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News Release from: RFI Global Services
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 November 2005
Joint venture to support Chinese handset
makers
A new joint venture between RFI Global Services and Radio Sky will provide Chinese manufacturers with mobile performance testing in Beijing.
RFI Global Services has signed a joint venture agreement with Radio Sky, a commercial enterprise with investment by the Chinese State Radio Monitoring Centre (SRMC) RFI is a majority shareholder in the venture RFI China, and through this agreement will provide Chinese manufacturers with mobile performance testing in Beijing using test platforms that include the Rohde and Schwarz TS8950GW, CRTU-G and CRTU-W
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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These platforms enable testing of handsets being developed for overseas markets including Europe and the USA, for GSM/GPRS and EGPRS technologies in the 850, 900, 1800 and 1900MHz frequency band ranges.
In addition testing of W-CDMA will also be available.
"The primary focus of the joint venture is to provide quality local support to Chinese manufacturers wishing to export their products", said Stephen Kirk, CEO of RFI.
"RFI's relationship with Radio Sky is a major milestone for RFI, reinforcing our commitment to the Asia market".
"As a partner, Radio Sky provides not only significant knowledge of the local market but a strong technical background in RF product testing and standardisation".
"We recognise that not only is there a large domestic market in China for GSM and in the future 3G, but also an increase in R and D centres for many mobile phone manufacturers".
"The Chinese State Radio Monitoring Centre is confident that setting up the Joint Venture with RFI will be an important attempt for Chinese testing market to gradually adopt the practices of the international market".
"The Joint Venture will enhance the international testing capabilities of Radio Sky, leveraged on its domestic testing and accreditation services in China", commented Yin Jixin, Chairman of Radio Sky.
"More importantly, the Joint Venture will be able to provide a one-stop testing and accreditation platform to better serve Chinese domestic and multinational manufacturers", Yin added.
According to his expectation, Radio Sky will benefit significantly from the advanced management systems and operational experiences which will be brought into the joint venture by RFI.
This venture is part of RFI's expanding commitment to Asia, following the recent appointment of Colin Forrester, as Regional Manager to develop new business in the Asia region while supporting RFI's existing partnerships that include ELA in Japan and VMK in Korea.
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