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'A question of time' before Google makes mobile phones in India

The Pixel phones will be made primarily for exports

'A question of time' before Google makes mobile phones in India
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Surajeet Das Gupta
Google Inc is considering a timeline to assemble its mobile devices in India. Sources privy to the discussion between Google’s executives and Ministry of Communications officials said: “The question is no longer whether Google will or will not but when. It’s a matter of timing now.” The focus in India will be on exports. 

The move is significant as Communications Minister Ashwini Vaish­naw has publicly stated in response to a question from Business Standard, before Google Inc Ceo Sundar Pichai arrived in India earlier this month, that one key area of discussion would be asking Google to assemble some of