Xiaomi Technology Co, a Beijing-based IT firm well-known for its inexpensive Mi-One smartphone, announced Thursday that it has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Tencent.
During the cooperation period, QQ messages sent from Xiaomi smartphones will display the text "from a Xiaomi mobile phone," in the message source. At the same time, phones produced by Xiaomi will be pre-loaded with QQ, Tencent's instant messaging application, according to Xiaomi.
Xiaomi has sold 2 million phones to date, according to statistics from the company.