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Samsung to set up $21 bn OLED manufacturing plants in South Korea

Samsung is planning to construct the world's biggest OLED plants in South Korea to beef up production of flexible OLED screens for the upcoming...
Huawei phone campaign in China

India impose 10% customs duty on mobile phones and parts

Domestic smartphone players on Saturday hailed the government's decision to impose 10 percent basic customs duty (BCD) on cellular mobile phones and specified parts...
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Apple cuts iPhone, iPad prices in India

Apple on Saturday reduced the retail prices of iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watch models for its consumers in India. The decision was a result...
Panasonic may trim smartphone business in India

Panasonic reveals smartphone growth strategy

Japanese technology firm Panasonic aims to wrap up this year with Rs 2,000 crore revenue in India. "We have always wanted to be in the...
4G users want HD voice

Indian electronics market expected to reach $400 bn

The demand for electronic products in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 41 percent during 2017-20 to reach $400 billion by...
Micromax smartphone

India to surpass US in smartphone shipments by 2019

By 2019, India is expected to have almost 15 percent of the smartphone shipment market share, followed by the US with 10 percent and...

Video interview: Ashwin Bhandari, CEO, iVOOMi

iVOOMi, a Chinese electronic OEM/ODM, is strengthening its presence in Indian market. The brand ​recently launched their 1st series of smartphone - Me1 and Me 1+ in...
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Chinese smartphone maker iVOOMi to invest Rs 250 cr in India

Chinese electronics firm iVOOMi on Thursday announced to invest Rs 250 crore to further strengthen its entry-level smartphones segment in the country. The investment will...
Samsung manufacturing event in Noida

Samsung plans Rs 4,915 crore investment to expand manufacturing

Samsung today announced plans to make Rs 4,915 crore investment in India to enhance its manufacturing capacity at its Noida plant. Samsung Electronics manufactures smartphones,...
LYF phone shipments in India

Demand for Reliance LYF phones that support Jio 4G plummets

A chart prepared by CMR shows that the demand for Reliance LYF smartphones that support Jio 4G network has plummeted in the recent quarters. Reliance...
Smartphone shipment forecast

Good times ahead for smartphone makers, says IDC

The global smartphone market is expected to achieve annual growth of 3 percent in 2017 against 2.5 percent growth achieved in terms of unit...
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Sony Mobile to stop making mid-range Xperia phones

Telecommunications company Sony Mobile has confirmed plans to discontinue the mid-range Xperia line up of smartphones and will only focus on flagship devices going...
Xiaomi smartphone in India and China

Chinese manufacturers drive global smartphone sales: Gartner

Chinese smartphone manufacturers performed well as 380 million mobile units were sold globally in the first quarter of 2017 -- a 9.1 percent increase...
LeEco India business

Ailing LeEco presents tough time for employees, vendors

Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco has vanished into thin air within months, leaving behind vendors with hefty unpaid bills and employees owed their...
alibaba

Jack Huang appointed Alibaba Mobile Business Group President

Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group on Friday announced that Jack Huang, President of Overseas Business of Alibaba Mobile Business Group has been elevated...
Chinese smartphone vendors

Chinese smartphone vendors set to wipe out Indian brands

Chinese vendors captured 49 percent of the Indian mobile phone handset market in the first quarter of 2017 -- a 180 percent (year-on-year) revenue...

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