The data uploaded for bills of entry filed up to August 6, 2020 by SEZ (special economic zone) units “has been done on a trial basis to giv...

An intelligence firm that tracks the smartphone market has cut this year’s growth estimate to 5.5% from 8% earlier. Realme has estimated th...

Although Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have not subsidised handsets so far, they could offer 'a scheme similar to what is being ...

"We will cut the prices of handsets sold through retail stores. We are still evaluating the quantum of price cut. This would come into effe...

According to industry data, 29 out of 36 value-added tax jurisdictions in India had a VAT rate on mobile phones of 5% along with a 1% excis...

COAI is likely to question the logic of the finance ministry’s decision to impose an 18% GST rate on telecom services while choosing to lev...

The government’s move to levy 12% GST on mobile phones will push up prices of locally made phones by 4-5%, bringing them at par with import...

“Either the existing regime will continue or the new regime with GST plus BCD will come in — so either way the industry will not lose out,"...

Cellphone seek policy support to make mobile-phone handsets cheaper in the country.

Mobile phones are at the forefront of the Prime Minister’s Make in India initiative. India has generated Rs 54,000 crore worth of locally-m...

The revised policy likely to come within a week, is aimed to accelerate investments in the country and simplify the disbursement process fo...

Handset makers fear that lack of clarity on the duty dispensation could not only upset the momentum of local manufacturing growth but also ...

Mobile phone manufacturers were among the first to respond to the Prime Minister’s Make in India call, making investments in local assembly...

Mobile phone makers have proposed nil or 1% Central GST and State GST at merit rate of 5% on all phones and tablets, whether imported or ma...

Handset makers intended to seek clarity from the government on incentives offered for manufacturing phones locally.

While GST rates are yet to be announced, handset makers are concerned that the regime may result in concessions currently offered by differ...

Under the proposed GST regime, most indirect central and state taxes, including excise duty, sales tax, service tax and value added tax, wi...