Qiao Xing Universal Telephone has announced that its subsidiary, CEC Telecom (CECT) has joined with the telecommunications operator China Communication (CCC) and technology supplier Shenzhen Rongine Technology (Rongine), to manufacture and market the first batch of satellite navigation terminal products including GPS/GSM mobile phone that accord with the national standard in the near future.
Under the agreement among the three parties, with the technological support from Rongine, CECT will manufacture at least 500,000 units of GPS/GSM mobile phones for China Communication to launch to the China market on an annual basis.
A press conference was held in Beijing on August 11 to announce this new project, drawing wide media coverage. Scores of senior officials and reporters from the State Council of PRC, Xinhua News Agency and CCTV were present at the press conference.
The satellite navigation terminal products to be produced by CECT include the GPS/GSM mobile phone.
One special feature of this new phone is that the user can access the GSM network being operated by China Mobile and China Unicom, and China Communication's GPS service network.
Multiple functions make it more useful than previously existing GPS receivers. The new GPS/GSM mobile phones are also affordable for the general public, with their price level being no more than middle-end GSM mobile phones.
According to the Vice President of CCC, and other industry commentators, the satellite navigation industry- to which the Chinese government attaches great emphasis- is now one of eight major wireless industries and the third fastest-growing IT industry in the country.
Vice president of Rongine, Mr. Liu Jin Shu, said, "All of the three parties cooperating on this project are outstanding players in the field of Navigation Application Technology and in the manufacturing of telecommunications terminal products and telecommunications service operations. This cooperation will benefit all three parties."
Mr. Wu Zhi Yang, the CEO of CECT, said, "thanks for our partners' confidence in our technology, production management and quality control. We are sure our cooperation will make a significant contribution to the development of China's satellite navigation application industry."
