Mobile investment of 600 million yuan to promote the development of TD-SCDMA terminal

Xinhua Beijing, May 17 (Xinhua Feng, Liu Chrysanthemum) China Mobile 17th with 9 mobile phone manufacturers and 3 chip manufacturers signed the "Joint Research and Development" Cooperation agreement shows that China Mobile will invest 600 million yuan terminal special incentive funds, while driving the input of cooperation manufacturers, the total will be the third generation of mobile communications (3G) "China standard　　"TD-SCDMA terminal industry chain injected more than 1.2 billion yuan in 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.　　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 size of 600 million yuan support, with handset terminal manufacturers and chip manufacturers jointly develop and design to meet market demand for TD-SCDMA terminal products. The 2009 TD-SCDMA Terminal Joint research and Development project includes "flagship broadband Internet handsets" and "low-cost 3G handsets", which are listed at the end of this year and next year, according to Chinese mobile officials. 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, the market price of 1000 yuan below. China Mobile's open bidding results show that the "flagship broadband internet mobile phone" project has 6 bids, the Chinese mobile in the project total investment of about 310 million yuan, "low-cost 3G mobile Phone" project has won the bid for 5 projects, China Mobile in the total investment of about 290 million yuan.