Telecommunications giant Motorola has signed an agreement to supply equipment
worth US$394 million to China Mobile Communication Corporation (CMCC) in order
to expand its network capacity in China.
The US mobile phone manufacturer said in a statement published on its website
that it had signed the contracts in the first half of this year, and about 60
percent of the sales included in the contracts had been registered during that
period.
However, Motorola recorded a loss of US$28 million in the second quarter
following its first-quarter losses, its first back-to-back losses in five years,
according to its financial report announced in July.
Its weak performance has prompted analysts to say it had slipped to third in
the global mobile phone market behind Nokia of Finland and Samsung of the
Republic of Korea in the second quarter.
The company said it had provided equipment and project services for the
Chinese company, which operates a network based on the GSM standard of wireless
communication, and had helped expand or update the network in 16 Chinese
provinces covered by the CMCC service.
China Mobile is the largest mobile communication operator in China with more
than 330 million users by April this year.