Itel Mobile

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itel Mobile
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Consumer electronics
FoundedMarch 2008 [1]
Headquarters Shenzhen, [2] China
Key people
Lei Weiguo (founder/CEO)
Products Mobile phones, tablets, television sets, laptops, accessories
Parent Transsion Holdings
Website www.itel-life.com
The first logo of itel Mobile Itel-mobile-logo-vector.svg
The first logo of itel Mobile

itel Mobile is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer company that was founded by Transsion Holdings Co Limited in March 2008. [1] [2]

Their products are mainly sold in various emerging markets, including parts of Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. [3] [4] [5]

Since April 19, 2024, Itel has collaborated with CloudMosa to introduce a new 4G feature phone Super Guru 4G [6] in India with various cloud-based widgets for feature phones using the Cloud Phone technology. [7] This partnership marks the first time that Itel 4G feature phones are capable of accessing cloud-based real-time modern web applications like YouTube, Shorts, and a couple of other widgets.

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