Of the 120 participants, 33 companies, such as Lenovo, ZTE Corporation, Hisense, and Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment, succeeded in bidding for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) terminal procurement, according to results unveiled by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT).

China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMB), the operator of the CMMB service, started to invite public bidding for procurement of CMMB terminals in late November 2008.

Totally, it will procure 1 million CMMB terminals or so, including mobile phones, MP4, GPS, PMP, USB receivers, as well as SD cards.

Successful bidders are expected to deliver their products from January 2009, the chief executive officer for CSMB noted earlier, adding that companies should get the quality certification from the SARFT before signing supply contracts.

China had about 1.2 million CMMB terminals in early October 2008 and will strive for 10 million and 50 million ones in 2009 and 2010.

Source:ccidnet