ZTE today confirmed that the company has joined Power Matters
Alliance (PMA). The news originally broke at the Mobile World
Congress (MWC) exhibition.
With
the evolution of consumer electronics, the average number of
products consumers use is growing. Despite improving the efficiency and
level of access these devices provide, consumers remain tethered
to a range of charging devices and power cords. PMA is a wireless
charging standards organization that has emerged to establish
guidelines and standardize an infrastructure for the future of
wireless power. PMA is committed to creating wireless power
supply standards for handsets and electronic equipment that
conform to IEEE standards, and it is bringing together large
organizations, such as AT&T, Google, and Starbucks, to help
achieve these goals.
The need for a
standardized wireless charging infrastructure stems from the
current environment where terminal units differ in power parameter
requirements and wireless charging is confined to only a few handsets
and certain geographical regions. As the world's fourth-largest
handset manufacturer, ZTE supplies over 10 million units
annually, and is uniquely positioned to contribute to the
development of wireless charging solutions. By joining PMA, ZTE
offers a strong boost to the commercial popularization of
wireless charging technology and the unification of international
wireless charging standards.
'Battery
life has always been a challenge for manufacturers of
smartphones as well as a bottleneck in advancing smartphone
development,” said Mr. Kan Yulun, Corporate Vice President of ZTE
Corporation and CTO of the ZTE Mobile Device Division. “Wireless
charging is one of the next big innovations in smartphones and we are
currently conducting research and development in this area in the
hopes of enriching consumers’ lives through increasingly
intelligent solutions.'
About ZTE Mobile Devices
ZTE is the No. 4 mobile handset manufacturer in the world
according to global industry analyst IDC. ZTE produces a complete
range of mobile devices including mobile phones, tablets, mobile
broadband modems and hotspots, and family desktop integration
terminals.
ZTE has partnered with over
230 major carriers and distributors in more than 160 countries
and regions around the world, and has strategic partnerships with
47 of the global top 50 carriers. In 2011, ZTE applied for more
international patents than any other company in the world.
ZTE has focused on the smartphone market in recent years and the
ZTE Grand series, including the Grand S which debuted at CES 2013
and the Grand Memo which debuted at MWC 2013, highlights ZTE’s
transformation into a high-end flagship smartphone producer and
opens a new era for ZTE as a major global handset brand.
ZTE Mobile devices is a division of ZTE, the global
telecommunications equipment, networks and mobile devices company
headquartered in Shenzhen, China and with a combined 2011
turnover of over $13.7 billion and over 30,000 employees. ZTE is a
publicly traded company listed on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen
stock exchanges. www.ztedevices.com.
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