Agilent Technologies Opens New Operation in Beijing to Serve China's Communications Industry.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2002 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced the opening of a new operation in Beijing designed to create strong local R&D resources, product development and capabilities to serve China's growing wireline and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. industry. China Communications Operation (CCO (Chief or Corporate Compliance Officer) The executive person in charge of compliance issues, regulatory requirements, internal controls and managing audits within an enterprise or organization. ) will design, develop and market products for the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. driven by the unique needs of China and Asia-Pacific customers. "The opening of this center enables Agilent to reach a very important milestone in China," said Wayne Chan, Agilent's vice president and general manager of Greater China. "By strengthening our presence in China, we can more effectively respond to our local customers' needs and help China's rapidly growing telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. market to develop." "Agilent is totally committed to accelerating the development and progress of China's communications industry," said Earl Thompson, general manager of Agilent's CCO. "By locating our R&D and marketing resources closer to our China customers, we will be able to partner with them and offer them tailor-made solutions." CCO's core capabilities will be in the area of advanced software development in telecommunications design, test and monitoring systems. Initially, there will be two core technology and product areas in CCO:
-- Telecommunication application development for installation,
maintenance and operations support, which will focus on
- monitoring and troubleshooting application development and
support based on Agilent's acceSS7 product families; and
- telecommunication protocol analysis and testing application
development.
Agilent acceSS7 is a proactive monitoring system that
highlights any degradation in network performance, enabling
early resolution of problems before customer service is
impacted. It is used by over 110 of the world's leading
service providers.
-- Application development and local business support for
appliance R&D and manufacturing test solutions for the
wireless industry, which will focus on
- test application development for wireless handset R&D and
manufacturing test solutions, including TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000,
and WCDMA; and
- modeling and simulation software tools for accelerating the
design of 3G wireless devices and components.
Approximately 70 percent of all wireless phones manufactured
worldwide are tested during production on Agilent equipment.
The establishment of CCO follows a series of moves this year to strengthen Agilent's leadership position in China, the world's fastest growing wireless and wireline communications market. In January 2002, Agilent announced a multi-million investment package directed at establishing local solutions and services, delivery resources, and capabilities in China. This was followed by the rollout of the industry's first TD-SCDMA TD-SCDMA Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access test solutions in April and the opening of the Shanghai Instrument Service Center in July. Two years ago the company opened a branch of Agilent Laboratories in Beijing, focused on advanced research. Agilent Labs China shares the same site as CCO. "We will continue to expand our communications operation to build a best-in-class organization, drawing on the extremely high level of local talent," said Thompson. "Currently we are employing 120 people and we aim to attract additional top people to increase staff strength to 170 in the coming year." About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 36,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. (including, without limitation, statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Agilent's ability to continue to expand its China Communications Operation) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause results of Agilent Technologies to differ materially from management's current expectations. These risks are detailed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Agilent's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended Oct. 31, 2001, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2002, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2002 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2002. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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