Telecom Lead Europe: Orange has selected Spreadtrum’s mobile platforms for delivering cost-effective, feature mobile handsets and smartphones to its users in European and African markets.
The strategic partnership with Spreadtrum enables Orange to improve the affordability of smartphones and other mobile handsets, contributing to Orange’s objectives of making the mobile internet more accessible to consumers.
Yves Maitre, senior vice president of Orange Group Devices, said: “Spreadtrum’s ability to provide high-quality and low-cost chipsets will ultimately help make our smartphones even more affordable for our customers everywhere.”
Leo Li, chairman and CEO of Spreadtrum, said: “Our partnership with Orange demonstrates our commitment and capability to support our global partners with products and service that enable them to achieve their strategic market objectives.”
Orange and Spreadtrum have delivered Spreadtrum-based handsets — Alcatel One Touch 1060.
Alcatel One Touch 1060 is based on Spreadtrum’s SC6531 2.5G baseband chipset and is now qualified for launch in Orange’s markets beginning with France.
Orange plans to follow this device launch with Spreadtrum-based smartphone products in the future.
