Sony Mobile Communications will adopt MediaTek's 64-bit quad-core solution, the MT6732, for production of entry-level and mid-range 4G LTE smartphones for delivering in 2015, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based handset ODMs, including Arima Communications, Compal Communications and FIH Mobile, are currently manufacturing 4G LTE models for Sony Mobile using smartphone solutions from Qualcomm.

The three ODMs are expected to build 4-5 models of 4G LTE smartphones, built using chipset solutions from MediaTek, for Sony Mobile in 2015 with total procurement of chipsets to reach 20-30 million units, the sources estimated.

MediaTek will begin volume production of two 64-bit smartphones solutions, the quad-core MT6732 and 8-core MT6752, in the third quarter of 2014, the sources indicated.