ST-Ericsson to cooperate with China Mobile on TD-LTE

(Thomson Reuters ONE) - ST-Ericsson strengthens strategic partnership with China Mobile to drive TD-LTE developmentGeneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2010 - ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wirelessplatforms and semiconductors, announced today it will cooperate with ChinaMobile on TD-LTE development and will support a demonstration of TD-LTE atShanghai World EXPO in 2010.ST-Ericsson will also actively participate on other TD-LTE projects organized byChina Mobile, including trial and interoperability testing (IOT) withinfrastructure vendors.Bill Huang, General Manager of China Mobile Research Institute, said: "ChinaMobile andST-Ericsson are co-operating very successfully on TD-SCDMA technology and we arehappy to extend our partnership into the TD-LTE area and then multi-modetechnologies in future. We share a common goal of creating a global LTE marketencompassing both TDD and FDD technologies.""For more than five years, ST-Ericsson has been driving innovation in mobilebroadband technology and services, through the development, and now thedeployment, of LTE," said Magnus Hansson, Senior Vice President and head of LTEand 3G Modem Solutions division at ST-Ericsson. "We will bring this experienceand expertise to bear as we work with China Mobile to develop a platform forTD-LTE devices, which will bring this advanced technology, and the excitingservices it will enable, a big step closer to commercial reality."Based on its flexible architecture and its already established leadership inTD-SCDMA,ST-Ericsson will evolve its modem portfolio during 2010 to support a variety ofmulti-mode solutions, now also including TD-LTE.Notes to editorsTD-LTE is Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for use in Time Division Duplex(TDD) spectrum.ST-Ericsson's key milestones in LTE: * In December 2009, ST-Ericsson and Ericsson were first to achieve LTE and HSPA mobility with a multimode device. Read more at www.stericsson.com/press_releases/LTE_HSPA.jsp * 2009: Fully working LTE chipset available and interoperability testing of the platform with operators * 2008: Platform interoperability tests activities initiated with network vendors * 2007: First handheld LTE prototype available and first handheld public demonstration at Mobile World Congress in 2008 * 2004-2005: ST-Ericsson started research and standardization activities related to LTEAbout ST-EricssonST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a complete portfolioof innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless semiconductor solutionsacross the broad spectrum of mobile technologies. The company is a leadingsupplier to the top handset manufacturers and ST-Ericsson's products andtechnologies enable more than half of all phones in use today.  The companygenerated pro-forma sales of about USD 2.7 billion in 2009.  ST-Ericsson wasestablished as a 50/50 joint venture by STMicroelectronics and Ericsson inFebruary 2009, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. More information onST-Ericsson is available at www.stericsson.com .FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:Media RelationsPhone: +41 22 930 2733Email: media.relations(at)stericsson.com Investor RelationsPhone: +41 22 929 6973Email: investor.relations(at)stericsson.com[HUG#1384729] Press release: http://hugin.info/141758/R/1384729/343447.pdf

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