IQE plc announced an expansion of its partnership with Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company ("AWSC") with a multi-year supply agreement. As part of its strategic partnership, IQE will supply AWSC with Gallium Arsenide ("GaAs") wafers for the manufacture of smartphone power amplifier devices to be supplied to its key customer Lansus, the Chinese RF technology supplier. This will supply Tier One China-based OEMs in the Android ecosystem, in a market which is expected to return to growth following a period of inventory build-up.