TCL Technology (originally an abbreviation for Telephone Communication Limited) is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in

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. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells consumer products including

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s, and small electrical appliances. In 2010, it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer. It became the second-largest television manufacturer by market share by 2019. On 7 February 2020, TCL Corporation changed its name to TCL Technology. TCL comprises five listed companies: TCL Technology, listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (), TCL Electronics Holdings, Ltd. (), TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd. (former code ; delisted in 2016), China Display Optoelectronics Technology Holdings Ltd. (), and Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd. (), listed on the

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.Investor Relations
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History

The company was founded in 1981 under the brand name TTK as an audio cassette manufacturer. It was founded as a

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. In 1985, after being sued by TDK for intellectual property violation, the company changed its brand name to TCL by taking the initials from Telephone Communication Limited. In 1999, TCL entered the Vietnamese market. On 19 September 2002, TCL announced the acquisition of all consumer electronics related assets of the former German company

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, including the right to use its trademarks as ''Schneider'', ''Dual'', ''Albona'', ''Joyce'' and ''Logix''. In July 2003, TCL chairman Li Dongsheng formally announced a "Dragon and Tiger Plan" to establish two competitive TCL businesses in global markets ("Dragons") and three leading businesses inside China ("Tigers"). In November 2003, TCL and

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of France announced the creation of a joint venture to produce televisions and DVD players worldwide. TCL took a 67 percent stake in the joint venture, with Thomson SA holding the rest of the shares, and it was agreed that televisions made by TCL-Thomson would be marketed under the TCL brand in Asia and the Thomson and RCA brands in Europe and North America. In April 2004, TCL and Alcatel announced the creation of a mobile phone manufacturing joint venture:

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. TCL injected 55 million euros in the venture in return for a 55 per cent shareholding. In April 2005, TCL closed its manufacturing plant in

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, laying off 120 former ''Schneider'' employees. In May 2005, TCL announced that its

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-listed unit would acquire Alcatel's 45 per cent stake in their mobile-phone joint venture for consideration of HK$63.34 million ($8.1 million) worth of TCL Communication shares. In June 2007, TCL announced that its mobile phone division planned to cease using the Alcatel brand and switch entirely to the TCL brand within five years. In April 2008,

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announced that it would be outsourcing the production of some LCD TV modules to TCL. In July 2008, TCL announced that it planned to raise 1.7 billion yuan ($249 million) via a share placement on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to fund the construction of two production lines for LCD televisions; one for screens of up to 42 inches, and the other for screens of up to 56 inches. TCL sold a total of 4.18 million LCD TV sets in 2008, more than triple the number during 2007. In January 2009, TCL announced plans to double its LCD TV production capacity to 10 million units by the end of 2009. In November 2009, TCL announced that it had formed a joint-venture with the

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government to construct an 8.5-generation thin film transistor-liquid crystal display production facility in the city at a cost of $3.9 billion. In March 2010,

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raised HK$525 million through the sale of shares on the

Stock Exchange, in order to fund the development of its LCD and LED businesses and to generate working capital. In May 2011, TCL launched the China Smart Multimedia Terminal Technology Association in partnership with Hisense Electric Co. and Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., with the aim of helping to establish industry standards for smart televisions. In January 2013, TCL bought the naming rights for

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for $5 million. In 2014, TCL changed the meaning of its identifying initials from "Telephone Communication Limited" to a branding slogan, "The Creative Life", for commercial purposes. In February 2014, TCL spent 280 million RMB to purchase 11 percent shareholdings of Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting Co., Ltd, a Chinese military-owned company which produces communication devices and navigation systems for the Chinese army. In August 2014, TCL partnered with

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for use as TCL's primary

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platform. TCL Corporation and Tonly Electronics was implicated in bribing a government official in Guangdong province in exchange for government subsidies. In October 2014, TCL acquired the

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brand from HP for use on smartphones. In 2016, TCL reached an agreement with

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to produce smartphones under the

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brand, under BlackBerry Mobile. This deal ceased on 31 August 2020. In 2019, due to restructuring, TCL completed the handover of major assets and was split into TCL Technology Group Corporation (TCL Technology) and TCL Industrial Holdings (TCL Industrials). In 2020, TCL Technology acquired Samsung Display's assets in Suzhou, China, including a Gen 8.5 fab and a co-located LCD module plant.

Operations

TCL is organized into five business divisions: * Multimedia: TV sets * Communications: cell phones and MIFI devices * Home Appliances: AC units and laundry machines * Home Electronics / Consumer Electronics: ODM products, like DVD, etc. * Semiconductor Display and Materials: including China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), Guangdong Juhua Printing Display Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou ChinaRay Optoelectronic Materials Co.,Ltd. In addition, it has four affiliated business areas covering real estate and investment, logistics services, online education services, and finance. In 2021, TCL has 28 research and development (R&D) organizations, 10 joint laboratories, and 22 manufacturing bases. TCL Corporation also has its own research facility called TCL Corporate Research, which is located in Shenzhen, with the objective to research cutting-edge technology innovations for other subsidiaries.

Products

TCL's primary products are TVs, DVD players, air conditioners, mobile phones, home appliances, electric lighting, and

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. It primarily sells its products under the following brand names: * TCL (in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America, and Russia (TV, air conditioners); * Alcatel and Thomson mobile phones (global)Company Profile
TCL Official Site *

(smartphones) global *

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branded electrical products in the United States. * some Roku TV models in United States The company, as of April 2012, is in venture with Swedish furniture giant

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to provide the consumer electronics behind the Uppleva integrated HDTV and entertainment system product.

Smartphones

In 2016, it contract manufactured the DTEK50 and DTEK60, for

, under their flagship

brand. In December 2016, it became a licensee of the BlackBerry brand, to manufacture, distribute, and design devices for the global market. As of 2017, it distributes BlackBerry devices under the name of BlackBerry Mobile. TCL is also the owner of the

brand. The company launched the

"ultra-mobile companion" smartphone in 2018. In late 2019, TCL released their first own-branded Android phone, called the TCL Plex. TCL announced the 10 series for 2020, consisting of the TCL 10 SE, TCL 10L,

TCL 10 Pro The TCL 10 Pro is an Android-based smartphone manufactured by TCL. It was announced on 6 April 2020. It is available in two colors: Forest Mist Green and Ember Gray. Specifications Hardware TCL 10 Pro is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 syste ...

, TCL 10 Plus and TCL 10 5G.

''TCL Channel''

Since 2015, TCL offers its own video streaming service: ''GoLive TV'' or simply ''GoLive''. It was later renamed ''TCL Channel'' in 2021.

References

External links

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Official website TCL (USA)

TCL (International)
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