Desi phone companies look for a high at the low-endLava was the only local brand which registered positive annual growth during the quarter ended June, driven by entry-level models, said ana...
09 Aug, 2018, 11.41 PM IST
Chipmakers say helping Indian handset brands to make a comebackIndian handset vendors underestimated Chinese companies, and lost considerable market share to players like Xiaomi, Oppo and vivo in the la...
28 Jul, 2018, 02.31 PM IST
India success propels Chinese smartphones to top 5 global listHuawei shipments surged 9.9 per cent year-on-year to 153.1 million units in 2017, while OPPO's rose 12 per cent to 111.8 million and Xiaomi...
05 Feb, 2018, 09.56 PM IST
Vivo, Oppo slash retail spendThe Chinese handset vendors have effectively reduced margins by 4-5% as of this month, according to retailers, industry officials and analy...
27 Jul, 2017, 08.28 AM IST
China players like Xiaomi, Oppo may dominate overall handset space this quarter: CMRChinese vendors have captured 40% of the overall market and recorded 180% year-on-year revenue growth in the January-March quarter, accordi...
20 May, 2017, 10.13 AM IST
Chinese handset vendors gain ground in tier II, III cities: IDCCustomers are choosing more 4G devices over 3G ones with more than 65 per cent of the smartphones being 4G compatible across all city tiers...
20 May, 2016, 06.02 PM IST
Samsung, Lenovo help 4G smartphone shipments surpass 3G volumes in Q4 in India: IDCThe 4G handset shipments spiked to 13.9 million units accounting for more than half of the market in the fourth quarter of 2015, the firm s...
17 Feb, 2016, 04.03 AM IST
Intex pips Micromax as India's No. 1 mobile handset brandIDC and Micromax didn't immediately respond to emailed queries on the third quarter overall handset market share figures.
23 Nov, 2015, 02.24 PM IST
Chinese handset vendor Lenovo to launch three smartphones this festive seasonThe company will introduce two 4G smartphones – the A6000 Shot at Rs 9,999, and the K3Note Music, an upgrade of the K3 Note, at Rs 12,999.
21 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Airtel in talks to launch branded 4G handset for Rs 4,000The company held talks with Taiwan based Foxconn, which has set up its mobile manufacturing plant in India.
19 Jul, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
Handset makers like Lava & Intex to increase prices by upto 5% after Budget raises excise dutyLocal smartphone vendors such as Micromax, Lava, Karbonn and Intex are set to increase prices as the Budget has increased the effective dut...
02 Mar, 2015, 03.58 AM IST
Hitech in talks with Chinese companies to source technology for Assembling unit in West BengalMd Gyasuddin, MD of Kolkata-based Hitech Mobiles, hopes to finalise the deals shortly with Shenzhen-based United Creation and Suntak.
17 Jan, 2015, 01.36 AM IST
Samsung is world's most profitable handset firm: StudyApple was the world's most profitable handset vendor for almost four years, from third quarter of 2009 to first quarter of 2013.
28 Jul, 2013, 02.11 PM IST
China to have top 5 mobile handset makers in world by 2014: GartnerWith the advent of several mobile handset makers leveraging Android operating system, China would have the top five mobile handset makers i...
01 Feb, 2013, 07.44 PM IST
- Nokia continues to have largest share of handset market in India
Finnish firm Nokia had the largest share of 31.5 per cent in mobile handset market in India in terms of units shipped during the third quar...
29 Dec, 2010, 01.59 PM IST
- Huawei in talks with Airtel for Zain's network outsourcing contract
Bharti will award telecoms infra contracts to Ericsson, Nokia Siemens and China's Huawei, which is likely to be for 5 years will be worth u...
24 Nov, 2010, 12.57 AM IST
- BSNL to float 5.5-million GSM line tender in November
BSNL is likely to invite bids from telecom vendors, including the Chinese firms, this month for its proposed 5.5-million GSM lines tender w...
31 Oct, 2010, 03.43 PM IST