Teleca, a supplier of solutions and services to the mobile industry, has reportedly entered into a partnership with Imagination Technologies, a supplier of multimedia system-on-chip Intellectual Property (SoC IP).

Thanks to the partnership, the two companies will work together to provide graphics and video acceleration technologies to device manufacturers, chipset and platform providers who want to offer the richest possible multimedia experiences.

Teleca officials said that as part of the pact, the company will become a preferred partner for integrating software relating to the complete portfolio of Imagination Technologies’ (News - Alert) graphics, video and other multimedia hardware acceleration technologies using industry standard APIs within mobile and embedded devices.

Teleca is creating a Competence Center in graphics and video acceleration using production devices from a range of leading semiconductor vendors incorporating Imagination Technologies’ IPs.

The center will add to its expertise in UI to support customers of both companies throughout the world.

Company officials claim that customers of both companies will benefit from a seamless service that encompasses every part of the integration process, from initial contact to integration, testing and final delivery.

“The market demands services and applications that give the richest possible multimedia experience from a mobile device, regardless of which type of device they are using. By providing engineering services to support the optimization of software drivers and applications leveraging Imagination Technologies’ extensive range of IP for programmable hardware multimedia accelerators we can increase the effective usage of graphics and video acceleration on mobile devices and significantly improve user experiences,” said Andrew Till, vice president, solutions marketing, Teleca, in a statement.

Till said that this partnership gives combined customers a competitive edge by offering total solutions that deliver the best possible multimedia experience.

“Our mission is to deliver all the multimedia technologies powering the world’s most innovative and exciting user experiences on mobile devices,” said Tony King-Smith, VP marketing, Imagination Technologies.

Smith said that by working closely with Teleca as an integration partner for the company’s software drivers and related SDKs and tools, the company can offer its partners a more integrated solution to making the world more engaging and exciting than ever before.