19 Facts About TCL Communication

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.

On 19 September 2002, TCL Communication announced the acquisition of all consumer electronics related assets of the former German company Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG, including the right to use its trademarks as Schneider, Dual, Albona, Joyce and Logix.

TCL Communication injected 55 million euros in the venture in return for a 55 per cent shareholding.

In May 2005, TCL Communication announced that its Hong Kong-listed unit would acquire Alcatel's 45 per cent stake in their mobile-phone joint venture for consideration of HK$63.

In June 2007, TCL Communication announced that its mobile phone division planned to cease using the Alcatel brand and switch entirely to the TCL Communication brand within five years.

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In January 2009, TCL Communication announced plans to double its LCD TV production capacity to 10 million units by the end of 2009.

In November 2009, TCL Communication announced that it had formed a joint-venture with the Shenzhen government to construct an 8.

In March 2010, TCL Communication Multimedia raised HK$525 million through the sale of shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in order to fund the development of its LCD and LED businesses and to generate working capital.

In May 2011, TCL Communication launched the China Smart Multimedia Terminal Technology Association in partnership with Hisense Electric Co.

In January 2013, TCL Communication bought the naming rights for Grauman's Chinese Theatre 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 October 2014, TCL Communication acquired the Palm brand from HP for use on smartphones.

In 2016, TCL Communication reached an agreement with BlackBerry Limited to produce smartphones under the BlackBerry brand, under BlackBerry Mobile.

In 2020, TCL Communication Technology acquired Samsung Display's assets in Suzhou, China, including a Gen 8.

In 2021, TCL Communication has 28 research and development organizations, 10 joint laboratories, and 22 manufacturing bases.

TCL Communication Corporation has its own research facility called TCL Communication Corporate Research, which is located in Shenzhen, with the objective to research cutting-edge technology innovations for other subsidiaries.

TCL Communication launched the Palm "ultra-mobile companion" smartphone in 2018.

In late 2019, TCL Communication released their first own-branded Android phone, called the TCL Communication Plex.

Since 2015, TCL Communication offers its own video streaming service: GoLive TV or simply GoLive.