Nokia device maker HMD to launch its own brandHMD Global, the maker of Nokia devices, plans to launch smartphones under its own brand in the first half of 2024. The company may prioriti...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.46 PM IST
Maker of Nokia-brand phones sees India as base for exporting devicesKochhar said HMD will continue using the old Nokia logo for its handsets and other category products even though telecom equipment maker No...
01 Mar, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
HMD Global to bring 5G across all price points; says financing options key for migration: CEO Florian SeicheThe company is working with Lava International, Dixon and Rising Star to locally manufacture feature phones and smartphones through factori...
05 Mar, 2022, 09.33 AM IST
Airtel plans co-branded handsets to take on Jio in move to ringfence 2G subscribersBharti Airtel is considering co-branded smartphone deals with handset makers and bundled data and voice offers to bring down the effective ...
14 Sep, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
Local R&D, fast growing China market to bring down India 5G device prices, say top handset companiesDuring the panel discussion on the 5G smartphone ecosystem, Sunil Raina, president at Lava International said that 5G devices are coming in...
26 Feb, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
Phone maker Nokia to bring 5G to masses in India; eyes more EMS deals in India“We want to expand this with multiple EMS (electronics manufacturing services) partners, mainly Indian companies. We are evaluating exports...
11 Feb, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
HMD Global eyes India as its prominent sourcing hubHMD Global, the Finnish maker of Nokia mobile handsets, said it is working towards making India its prominent sourcing hub for global marke...
05 Dec, 2020, 10.06 AM IST
Lava begins manufacturing Nokia smartphones; in talks with telcosLava is actively looking for western companies as part of its push into contract manufacturing. It has been working with US companies like ...
23 Nov, 2020, 07.42 PM IST
Competition in under Rs 10,000 smartphone segment hots up as Covid limits purse stringsMajor brands including Samsung - first around Rs5K device launch in years - and Realme, with the expansion of its low ranger portfolio, are...
29 Jul, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
HMD Global bets on Finnish roots, focus on security for success in Indian marketAll Nokia phones sold in India (except for Nokia 9 PureView and Nokia 8 Sirocco) are locally manufactured in partnership with multiple ODMs...
05 Jul, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Handset companies want India to become an export hub: ExpertsThey said the policy will help promote startups and push end to-end manufacturing in India.
21 Mar, 2019, 07.00 AM IST
Reliance Jio 4G revolution may render the 2G feature phone extinctData shows market share of 2G phones has dropped to 30% in quarter ended June.
20 Oct, 2018, 11.11 AM IST
4G featurephone shipments likely to more than double to 40 millionJio and these new vendors are targeting a bulk of the roughly 500 million basic phone users who have not upgraded to smartphones for reason...
03 Apr, 2018, 07.58 AM IST
Nokia handset maker bets big on two new phonesCompany would be focusing on participating in bundled offers by telecom operators to drive market share growth, with an aim to drive down t...
27 Mar, 2018, 11.21 PM IST
Phone companies including Panasonic, Lava to scale up local productionPCB makes up 40-50% of the cost of making a phone, so a duty on the import of the component will increase prices in the near term, but push...
26 Mar, 2018, 07.24 AM IST
Handset makers brace for new import dutiesThe variety of views came out during the panel discussion on handset and content ecosystem to enable the digital highway, at the ET Telecom...
22 Mar, 2018, 07.55 PM IST
Foxconn’s handset brand InFocus to enter 4G feature phone market; in talks with VodafoneThe 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...
02 Jan, 2018, 11.12 AM IST