Mobile Handsets

Statsguru: Story of the home-made handset and India's upward mobility

Analysis of data from the International Trade Centre shows that India registered a compounded annual growth rate of 143 per cent between 2017 and 2022

Xiaomi sells six million devices across categories in festive sales

The sale was carried on both online and offline and was twice as much as achieved last year

Mobile operators and device manufacturers clash over SIM shortage

Operators want eSIMS to be made mandatory while phone makers say this will push up costs

Will banning cheap Chinese phones make India a handset-making hub?

The govt is planning to revive the domestic mobile device industry, by reserving the sub-Rs 10,000 phone category for domestic players only. So what will be the impact of such a move? Let us find out

Top headlines: Govt tries to revive mobile mkt, setting up GSTAT, and more

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Realme co-founder and CEO on the smartphone market and future plans

Madhav Sheth, co-founder and CEO of Realme, tells Business Standard's Surajeet Das Gupta about how he sees the markets panning out in the coming year and also about the company's future plan

Make In India boosted our smartphone manufacturing biz: Richard Hopkins

"After mobile handsets, Flex is now bullish about turning India into an IT and telecom gear hub"

Big C invests Rs 125 cr to open 250 outlets in 2 yrs, mulls IPO after FY24

Mobile handset, electronics retailer Big C on Friday said it will be investing Rs 125 crore in the next two years to open 250 new outlets focusing on tier four and five cities

India may continue to face chip crunch for mobile devices for 6 more months

This will hit the affordable 4G segment phones particularly hard as they use a lot of low-priced high nanometer chips which are in even more short supply

Nokia shipped nearly 12.8 mn handsets in Q2 driven by 1.4, G and C series

Nokia brand shipped nearly 12.8 million handsets in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021, new data has showed.

Micromax In 2b all set to launch on Friday; check expected price, features

The Micromax In 2b event will begin at 12 noon tomorrow

Apple Inc to release all 5G-enabled iPhones for 2022 lineup: Report

Apple Inc will release from next year only 5G-enabled iPhones and will revamp its budget handset after for the first time in two years, Nikkei reported

LG's exit from handsets biz will have little impact on Indian market

The brand's presence in India was already miniscule, exit was inevitable

PLI deadline: Device makers likely to knock on PMO door for extension

The scheme was the first among the 10 new PLI schemes across various sectors which was announced last September

India's smartphone market set to cross Rs 2-trillion mark in 2021: IDC

The market is expected to touch unprecedented levels, both in terms of volume and value.

Mobile handset market sees a widening divide as mass segment suffers

Premium buyers are flocking to outlets, but mass segment is under pressure

Six changes in tax rules that come into effect today

Today is first day of the financial year 2020-21, and with new year come new tax rules. Here are the six changes that come into effect from today

High-end phone smuggling is costing govt exchequer Rs 2,400 crore annually

As a result of this rampant smuggling, the government loses Rs 2,400 crore annually

Reduction of handset export incentives to 2% will lead to job losses: ICEA

Mobile handset exports grew over eightfold to Rs 11,200 crore in 2018-19

Govt task force to draw up $110-bn mobile export business blueprint

Nearly 60% of the market is made up of exports by the companies