TCL Communication Announces Shipment Figures of
Handsets and Other Products for June
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China Region’s New Management Team Made Its Debut
“Tout Comme La Vie” TCL 750 Formally Released
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(Hong Kong, 8 July 2016) - TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (“TCL Communication” or the “Company” which, together with its subsidiaries and its affiliates, is referred to as the “Group”; HKSE stock code: 2618) today announced the unaudited figures for shipments of handsets and other products in June and the first 6 months of 2016.
The Group’s total sales volume of handsets and other products totalled 5,176,000 units in June 2016. Sales volume of handsets and other products in overseas markets totalled 4,948,000 units, while shipments in China market totalled 228,000 units. Sales volume of smart devices totalled 2,832,000 units, and accounted for 55% of the Group’s total shipment for the month. For the first 6 months of 2016, the cumulative sales volume of handsets and other products totalled 33,162,000 units, while the cumulative sales volume of smart devices totalled 17,430,000 units.
In June, the Group’s media briefing session for China region was held in Beijing, which brought the spot light onto the new management team in China region which provided in-depth interpretation for the new operation strategy. At the end of June, TCL 750, the first smartphone that echoes the Group’s brand philosophy “Tout Comme La Vie”, was being launched in Beijing. The new product is slim and elegant with three colors available. The in-built “Graceful Pose” (Pose美姿) function overcomes the embarrassment occurred while taking photos. In addition, the smartphone possesses personalised functions such as fingerprints recognition and double login of social accounts, offering flexibility for users to separate living and work issues. Li Dongsheng, Chairman of the Group, expressed high expectations for the new product at the event while Yang Zhe, the Group’s Chief Operating Officer and President of Sales and Marketing (China), delivered the consumer-oriented philosophy behind the new product. At the GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016, TCL 750 immediately drew the audience’s attention upon its appearance. Apart from the simultaneous sale on TCL official website and JD.com, the new product is also available at major operators and retailers.
To further establish an intelligent community, Dr. Guo Aiping, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, signed a cooperation framework agreement with Gao Tongqing, Deputy General Manager of China Telecom in early June. Under the agreement, the parties will join hands in matters including intelligence security, online management and community O2O. Both parties will leverage on the advantages in hardware, resources and channels, with an aim to transform 100 pilot communities in terms of intelligence, to explore new intelligent community models and at the same time, planning pilot cooperation in cities such as Qingdao, Xiamen, Shenzhen.
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About TCL Communication
TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (“TCL Communication” or the “Company”; HKSE stock code: 2618) together with its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively the “Group”) designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of mobile and internet products worldwide under two key brands – Alcatel and TCL. The Group’s portfolio of products is currently sold in China and over 170 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. According to telecommunication research firm Gartner and company’s data, the Group ranked No. 6 and No. 10 among global phone manufacturers and global smartphone manufacturers respectively in the first quarter of 2016. The Group also ranked No. 7 among global tablet manufacturers. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, TCL Communication operates its highly efficient manufacturing plant and R&D centres in various provinces and cities of the PRC. It employs around 14,000 people in China, Hong Kong and overseas.
TCL Communication is one of the few companies in Hong Kong or China who owns or licenses 2G, 2.5G, 2.75G, 3G and 4G patented technologies. It is also able to independently develop products and solutions for the GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and LTE. For more information, please visit its website at http://tclcom.tcl.com.
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