14 DAY TRIAL // Worldwide leading wireless platforms and semiconductors provider ST-Ericsson announced recently a partnership with Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, for the development of smartphones. According to the company, the agreement with HTC will result in the inclusion of its TD-SCDMA technology into the handset vendor's future devices that will arrive on the Chinese market.
HTC and ST-Ericsson also said that they were focused on the development of advanced mobile handsets that would offer mobile phone users in China the possibility to enjoy a wide range of devices that come with high-speed broadband capabilities. Moreover, the phones are also expected to include high-end multimedia capabilities, for an ultimate mobile experience, and they will be accompanied by low-cost models. The first device to result from the collaboration between the two companies was launched back in December 2009, the duo added.
”ST-Ericsson’s TD-SCDMA technology is enabling us to develop key smartphones for the Chinese markets. Smartphone adoption in China is skyrocketing and we’re able to deliver a strong product line-up,” Fred Liu, chief operating officer, HTC Corporation, said. Pascal Langlois, chief sales and marketing officer at ST-Ericsson added, “This new collaboration with HTC broadens the range of our partnerships with top manufacturers at the forefront of innovation. HTC has been a leading adopter of open operating systems and we are looking forward to further supporting its efforts in China.”
The duo also revealed that the mobile phones that would be developed through their collaboration would be based on new and existing platforms from ST-Ericsson, such as the M7210, which comes with dual-mode automatic handover between TD-HSPA and EDGE capabilities. According to ST-Ericsson, which supplies its solutions to a wide range of mobile phone makers around the world, the M7210 platform is optimized to support multimedia-rich applications on smartphones, so that any device that includes it will sport great flexibility and scalability during the development phase.