12 years, economic growth and a 'new dawn': PM Modi hails NDA's journey, sets agenda for India's next phasePrime Minister Modi highlighted the NDA's 12-year governance record, emphasizing political stability and development achievements. He contr...
10 Jun, 2026, 08.17 PM 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
Smartphones emerge as India's export champions in FY26India's electronics exports saw a significant 24% rise in the last fiscal year. Smartphones led this growth, with exports climbing nearly 2...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Apple vendors to juice up make in IndiaThis workaround is expected to deliver because Chinese handset vendors have built global scale in manufacturing that will help medium-sized...
20 Jan, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Scrapping of LoUs, JioPhone deal double whammy to Indian handset companiesLoUs are issued by domestic branches of Indian banks to enable customers get trade credit from banks overseas. Indian handset companies use...
29 Mar, 2018, 08.44 AM IST
Chinese firms could invest $2-3 billion over next 2 years in Indian mobile manufacturing: ICAThe government, through its mega Make in India program, aims to fuel domestic manufacturing in the country cutting imports to net zero by 2...
13 Jan, 2016, 02.32 PM IST
Narendra Modi's visit to China will boost production of cellphones in India: ICAModi's visit to China will boost manufacturing of mobile handsets in India, the Indian Cellular Association's President said today.
14 May, 2015, 02.45 PM 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
- Soon, mobile phones in India will carry radiation tags
ver 900 million mobile subscribers will soon be direct beneficiaries of stringent new government norms to control harmful radiation from mo...
23 Dec, 2011, 07.50 AM IST
- Annual handset demand to touch 350 million: Report
The Indian mobile devices market will continue its robust growth to reach 350 million a year by 2020, projects a joint study by industry as...
03 Nov, 2011, 05.28 AM IST
- 3G handsets get cheaper, prices dip 20% in a year
Falling raw material costs, new & more efficient tech and increasing number of 3G handsets in the market pull down prices.
21 Jun, 2011, 07.00 AM IST
- Spice Mobiles to make handsets India by 2010-end
Spice Mobiles will start manufacturing mobile phones in the country by the end of this year and plans to sell one million devices from Apri...
25 Mar, 2010, 11.14 PM IST
- Spice Mobile to start manufacturing unit;will invest Rs 100 cr
Handset maker Spice Mobile today said it will start a manufacturing unit for mobile devices in the country by next year with an initial inv...
29 Nov, 2009, 03.28 PM IST
- ICA seeks zero duty on mobile handsets, accessories
ICA has demanded there should be zero duty on the final products like mobile handset and their parts to combat smuggling and grey market. C...
24 Dec, 2007, 06.56 PM IST
- Handset 2007: More colour, lower price
The sub-2000 colour handset and sub-Rs 1,000 monochrome handsets will hit the market this year.
03 Jan, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
- Cos on route to crack Rs 2,000 barrier for colour handsets
The swelling Indian mobile user base can hope to see much more action in 2007.
26 Dec, 2006, 04.41 AM IST