China Mobile and Vodafone have signed a strategic agreement to continue their existing co-operation. The partners will collaborate on the promotion of converged LTE technology and LTE terminal development. Other areas of the collaboration will include corporate management, technical and operational expertise; enhanced roaming; multinational customers; green technology; network roadmap management and innovation and R&D.

Today China Mobile Limited and Vodafone Group Plc signed Strategic Co-operation Framework Agreement ("the Agreement"). On behalf of each company, Mr. Wang Jianzhou, Chairman of China Mobile Limited, and Mr. Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive of Vodafone Group Plc, signed the agreement at the China Mobile-Vodafone Strategic Co-operation Chairman/CEO Forum in Barcelona.

According to the Agreement, the two companies will continue their co-operation in areas including: exchange of corporate management, technical and operational expertise; Enhanced Roaming Services; Multinational Customers; Green Technology; Network Roadmap Management, Joint Innovation and R&D, and Promotion of converged LTE technology and LTE terminal development, to improve competitiveness and influence on international organization, value chain and industry by partnership in management, technology and operation.