China Mobile's investment scale, a total of TD-SCDMA terminal industry chain to bring more than 1.2 billion It is reported that the Nokia Company and China Mobile on TD-SCDMA cooperation has been very useful discussion. Nokia said it would devote its full effort to the TD-SCDMA terminal ProductsResearch and Development, China Mobile said it supports Nokia's strategic investment and will expand the depth of its cooperation with Nokia.　　It is reported that this model has been the State Council to deepen the reform of the telecommunications system leadership group, the Ministry of Industry and Information technology attaches great importance and strong support, and the success of the project placed high expectations, that this will add new vitality to the development of the TD-SCDMA industry. Industry experts believe that operators and terminals, chip manufacturers "joint research and development" in China's telecommunications industry is the first time, creating a precedent for the industry.　　In the current stage of the development of TD-SCDMA industry, China Mobile is the first to try and push forward "joint research and Development", which fully embodies the confidence and determination of Chinese mobile in the industry leading innovation ability and promoting the development of TD-SCDMA industry. China Mobile also said that the joint research and development model is only one of the measures to promote the development of TD-SCDMA terminal in China Mobile, with the strong support of the government, China Mobile will introduce measures such as terminal sales subsidy and deep cooperation, which will promote the development of TD-SCDMA industry.