-November 17, 2006, Sina

FORSK and TD Tech made an official announcement recently that they had signed an agreement for the TD-SCDMA radio network planning tool. Under the agreement, TD Tech will use the Atoll TD-SCDMA in its TD-SCDMA network planning program, and put forward its own Atoll TD-SCDMA network planning tool that is more customized and included in TD Tech’s TD-SCDMA network products.

Atoll TD-SCDMA is a radio network planning software created by FORSK and TD Tech experts working in close cooperation. FORSK, situated in Toulouse of France, is a world-leading software supplier devoted to the development of radio network planning software. Atoll, one of its main products, is used by its customers all over the world to design largest networks.

Mr. Klaus Maler, CEO of TD Tech said, “Atoll TD-SCDMA is the result of TD Tech and FORSK’s long cooperation. It is very competitive as it combines the technology and R&D advantages of the two companies in TD technology and network planning. Network planning is essential for the construction of a high-quality radio network. The cooperation with FORSK will enable TD Tech to provide its customers with top-class network planning services and guarantee the quality of network construction from the perspective of network planning.”

TD Tech has been committed to becoming a loyal partner to telecom operators. In addition to its strength in product R&D and reliability of product performance, it has also made remarkable progress in the ability to offer services and comprehensive supply solutions by means of cooperation with the world-leading telecom company. In the future, TD Tech will cooperate with more top-level telecom companies and enhance its capability to deliver the most competitive comprehensive services to customers.

Mr. Benoit Guy, sales & marketing director of FORSK stated, “We’re glad to have this opportunity to announce a long-term partnership with TD Tech. TD Tech and FORSK have been cooperating closely in the development of the Atoll TD-SCDMA module. The signing of this agreement establishes the framework for our continuous cooperation. From the very beginning, FORSK is fully supportive of TD-SCDMA technology, and the agreement will further consolidate our status in a major market like China. With the launch of Atoll TD-SCDMA modular, FORSK is able to provide the world’s most advanced solutions for all mobile communications technologies in the current Chinese 3G market, and all these solutions are based on the strength of the Atoll platform.”

About FORSK
FORSK is an independent software supplier in Toulouse of France. Founded in 1987, it has been devoted to the development of radio network planning software. Thanks to its 10 years of experience in that field, FORSK put forth Atoll in 1997, a PC-based 2G radio planning tool, and introduced the advantages and efficiency resulting from professional utilization of modern software-design skills into the market of radio network design. In 2000, FORSK produced Atoll 3G, the first 3G planning tool in the world that could be bought for commercial use. A year later, Atoll became the first radio network planning tool in the market that had 2G/3G co-net planning function. In 2003, FORSK became the leader in the European market for a UMTS radio network planning tool. Today, Atoll is used by customers all over the world to design largest networks, including major operators and equipment suppliers. In China, all Chinese operators use Atoll to design GSM, CDMA, UMTS and TD-SCDMA networks.

About TD Tech
TD Tech Telecommunication Technologies Ltd. (TD Tdch), a joint venture founded by Siemens Communication Group (Siemens) and Huawei Technologies Ltd. (Huawei) on March 18, 2005 in Beijing, is focused on the R&D, manufacturing and marketing of TD-SCDMA technology and products. At present, TD Tech has over 700 employees, and executive management and backbone are composed of senior employees from the two parent companies.

Based on the solid technology established by the parent companies since 1998, TD Tech continues to be the leader in product R&D and commercial use of TD-SCDMA, and is the first in the TD-SCDMA industry to put forth a whole set of commercial RAN equipment. In a series of tests on TD products and network organized by the Ministry of Information Industry, TD Tech’s products have excellent performance, displaying TD Tech’s full-fledged R&D capability.