RBC analyst thinks Intel should buy MediaTek to put a charge into its mobile line

RBC analyst Doug Freedman, has a solution to jump start Intel's rather moribund mobile business. Freedman suggests that Intel buy MediaTek. The analyst thinks that at this stage, Intel would be better off purchasing growth in its mobile business, instead of waiting for it to occur naturally. MediaTek has built up a reputation as the vendor for low-cost smartphone manufacturers to turn to, for application processors and baseband chips.



The RBC analyst pulled out his trusty abacus, and computed that a purchase of MediaTek by Intel, would add 16% to the latter's marketshare in the smartphone ...



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