Digicel Group has launched the Coral-200-Solar, a solar-powered mobile phone manufactured by China-based ZTE Corporation, which uses proprietary technology from Dutch-based innovator Intivation.
Since early 2008, Digicel has been providing its customers with portable solar charges in many markets. Digicel will begin to deploy the Coral-200-Solar in selected markets from June 2009.
Tom Bryant, vice president of distribution procurement at Digicel Group, said: "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."