Jio and these new vendors are targeting a bulk of the roughly 500 million basic phone users who have not upgraded to smartphones for reason...

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...

Spreadtrum is also looking to partner local handset makers for enabling design in India, but is unhappy with them for ceding market share t...

From a global perspective, in featurephones, we're probably by the year end No 1 in the world in terms of value. We are either No 1 or No 2...

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

Airtel on Wednesday had announced the launch of an entry-level 4G smartphone at an ‘effective price’ of Rs 1,399 in tie-up with handset mak...

If we see a viable business proposition, we will definitely consider it and participate,” said Ajey Mehta, India VP for HMD Global.

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

Jio has said it aims to deliver 100-150 million phones over six months (5 million a week), but people close to the company have said it was...

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...

Idea has added less new customers over the past few quarters. Also, Idea's monthly churn rate is also higher – 6.7% versus 3.8% for Airtel.

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.

Industry watchers and handset makers expect a 20-30% fall in smartphone sales in the March quarter, compared to sales that typically happen.

“Feature phones dominated total handset shipments in India in 2016 and we expect this trend to continue in 2017,” JP Morgan said in a note ...