China needs 4G chips: VIA amongst crowd of companies wanting to supply them

China's mobile phone industry is just absolutely huge. The uptake of 3G in the country, however, has been surprisingly low. The biggest telecom operator in China, China Mobile, is moving ahead with 4G plans and along with Sequans Communications, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Innofidei, and Hisilicon Technologies, VIA is wanting to supply the hundreds of millions of chips required for the 4G handsets to be sold in China. More at Shanzai.com.