Swadeshi 1.0 vs. Made in India 2.0: How India turned a 1905 boycott into a 2026 business strategyIndependence Day 2026: From the Swadeshi movement to Atmanirbhar Bharat. Early Swadeshi movements fostered indigenous industries against im...
13 Aug, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Ai+ launches a Rs 100 crore bug bounty programme to boost device securityHomegrown smartphone brand Ai+ announced a Rs 100 crore bug bounty program. This initiative will strengthen device security over the next f...
06 Aug, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Applying Chinese ecosystem learning to build Indian smartphone; eyes Rs 7,500 crore sales: NxtQuantum founderNxtQuantum Shift Technology is a 100% Indian company. With more than two decades of experience in this industry, building brands into the C...
26 Jul, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
AI+ wants to be India's answer to global smartphone brandsMadhav Sheth aims to build India's first globally competitive smartphone brand, AI+.He is leveraging two decades of experience from China's...
26 Jul, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
Vivo receives govt's nod to form JV with Dixon Technologies to manufacture smartphonesVivo India and Dixon Technologies have formed a joint venture for smartphone manufacturing. Dixon Technologies will hold a 51% stake in the...
09 Jul, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
Ai+ Smartphone, Optiemus plan ₹125 crore India manufacturing pushHomegrown tech brand Ai+ Smartphone has partnered with Optiemus Electronics to manufacture smartphones and other ecosystem products in Indi...
12 Mar, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
Local smartphone maker Lava rejigs boardLava International has restructured its board, elevated leadership members, and added two independent directors. The move follows co-founde...
24 May, 2024, 02.01 PM IST
Samsung, Jio, Lava may benefit if Chinese smartphone makers vacate sub-Rs12K segment“The greatest beneficiaries can be Samsung and the Indian brands. Samsung, being present in almost all price bands and having a robust manu...
09 Aug, 2022, 09.50 PM IST
Local smartphone manufacturing accounted for 48 million shipments in Q1 2022, posting 7% on year growthAmong the smartphone brands, Oppo had the highest 21.6% share of locally-manufactured smartphones with Realme and OnePlus included , closel...
16 Jun, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Chinese phones mute Indian brandsIndian brands which used to lord over the burgeoning smartphone market till just four years ago - are just a pale shadow of their dominant ...
11 Feb, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
Amazon India to launch new smartphone in JanuaryWe leverage the customer data and feedback to understand the gaps in the selection, pricing and reach out to our vendors or OEMs to manufac...
19 Dec, 2017, 10.09 AM IST
Amazon smartphone 'Tenor' coming in JanuaryThe Seattle-based company had quietly launched two models of smartphones – Tenor E and G – a couple of months before its homegrown rival Fl...
19 Dec, 2017, 09.00 AM IST
Karbonn Mobiles to introduce Indus OS-powered smartphonesThis partnership will be an add-on to the existing partnership with Micromax, and two homegrown brands Celkon and Swipe.
05 Oct, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Lenovo ropes in Ranbir Kapoor as ambassador for smartphonesAs part of the association, Kapoor will endorse Lenovo's range of smartphones and will feature in various television and online commercials...
09 Apr, 2014, 08.17 PM IST
Homegrown firms push smartphone sales to 44 million units in 2013Affordable smartphones from the stables of homegrown handset makers pushed up sales in this category by almost three-fold to 44 million uni...
26 Feb, 2014, 07.39 PM IST
Homegrown brands top in smartphone sales in Asia-PacificFor the first time, smartphone shipments outpaced those of feature phones in Asia-Pacifics, according to IDC.
29 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Cheaper local mobiles beat Apple,Samsung sales in India, ChinaRising demand for affordable smartphones in India & China has helped local mobile manufacturers surpass shipments in April-June quarter thi...
25 Aug, 2013, 07.08 PM IST