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Philips, Samsung, Datang form JV for China's3G chips |
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(01/20/2003 2:50 AM EST) URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10800493 |
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BEIJING -- Royal Philips Electronics NV, Samsung Electronics Co. have formed a joint venture with Datang Mobile Communications Co. to develop chip designs for the TD-SCDMA 3G mobile communications technology standard being adopted by China, according to a Dow Jones Business News report.
The joint-venture is called Beijing T3G Technology Co., the report said. It fulfills an agreement made by the three companies in December 2002. It also follows on from an agreement made between Datang and STMicroelectronics and announced last week (see January 16 story ), which licenses STMicroelectronics with intellectual property to help it make TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) chips.
The investements being made by Philips, Samsung, and Datang in Beijing T3G and the proportions of the venture they own, were not disclosed in the report.
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