More China IP Communications Stories
August 08, 2012
TMCnet Contributor
China-based Spreadtrum Communications (News - Alert) announced the commercial availability of the Hisense T96 smartphone for China Mobile consumers. Spreadtrum is a fabless semiconductor company using advanced wireless communications technology, including 2G, 3G and 4G.
“Supporting the rapid development of the domestic 3G smartphone market, Hisense has now released this dual-core high-performance smartphone with Android 4.0 for China Mobile (News - Alert) consumers,” said Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum’s president and CEO. “We are pleased to support Hisense and the development of the domestic 3G industry with our TD-SCDMA modem technology.”
Spreadtrum develops mobile chipset platforms for smartphones, feature phones and other consumer electronics products, supporting 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards.
Spreadtrum’s solutions synergize the highly efficient chipsets with customizable software and reference designs, enabling faster, more cost-effective design cycles.
According to officials, the Hisense (News - Alert) T96 for China Mobile optimizes the TD-SCDMA smartphone experience, as a dual-core smartphone with Android 4.0 that leverages Spreadtrum’s TD-SCDMA modem, the SC8803G and the SR3200 RF transceiver.
Hisense T96 dual-core TD smartphone features a four-inch screen. T96 integrates a 1GHz dual-core processor, an independent GPU, a UI interface and supports 1080p HD video playback.
“Spreadtrum has an excellent ability in chip design and provides us with cost-effective products,” said Mr. Yang Wenlin, general manager of Hisense (Qingdao) Co, Ltd. “The release of the Hisense T96 marks Hisense together with Spreadtrum's deepening cooperation with China Mobile. In the future, Hisense will continue to improve the consumers’ experience, promoting 3G development of the Chinese market with outstanding performance of our products.”
Qingdao Hisense Communication is a mobile terminal solution supplier which supplies products including mobile handsets, Linux OS Smartphones, wireless modules, PC cards and industry customized terminal products based on CDMA, 1X/EVDO, GMS (News - Alert)/GPRS and TD-CDMA.
Recently, Advantest Corporation installed its 500th V93000 Port Scale RF test at the engineering development laboratory of Spreadtrum Communications. Advantest is a source of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry and a manufacturer of measuring instruments.
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Edited by Braden Becker