On 25 November 2015, MOFCOM issued No.64 Announcement of 2015, in which MOFCOM approves the acquisition of all shares of Freescale by NXP subject to conditions. MOFCOM believed that such concentration might eliminate and restrict competition in the global market of radio frequency power heterojunction bipolar transistor ("RF power HBT"). Therefore, MOFCOM required NXP to fully divest its RF power HBT business.

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