Airtel says India’s telecom pricing model is ‘broken’ as ARPU growth slowsBharti Airtel is dissatisfied with slow ARPU growth due to a flawed pricing system. The company plans to increase average revenue per user ...
15 May, 2026, 08.33 AM IST
From Royalty to Retail: The Cultural Renaissance of the Indian DiamondIndia's diamond legacy began with the legendary Golconda mines, once the world's primary source, yielding stones that adorned royalty and f...
08 May, 2026, 09.05 AM IST
Tata Electronics boosts headcount to 75,000Tata Electronics has significantly expanded its workforce to 75,000, surpassing Foxconn and becoming Apple's largest contract manufacturer ...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.02 AM IST
Indian mobile handset market staring at more supply woesThe industry is wary not just of the lockdown in Shenzhen but the resurgence of the pandemic across China, as well as Vietnam, Thailand and...
15 Mar, 2022, 01.13 AM IST
Budget: Indian mobile handset industry wants ecosystem for domestic manufacturing, exportsThere is scope for more as it still has some 350-400 million feature phone users who can be upgraded to smartphones. The industry wants an ...
27 Jan, 2022, 06.55 AM IST
Indian handset industry demands GST reduction on mobile phones, componentsIndia’s handset industry has demanded that the GST rate on mobile phones should be reduced from 18% currently to 12% and the GST rate on pa...
16 Nov, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
Now, China power crisis hits Indian handset industryThe spillover impact of the power crisis, along with increased freight prices due to container crunch and component shortages may lead to d...
08 Oct, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Proposed duty levy on components to hit Indian handset makers most: IndustryThe government has proposed that with effect from April 1, BCD on import of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), camera modules and conne...
03 Feb, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Mobile phone export grows over 8-fold to Rs 11,200 cr in 2018-19For mobile handset segment alone, the government under the National Policy on Electronics 2019 has set target of making 100 crore mobile ha...
25 Sep, 2019, 04.18 PM IST
Samsung-ICA in ugly spat over agendaIndian handset players like Micromax, Lava and Karbonn have also waded into the debate, without involving ICA, saying that there should be ...
15 Mar, 2018, 12.21 PM IST
With over 100 handset brands in a $15 billion market, consolidation is just around the cornerSome 220 mn units of feature & smartphones are sold in India per year. With over 100 handset brands in a $15-bn market, consolidation is ju...
23 Mar, 2017, 06.33 AM IST
Vote on Account 2014: Tax, custom duty cut and incentives to promote R&D and domestic manufacturing in telecomThe Indian mobile handset market is one of the largest and amongst the fastest growing in the world with about 250 million handsets being s...
16 Feb, 2014, 02.35 PM IST
- Indian handset market grows amid slowdown
According to Gartner, the Indian smartphone market grew by 17%, although, feature phones still dominated the 226 million Indian handset ind...
17 May, 2012, 06.09 AM IST
- Wyncomm in talks with Fly Mobiles for strategic tie-up
Wyncomm , is in advanced talks with the Indian arm of the UKbased Fly Mobiles for a strategic tie-up.
11 Nov, 2011, 06.17 AM IST
'Mobile handset market in India has room for more players'In an interview with ET, Prem Adip Rishi, chairman, MVL Group discussed just how the group wishes to achieve targeted revenue of an additio...
23 Jun, 2010, 05.35 PM IST
- ICA guns for regulation on used handsets sale
Indian Cellular Association (ICA) is planning to mobilise the industry for regulating the sale of used mobile handsets after curbing the pr...
24 Nov, 2009, 07.37 PM IST
- Meridian Mobile targets to sell 30 lakh handsets this fiscal
Meridian Mobile, Indian subsidiary of UK-based Meridian Technologies, today said it aims to sell 30 lakh handsets in the country in the cur...
03 Apr, 2008, 04.34 PM IST