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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 March 2002
TI commits to
Chinese technology solutions
Texas Instruments has invested in a newly formed Chinese technology solutions company, Commit
The new venture is China's first joint stock limited company with a focus on the needs of 3G multimedia terminal solutions in China. The company will initially design and develop future wireless devices, such as TD-SCDMA standard wireless handsets, based on TI's family of high-performance, power efficient OMAP application processors and wireless modems.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 March 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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TI's Chairman, CEO and President Thomas J Engibous, along with senior executives of industry leaders, were in Beijing on Wednesday to announce the formation of Commit.
The new venture is supported by 17 companies, including core promoters, such as: TI, China PTIC Information Industry Corp, China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), Nokia (China) Investment Company and LG Electronics.
Commit (China Open Multimedia Information Terminal) signifies the company's commitment to deliver total solutions for China's communications, computer and consumer (3C) markets.
As the market leader in wireless technology, TI's OMAP processors were chosen to power a set of 3G handheld solutions to be developed by the new venture.
Commit has chosen Philippe Gaglione of Texas Instruments as the CTO of the company.
'We have brought together the world's most respected experts and leaders in their respective fields.
Commit will not only offer the best solutions for handheld data and multimedia-centric applications, but also will become a benchmark in China as a world-class technology solutions provider', said Ouyang Zhongmou, chairman of the board of Commit, and president of PTIC.
'China is already the world's largest wireless communications market.
Being close to the market, it gives us a solid foundation to better understand consumer needs, thereby developing our own core technologies to serve the market'.
'Commit will take dreams of advanced wireless communications and turn them into reality here in China', said TI's Engibous.
'On behalf of all of Commit's foreign partners, I want to say that we are excited about the possibilities this venture represents'.
Located in Shanghai, Commit will be involved in open multimedia information product development, based on China's TD-SCDMA standard.
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