TriQuint supports ZTE’s next gen smartphones

HILLSBORO, USA: TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced that ZTE has chosen to include TriQuint’s power amplifier modules in the award-winning ZTE Blade and the new ZTE Skate, two standout offerings in ZTE’s global line of smartphones. TriQuint’s radio frequency solutions offer superior RF performance, compact packaging and longer battery life.

“For a number of years we have relied on outstanding RF solutions from TriQuint,” said Zhaoxiang Zeng, vice GM, Material Supply & Logistics Division, ZTE. "Our collaboration allows us to deliver high-end smartphone experiences to the masses.” ZTE has named TriQuint its “Best Global Partner” the past four years.

The ZTE Blade and ZTE Skate feature TriQuint’s TQM7M5012H and TQM7M5022 modules, respectively. Both products are part of TriQuint's industry-leading RF front-end line of discrete power amplifier modules. This announcement represents TriQuint’s continued leadership position in designs for a market leading 3G/4G chipset solution. TriQuint’s success is due in large part to its CuFlip technology, a strategic differentiator that enables superior RF performance, design flexibility, faster manufacturing and lower costs.

The ZTE Skate is expected to build on the success of the ZTE Blade smartphone, which has been the company’s flagship product. The Blade was one of the first smartphones priced below 100 Euros when it launched in the European market in Q4 2010. In Europe, ZTE’s Blade was awarded Best Value smartphone by Smartphone Essential magazine, Best Buy by the U.K’s Sunday Times, and Editor’s Choice by the Geek edition of PC World.

After launching in China this past April, Blade won awards for best market performance and best Chinese-made 3G phone. Built on the success of its Blade model, and an important step forward for ZTE’s entry into the middle-to-high end smartphone market, ZTE announced the new “Skate” with Android 2.3. After September launches in Brazil, Spain and Hong Kong, the global rollout of the Skate will continue this year in European countries, including the UK and France, in Asian countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and China, and in the United States.

“We congratulate ZTE on becoming one of the world’s top five international mobile manufacturers, and we are pleased to support its broad portfolio of smartphones,” said Ralph Quinsey, TriQuint president and CEO. “More and more consumers are choosing smartphones. TriQuint’s RF technology allows phone vendors to meet attractive cost points while still delivering a feature-rich smartphone experience.”