The development marks a turnaround in strategy for the telco which has so far kept away from handset subsidy and appears to be a response t...

Data shows market share of 2G phones has dropped to 30% in quarter ended June.

JioPhone held a huge lead at the top of the featurephone market with 35.8% share, followed by Samsung with 9.8% share, and Itel, Nokia and ...

The brand has a big focus on the feature phone segment, and it plans to 10 new feature phones in India, aiming to capture around 5% share i...

With all operators offering similar voice and data tariffs, expanding the market by converting voice customers to data customers has become...

Domestic handset maker Micromax on Monday launched "Bharat2 Ultra" budget smartphone at Rs 999 in partnership with telecom operator Vodafon...

“The feature phone market increased 18 per cent on-quarter in April-June quarter, contributing to almost 54 per cent of the total market," ...

“We will complete delivery of 6 million JioPhones by end of October,” said Anshuman Thakur, head of strategy and planning at Reliance Jio.

The offer will be available for consumers buying the models, online or offline, from October 2 till October 22.

JioPhone’s entry has brought some of the focus back to feature phones. The Reliance phone comes effectively free of cost to the consumer.

The operator will offer talk time worth Rs 50 free for 18 months for consumers who buy one of 17 models priced between Rs 800 and Rs 1,600.

Lava has already launched a 4G feature phone using Spreadtrum chipset. Another mobile phone firm Intex has plans to launch a 4G feature pho...

Experts say that among the players with stakes in the feature phone segment, a large player like Samsung – may be able to reduce prices of ...

Most of the handset makers, according to experts, may now form more partnerships with telecom service providers to take on Jio.

The handsets will be rolled out in India around the same time at a price less than Rs 2,000.

Smartphone sales fell 8.2% sequentially in the January-March period, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) India.

MS, which bought Nokia's devices biz, plans to bring down all barriers to smartphone segment; Gionee hopes to become a household brand in 2...