Telecom Lead India: Micromax of India and Maxtron of
Indonesia have placed major orders with Zoom Technologies, China-based
manufacturer of mobile phones and other mobile electronic products, for
original design and manufacturing (ODM) of mobile phones.
Micromax, the number one domestic mobile phone brand in
India, has placed order for 450,000 units in total of two models of GSM feature
phones.
Approximately half of the order will be delivered in June
2012 and the other half within this summer. These two Micormax models are based
on the Spreadtrum 6620 chipset. ZOOM is looking forward to producing up to
500,000 units per month for this prime customer from India.
Maxtron, the second largest domestic mobile brand of
Indonesia, offered order for 100,000 units of 2.5G GSM feature phones, divided
into two models, based on the more advanced Spreadtrum 6800 chipset.
Zoom has already delivered 50,000 units. The second batch
is scheduled for delivery in June. If this initial order goes smoothly, ZOOM is
expecting Maxtron’s order to increase to 100,000 units per month.
“We are thrilled to win such large orders from the
top level mobile brands of these countries. This is indeed a testimony of our
design and manufacturing capabilities, and a recognition that ZOOM is among the
best mobile handset ODM anchors of China,” said Lei Gu, chairman & CEO
of ZOOM.
Zoom Technologies’ products are both exported globally
and sold domestically in People’s Republic of China.