SAN FRANCISCO and SHENZHEN, China, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced that it has formed a global, strategic intellectual property (IP) partnership with Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. The new collaborative partnership will encompass Dolby’s High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE AAC) and JPEG-HDR technologies.
"OPPO, a leader in global consumer electronics, is well-known for its smartphones incorporating innovative technologies, and we are delighted to welcome them to our community of global partners,” said Andy Sherman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Dolby Laboratories. “By partnering with Dolby, OPPO is fueling a transformational technology ecosystem leveraging Dolby’s innovative research and engineering through IP.”
"Dolby is a leader in creating spectacular sight and sound experiences, and we are excited to partner with them to further our innovation and global growth,” said Adler Feng, Director of OPPO IP Department. “This partnership will enable us to create more remarkable smartphones with exciting technological innovations and spectacular user experiences."
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About OPPO
OPPO is one of the world’s leading smartphone manufacturers, OPPO brand enjoyed by young people around the world.
For the last 10 years, OPPO has been focusing on manufacturing camera phones, while innovating mobile photography technology breakthroughs. OPPO started the era of selfie beautification, and was the first brand to launch smartphones with 5MP and 16MP front cameras. OPPO was also the first brand to introduce the motorized rotating camera, the Ultra HD feature and the 5x Dual Camera Zoom technology. OPPO's Selfie Expert F series launched in 2016 drove a selfie trend in the smartphone industry.
OPPO is ranked as the number 4 smartphone brand globally since 2016* and is providing excellent smartphone photography experience to more and more young people around the world.
* Source: IDC 2017-2018.
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