TTPCom opens office in Shenzhen for development of 3G, EDGE phones

August 2, 2004

TTPCom, the supplier of digital wireless technology, announces the opening of a new technical support office in Shenzhen, southern China. TTPCom has been active in China for many years and its growing customer base includes many of the country's handset manufacturers such as TCL, ZTE, Soutec and China Kejian. The company already has a technical support office in Shanghai and is now building a team of engineers in Shenzhen to work closely with customers in the area and in particular to focus on shortening development times for market-leading, innovative wireless products.

"Many of our customers are achieving significant volume sales both in China and in export markets, and to enable them to maintain the momentum of growth it is essential that we build up our local support teams", stated Dr Miles Upton, Commercial Director of TTPCom's Software Business Unit. "China is already the world's largest market for mobile phones and is continuing to expand at a fast pace - those manufacturers that are developing innovative, differentiated products with TTPCom's technology are finding that they can build up a profitable business very quickly."

"There is a lot of interest in China in the next generation technologies of 3G and EDGE and the local operators are already conducting EDGE trials which will soon open up the world's largest mobile phone market for EDGE products," said Wang Yun, General Manager of TTPCom's Shanghai office. "To facilitate the transfer of expertise in 3G and EDGE, TTPCom is seconding several of its UK engineers to China and at the same time we are recruiting the very best Chinese engineers for our new office in Shenzhen and for our existing office in Shanghai."