Motorola has announced the acquisition of assets related to the digital cable set-top products of Zhejiang Dahua Digital Technology Co. Ltd. and Hangzhou Image Silicon.
The company hopes the transaction will expand its digital set-top box
offerings in China and improve its time to market in the region.
Motorola said in a statement that Zhejiang Dahua Digital focuses
on manufacturing, marketing, research and development and services for
digital TV set-top boxes.
"130 million Chinese households currently subscribe to cable, and
as customers make the transition from traditional analogue solutions to
digital cable, digital cable subscriptions in China are expected to
grow from 10 million in 2006 to over 165 million by 2016," said Simon
Leung, President of Motorola Asia Pacific.