Mobiles may ring less louder this year: Shipments expected to contract by 4% on-year due to rising prices of parts and forex shocksIndia's smartphone shipments are projected to decline 4% in 2026 to 145-147 million units, a worsening trend from last year's stagnation. S...
28 Jan, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
Import duty cut to lower cost pressure, push exports: IndustryThe government on Tuesday rationalised import duties on some parts that are crucial for mobile phone manufacturing - including mechanics an...
31 Jan, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
New alternatives to pre-installed Google apps may dent handset salesThe US major has now also allowed users to choose their default search engine while setting up a new Android device and introduced changes ...
28 Jan, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
Smartphones will cost more, user security at risk, warns Google over CCI rulingGoogle has come under the scanner recently in India with the CCI imposing two stiff penalties on the companies and also asking the tech maj...
14 Jan, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
CCI's order opens Play Store door to PhonePe's Indus appIndusOS, one of the few operating systems of Indian origin, started in 2013 with an emphasis on Indian languages. Prior to the Chinese inva...
27 Oct, 2022, 09.19 AM IST
Telecom industry size set to cross Rs 10 lakh crore: reportThe report titled, “India Smartphone – Big Picture 2025” outlines the outlook, key trends, and challenges that are expected to be faced by ...
07 Sep, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
Telecom industry set to cross the Rs 10 lakh crores landmark: reportThe report anticipates that the telecom industry is expected to add Rs 1 lakh crore every three years compared to previous trend of adding ...
07 Sep, 2022, 07.12 PM IST
Google deal: Airtel to come up with better bundled smartphones offering for 4G migrationWith its partnership with Bharti Airtel, Google, in a blogspot, said that it plans to create new and innovative business models to help gro...
28 Jan, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indians are spending more on mobilesIndia's festive shopping season this year kicked off during the first week of October when online retailing giants Amazon and Flipkart anno...
25 Oct, 2021, 07.34 AM IST
JioPhone Next delay: Challenges ahead for Mukesh Ambani to manage component crunch and price, say analystsReliance Jio has officially delayed the launch of its affordable smartphone, JioPhone Next, which was developed in partnership with Google,...
11 Sep, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Qualcomm brings 5G to more affordable smartphones with Snapdragon 690"We are focussed on bringing 5G to everyone...We have more than 60 OEMs who have launched or announced 5G devices and we have more than 375...
17 Jun, 2020, 04.02 PM IST
Huawei to expand handset making capacity in IndiaThe Chinese smartphone maker plans to locally manufacture both its Honor-branded smartphones and select models of its premium devices sold ...
15 Mar, 2018, 09.14 AM IST
Google currently has no plans to make its own smartphone: Sunder PichaiPichai also unveiled ‘Google Home’, a voice-activated product that brings ‘Google Assistant’ to any room in your house, a new messaging app...
03 Jun, 2016, 05.31 AM IST
Google currently has no plans to make its own smartphone: Sundar PichaiAddressing a packed "Code Conference" in California on Wednesday, Pichai said that "our plan is still to work with OEMs to make phones".
02 Jun, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
Samsung leads the Indian mobile market share in Q3, 2015: StudyThe study also revealed that Micromax is facing intense competition in $50-$100 price segment from other domestic players such as Intex and...
03 Nov, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
Qualcomm bets big on 3G, 4G services in India to boost returnsQualcomm expects LTE smartphones with the San Diego-based mobile chipset major’s mid-tier Snapdragon 400 chipset to be introduced this year...
01 May, 2014, 03.58 AM IST
Ex-Apple CEO John Scully's Inflexionpoint to launch mobile phone brand Obi in AprilSculley-promoted Inflexionpoint will initially invest about $20 million towards setting up a design centre, supply chain, sales and marketi...
10 Mar, 2014, 03.21 AM IST