Spreadtrum Powers Dual-SIM Dual-active TD-SCDMA Smartphone

Spreadtrum Communications recently announced plans regarding its SC8810 1GHz TD-SCDMA smartphone platform. According to Spreadtrum, the SC8810 1GHz TD-SCDMA smartphone platform will power the Huawei T8808D, a dual-SIM dual-active smartphone for China Mobile consumers. For the uninitiated, Spreadtrum Communications is a fabless semiconductor provider in China with expertise in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards. It deploys power-efficient chipsets with customizable software with reference designs in a comprehensive turnkey platform to ensure faster and lower development cost.

Given that the Huawei T8808D is a dual-SIM dual-active smartphone, there is maximum flexibility when it comes to management of operator service fees. The dual-SIM function lets customers choose the SIM that offers the lowermost rate or the best network coverage given their location to make or receive calls, send text messages or use data.  Another advantage of a dual-SIM smartphone is that via its dual-active capability customers can utilize both SIMs at the same time. This in turn ensures that users can seamlessly switch back and forth between two calls and use voice and also use data functions simultaneously.

Mr. Wang Weijun, Huawei Device's president of its Chinese division, said, "T8808D, as Huawei's first dual-SIM dual-active mobile phone, delivers experience innovation to China's 3G TD-SCDMA market.  In collaboration with Spreadtrum, Huawei will continue to promote popularization and development of smartphones to meet the diverse needs of Chinese consumers with a variety of high quality terminal products."

"Spreadtrum is driving technology innovation with 2.5G/3G single-chip dual-card dual-standby technology," said Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum's president and CEO.  "In cooperation with Huawei, we have enabled the first TD-SCDMA device based on Spreadtrum's SC8810 smartphone platform with dual-SIM dual-active capability.  This feature will enable consumers to select attractive 3G services while maintaining their original operator service packages.  We believe that this flexibility provided to the consumer will help further promote the rapid development of China's TD-SCDMA market."

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