Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung and T3G Technology have teamed up to bring next-generation 3G technology to the Chinese market. The dual-mode Samsung video phone combines Philips' Edge Nexperia cellular system solution 6120 with a TD-SCDMA processor developed by Philips and T3G and a protocol stack developed by T3G. It will be available on China's 3G network as soon as operator licenses are granted, which is expected to be in the second quarter.

"Closely collaborating with Philips and T3G, Samsung, co-founder and active partner of the T3G joint-venture, is now poised to enter the market with advanced, easy-to-use handsets, spearheaded by the new Samsung video phone," said Wang Tong, president of China Samsung Telecom R&D Center. "Furthermore, the Chinese market's hunger for portable media is ideally suited to the superior data rates and improved battery life enabled by the new reference design."

"T3G has been a market leader in the development of TD-SCDMA terminal technologies since its infancy, in addition to the development of 384 kbps data transmission on TD-SCDMA" said Johan Pross, CEO of T3G. "Space and power are at a premium in modern mobile devices and by combining the Philips Nexperia system solution 6120 for EDGE with our co-designed TD-SCDMA processor, we have a powerful and efficient platform that enables optimal 3G performance."

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