By ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, Dec 23, 2008 1230 hrs IST

Samsung has strengthened its CDMA phone offering with the launch of its new MPower series. The company is launching the series in the market through its own distributors - SSK in western region and Bright Point for the rest of India. As per the company, the Mpower series has the capability to inter operate on Reliance Mobile, Tata Indicom and Virgin Mobile. The MPower phones adapt to the network settings of the respective service provider on change of the SIM card. "The MPower series allows the users to seamlessly shift between any of the three CDMA operators. By making the phones available in the open market, we are making our phones available to a wider base of CDMA consumers," said Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Telecom Division. The MPower series, MPower 569 and MPower 309, supports high speed wireless data of up to 153kbps to provide fast Internet browsing experience on the phone. The phones also perform the function of data cards on connection to the laptops through Bluetooth or data cable eliminating the need for purchase of separate data cards by the consumers. The M569 is a multimedia-enabled phone with 2 megapixel camera, FM recording on microSD card, expandable memory up to 4GB, Bluetooth with stereo headset function, equalizer and surround sound, video recording and MMS support, 2.1-inch color LCD screen and document viewer. The phone is priced at Rs. 9,900. Priced at Rs. 6,300, the MPower 309 comes with 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth enabled with stereo headset function, microSD card support up to 4GB, video recording and MMS support and 1.9-inch TFT screen. Both M569 and M309 phones have the mobile tracker feature to ensure that the phones can be traced in case of theft. Related Links: Samsung Eyes Wider Market Base with New Campaign Samsung Debuts Omnia in Indian Market