6WIND and Tsinghua Tongfang have entered into a strategic partnership to co-develop and market industrial e-application solutions for China, the world's fastest growing economy with the largest ICT market potential.
Tsinghua Tongfang of was the first to provide intelligent e-city services in the area of integrated city management and planning and has developed total digital solutions for intelligent homes and buildings. 6WIND, a fast-expanding international networking software company, is revolutionizing development processes of new generation IP-centric applications for systems integrators and equipment makers spanning from France to China, South Korea, Japan and the USA.
Under the terms of the agreement, Tsinghua Tongfang will leverage 6WIND's cutting-edge IP-agnostic software technology to complement its industry-wide expertise in developing and marketing new lines of products and systems for 5 principal e-application areas: video surveillance, urban heating and water treatment, digital homes, highway smart card systems and intelligent building systems.
"China is poised to leapfrog several generations of legacy networking technologies by benefiting from latest best-in-class solutions to build state-of-the-art ICT access. By collaborating with 6WIND and integrating its advanced dual-IP software, Tsinghua Tongfang is taking a definitive step to further innovate and create new market opportunities towards achieving China's status as the economic powerhouse of 21st Century ICT. We will be strategically positioned to timely deliver new competitively priced, scalable and future-proof industrial application systems that are totally IP-centric," said Mr Li Jisheng, Vice President of Tsinghua Tongfang and CEO of the group's IT business division.
"We are constantly surprised by the speed at which China is modernizing all facets of its industries and communications infrastructure. Our partnership with Tsinghua Tongfang is a significant milestone with multiple economic and market implications, reinforcing 6WIND's commitment and ensuring more localized adaptation and content of pragmatic IP-centric systems for whole new generations of Chinese users. We are proud to be working with a remarkable visionary company like Tsinghua Tongfang, contributing to China's dynamic ICT growth," said Alain Daste, 6WIND's Chief Executive Officer.
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