MediaTek has confirmed that it will begin to ship its HUSPA solution, the MT6573, to clients in August, but the company declined to comment on market speculations that it has landed orders for a quantity of over one million units each from clients including Lenovo and ZTE.
The specifications and performance of the MT6573, which is set to run on Android 2.3.3 platform, are similar to those chips adopted by Apple's iPhones and HTC's 3G smartphones, indicating that MediaTek has begun to make inroads into the global 3G chipset market, commented industry sources in Taiwan.
Other China-based handset makers, including Ningbo Bird, China Tianx and Shanghai Ragentek Communication Technology, have also decided to adopt the MT6573 solutions, the sources added.
Article translated by Steve Shen
