Research and Markets: MediaTek and Microsoft's Joint Foray into the Value-line Smartphone Market

Business Wire, May 29, 2009

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b6c066/mediatek_and_micro) has announced the addition of the "MediaTek and Microsoft's Joint Foray into the Value-line Smartphone Market" report to their offering.

This research report presents forecast and recent quarter review of the worldwide motherboard application IC market. The report includes motherboard shipment volume and breakdowns by CPU supplier, CPU connector type, chipset supplier, and chipset type. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with motherboard component makers.

List of Topics

• The rise of value-line Smartphones worldwide and developments in different regional markets
• Current development and future prospects of major chipset suppliers MediaTek and Qualcomm
• Detailed analysis of Microsoft and MediaTek's collaboration on value-line Smartphone products

Key Topics Covered:

1. Market Demand for Value-line Smartphone Expected to Rise

2. Market Competition to Escalate Driven by the Development of Value-line Products

3. MediaTek and Qualcomm Expected to Dominate the Value-line Smartphone Chipset Market

3.1 MediaTek: Tapping the Emerging Markets

3.2 Qualcomm: Business Opportunities in Emerging 3G Markets

4. Microsoft to Develop China and Other Emerging Markets via the Alliance with MediaTek

Our Perspective

Appendix

Companies Mentioned:

• Freescale
• HTC
• Marvell
• MediaTek
• Microsoft
• Palm
• Qualcomm
• RIM (Research In Motion)
• ST-Ericsson

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