Ericsson and Amoi in China Signs Contract for 3G Mobile Platforms

Business Wire, Nov 11, 2004

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Amoi Electronics Company, a premier handset brand in China, has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Mobile Platforms as their 3G platform supplier. This license agreement further underlines Ericsson Mobile Platforms leadership in WCDMA.

Ericsson Mobile Platforms has licensed its WCDMA platform U100 to Amoi. The U100 is commercially proven, a highly integrated, rich-multimedia enabled dual mode mobile platform supporting WCDMA and GSM/GPRS.

"We are very pleased that Amoi, a premier brand and one of the largest domestic manufacturers in China, has selected our WCDMA platform for their 3G product portfolio," said Sandeep Chennakeshu, president of Ericsson Mobile Platforms.

"The decision to select Ericsson Mobile Platforms for our 3G portfolio is based on our experience in working with Ericsson on GSM/GPRS and their leadership in 3G," said Li XiaoZhong, CEO of Amoi. "We were impressed by the U100's technical performance and stability. We clearly see the benefits in Ericsson Mobile Platforms' architecture as it enables re-use of our application suite and know-how from our GPRS platform projects."

This is the second agreement between the two companies. The first agreement (previously announced in April 2004) covered the G100 and the G200 platform products, which are complete GSM/GPRS platforms from Ericsson Mobile Platforms.

Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

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About Ericsson Mobile Platforms

Ericsson Mobile Platforms offers a complete, end-to-end interoperability tested platform portfolio across 2,5 and 3G. A common software platform for GSM/GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA terminals enabling application portability, stability, security, state-of-the-art power consumption and size.

Ericsson Mobile Platforms portfolio offering includes reference design, platform software, ASIC's and development boards, core applications and UI toolkit, development and test tools, industrialization solution, support, training and documentation.

The technology is based on Ericsson's global standardization leadership and the world's strongest Intellectual Property Rights for 2.5 and 3G systems. Ericsson Mobile Platforms is wholly owned company within the Ericsson Group.

Read more at http://www.ericsson.com/press and http://www.ericsson.com/mobileplatforms

About Amoi Electronics Company Ltd.

Amoi Electronics Company Limited originates from Xiamen Solid Electronic Limited in 1981 and is listed at the Shanghai Stock Exchange since June 1997. It is headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian in Peoples Republic of China. Amoi's business range covers GSM/GPRS mobile phones, PHS handsets, LCD TVs, DLP rear-projection TVs as well as Notebook computer.

Amoi Electronics Co. Ltd. is one of the leading domestic manufacturers of mobile phones in China. At present, Amoi has a product research and development team of 1000 people and established R&D institutes in Xiamen, Shanghai and Nanjing respectively. By responding to market trend in swiftest manner and concentrating on practical application, the company is aiming at bringing unique experience to customers in each individual market segment.

Read more at http://www.amoi.com.cn