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09 Mar 2010

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Intivation yesterday unveiled its second solar powered phone with ZTE, the S316 Solar Phone, along with a high performance solar charger, the Solar Egg, built by XPAL.

The ZTE phone follows the company's first solar powered phone, the ZTE S312 launched in 2009, which was particularly aimed at the African market. The S316 incorporates a torch, a vital necessity in areas with uncertain power supplies.

The stand alone universal Solar Egg S101 charger is designed to work in sub-optimal weather conditions. It can reach over 90% battery charge in four hours of exposure during average charging conditions.

Paul Naastepad, CEO of Intivation, told Mobile: 'Our key technological breakthrough has been to increase the power going to a battery to such an extent that it has allowed a lot more consumer devices to be run efficiently on solar power.'

The company is to launch three solar powered phones and three universal chargers in 2010.

Intivation's SunBoost technology is put on a chip and then sold to mobile phone manufacturers. The company then helps manufacturers design and make the phone. Over half a million of its chips have been sold so far via 11 operators in eight countries.