Digicel Group and ZTE announces launch of the Coral-200-Solar
Digicel Group and ZTE announces launch of the Coral-200-Solar, which will be available in some markets by June 2009. The company has supplied its customers with low-cost or free portable solar chargers in many markets, The concept of linking charger devices and a phone at the point of sales has been a proven success. Now it has decided to join the solar panel integrated mobile phone.
Mr. Hui Xiong, Vice President of ZTE’s handset division said: “As mobile phones continue to proliferate in emerging markets are very widely used where electricity is available, mobile operators are demanding more innovative phones devices. We are confident that the Digicel Coral-200-Solar is such a product and that solar power technology can be used in any type of handset. We are pleased to provide this handset with Digicel and Intivation. It will help millions of consumers worldwide to use mobile phones more conveniently and the technology is more environment-friendly.”
Tom Bryant, Digicel Group VP Distribution Procurement comments: “Solar-powered handsets are clearly the way to meet the needs of power-challenged users across the globe. While the idea of solar-powered handsets has been around for some time, it has taken the leadership of Digicel and the technology and manufacturing skills of its partners Intivation and ZTE to make the Coral-200-Solar handset a reality. This marks another first for Digicel and we think our customers are going to love this great device.”
Digicel, Intivation and ZTE have pooled in their experience and expertise to bring this novel idea to the mobile market.
