Mediatek announced an enhanced strategic collaboration with Micromax Informatics and the partnership aims to accelerate 4G accessibility & fuel faster smartphone adoption in India’s rapidly growing market.
Mr. Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics,
“India is at the cusp of digital revolution and at Micromax Informatics we have been putting in concerted efforts to bring the best in class 4G LTE smartphones to take Internet usage to an unprecedented level. Today’s partnership exemplifies the same endeavor and we are delighted to partner with MediaTek for its Helio Family. We have always endeavoured to offer products based on certain needs of the consumer. Moving forward, we will lead the 4G adoption in the country by converting all our popular value Canvas series to 4G. Canvas Fire 4G is the first in a series of such launches.”
Mr. Sravan Kundojjala, Associate Director, Strategy Analytics, said:
“MediaTek is one of the leaders in the global LTE baseband market in Q1 2015 with a double-digit market share. The company is well positioned to play a key role in the emerging Indian LTE market by enabling affordable LTE handsets with its premium class chipsets such as the MT6735 and Helio X10, building on its 3G success in India.”
Dr. Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager of International Sales, MediaTek, said:
“India is the next 4G LTE smartphone battleground and key to MediaTek’s mission to power billions of devices globally. With MediaTek’s wide portfolio of LTE products from entry to premium, we have the right business and technology strategy, along with local collaborations to make LTE a reality for Indian consumers. The technology is going to change to higher speeds and networks and MediaTek is pleased to collaborate with Micromax Informatics to deliver a stable and affordable 4G handset experience.”
As part of the company’s India roadmap, MediaTek announced the availability of the Helio family. If you do not know, Helio is the premium smartphone chipset that offer greater performance & efficiency and with this partnership Micromax will become the first Indian brand to launch the device on new Helio platform. As a result of this partnership, a new mid-range 4G LTE smartphone launched – Micromax Canvas Fire 4G. The Micromax Canvas Fire 4G runs on MediaTek’s MT6735 processor.
As two of several MediaTek 4G LTE-enabled SoCs, the MT6735 and Helio X10 represent MediaTek’s mission to make leading technology inclusive and accessible to consumers globally. Helio X10, part of MediaTek’s flagship Helio processor family, satisfies multimedia requirements of even the most demanding users, featuring subsystems that support many technologies never before possible or seen in a smartphone. The MT6735 is known for supporting full HD video recording and playback while conserving a phone’s battery power, at a more affordable price, as said in a press release.
