Though smartphone sales reached 55 million units globally in the first quarter of 2010, most consumers in emerging markets still cannot afford such devices, Tingaud said. The Swiss company introduced the entry-level U6715 platform, which should allow more smartphones priced below 100 euros to enter the market by year's end, he noted.
Market observers pointed out that China-based carrier China Mobile and Acer are developing low-end smartphones based on the U6715 platform, and Foxconn will be the devices' manufacturer. The alliance of ST-Ericsson, China Mobile and Acer could post a major threat to MediaTek, a major provider of entry-level handset ICs.
Foxconn has also received orders for smartphones based on the ST-Ericsson platform from several international carriers, according to industry sources.
ST-Ericsson is the top chipset maker for TD-SCDMA handsets, with 10 million units in cumulative shipments and more than 100 products since developed, Tingaud said. Its customers include Nokia, Samsung Electronics, HTC and China-based Tianyu, the maker of the K-Touch handsets he added.
For the next-generation LTE standard, ST-Ericsson is cooperating with China Mobile as well, Tingaud revealed. The company has unveiled three LTE platforms thus far, and a dual-mode chipset supporting TDD (time division duplexing) and FDD (frequency division duplexing) is scheduled for 2011.
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