Chipset venture will help bridge transition to 3G | SCMP

Philips Electronics yesterday announced a new joint venture to design and licence chipsets that would support time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) technology.

In addition, Philips said it expected the chipsets would account for at least 20 per cent of the mainland's mobile-telephone market by 2008.

Johan Pross, chief executive of T3G Technology - a joint venture set up yesterday between Philips, Samsung Electronics and Datang Mobile Communications Equipment - declined to provide the capital or shares held by the three partners.

The company will provide reference designs, hardware and software for TD-SCDMA handsets, which are due to reach the mainland market in 2004. more