| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, India |
| Area served | Mobile Phones, Laptops |
| Key people | Chairman Arun Khanna |
| Products | WCDMA, CDMA, GSM, EV-DO handsets, smart-phones, Mobile Computing Devices, Netbooks, |
| Website | www.olivetelecom.in |
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Olive Telecom is Headquartered in Gurgaon, India and is a privately held leading Convergence Solutions Device Developer with presence in mobile phones, laptop computers, netbooks, tablet computers , mobile computing, wireless broadband and convergence devices.
The genesis of Olive Telecom lies in the group’s core belief of providing high quality convergence devices that not only offer affordability to customers worldwide but also provide them with technology that is future ready.
Olive Telecom today is probably one of the few Indian companies’ that has an intense relationship with over 28 leading mobile service operators[1]; working with cutting edge devices to improve their bottom-lines.
Olive Telecom currently has its own two Design Houses in India focusing on Industrial Design and ICT/Convergence products. The company also has two design and R&D facilities in Nanjing and Shanghai in China for the mobile computing and telephony products.
Olive Telecom has a product portfolio complete across the areas - WCDMA, CDMA, GSM and EV-DO handsets and smart-phones, Mobile Computing Devices, Advanced data modems for wireless broadband. A strategic partnership with technology leader Qualcomm[2], has also brought about recognition for the company’s’ thrust in search of new and innovative design and technology for the connected world.
In 2006, the holding company entered into a joint venture[3] with the $20 billion Haier Group, to form Haier Telecom India, with a mandate of creating leadership for the Haier brand in the CDMA handset segment.
Haier Mobile today is the preferred brand of many Indian and international mobile service operators and occupies the prestigious second place in the category in India.
Haier Telecom (India)Private Limited, Joint Venture owned by Olive and Haier China, was awarded the "Fastest Growing Brand" award from Qualcomm at their Partner Meet at Oberoi Hotel, Delhi[4]
Olive Telecom product portfolio is replete with WCDMA, CDMA, GSM and EV-DO handsets, Mobile_Computing Devices and Advanced data modems for wireless broadband.
Olive Telecom has given India’s first ever[5] range of Zipbooks (3G Embedded Netbooks). Currently it offers one 3G Enabled Netbook the Olive X107H. The Olive Zipbook runs on an Intel Atom N270 Processor, has a 1GB RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. A Complete Specifications list is detailed as follows
| Specifications of the Olive Zipbook[6] | |
| Operation System | Windows XP SP3 |
| Intel CPU & Chipset | Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHZ, 512 cache, 945GSE |
| Graphics: | Integrated GMA 3150 |
| Memory | DDR2 1GB |
| Storage | 250GB2.5” SATA2 HDD 5400rpm |
| Camera | 1.3Mega Pixels |
| Input / Output | 1 x VGA Connector, 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x LAN RJ-45, 2 x Audio Jack (Headphone / Mic-in) |
| Card Reader: | MMC/SD(SDHC) |
| Battery | 3 cell Li-polymer battery |
| Dimensions | 262mm (W) x 180mm (D) x 26.2mm (H) |
| Weight | 1.2kg |
Olive Telecom has launched the Olive Pad, which is India's first 3G enabled Android tablet PC[7]. The Olive pad is positioned as muti functional device convergence and operates on an Android OS. The Olive Pad comes with features like Social networking, GPS, Internet Browser, Gaming and others. The Olive Pad's features are as follows
| Specifications of the Olive Pad[8] | |
| Processor | ARM11 600MHz |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM7227 |
| Internal Memory | 512MB |
| Hard Disk Drive Type | Inbuilt Flash 512MB NAND Flash and microSD expandability up to 32GB |
| Display Screen Size (Inches) | 7" Touch TFT |
| Resolution | 800 X 400, WVGA |
| Screen Type | Touch & Capacitive Type |
| GSM Bands: | 850/900/1800/1900 |
| UMTS Bands : | 900/1900/2100 Or 850/1900/2100 |
| WiFi | (802.11b/g) |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR |
| 3G | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Multimedia | Yes |
| Microphone | Yes |
| Speakers | Yes |
| Camera | 3 Mega Pixel (Front Camera) & VGA Camera (Back) |
| G-Sensor | Yes |
| E-Compass Sensor | Yes |
| Ambient Light Sensor | Yes |
| Computer Interfaces | ( I/O Ports and Cards) |
The Olive Pad has been touted as an able and capable challenger to the popular Apple iPad. The device undercuts the Apple iPad's price tag significantly as it is priced for a shade under Rs 25,000 versus the Apple iPad [9][10]
Olive Telecom has a total of 11 Mobile Phones in its portfolio. A list of the Olive Telecom Mobile Phones are as follows: