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Rumor: Winners of TD-SCDMA Handset Tender Revealed

CCTIME, 5/25/12

According to an informed industry source, among the major participants in China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) Q2 2012 TD-SCDMA handset tender, including Chinese telecom equipment and terminal manufacturers ZTE (0763.HK; 000063.SZ), Huawei, Yulong (Coolpad), Lenovo (0992.HK), T-Smart, and Hisense, only ZTE, T-Smart, and Hisense one bids. ZTE, T-Smart, and Hisense each won a bid for one handset model apiece. Wireless baseband chipset provider Spreadtrum's SC8810, a 1GHz TD-SCDMA Android platform, was reportedly the tender's biggest winner.

The Q2 2012 tender, by which China Mobile's terminal subsidiary sought to procure 6 mln TD-SCDMA handsets from a total of seven TD-SCDMA handset models, was launched in April 2012. Over a dozen venders participated in the bidding.

Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Rumor: China Mobile Begins Q2 2012 Handset Tender" MD 5/15/12 issue.

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