‘Make in India’ in Action: Notes from the Field
At a time when global manufacturing supply chains are getting disrupted on account of the US-China Trade War, and companies are scouting newer markets to escape higher tariffs, India has …
CKD-Level Mobile Handset Manufacturing surpasses SKD Manufacturing in 3Q 2018: CMR
Majority of the mobile handsets are now being manufactured in India at CKD level Three Homegrown brands including Reliance Retail’s Jiophone, Lava and, surprisingly Micromax featured in the top 5 …
Reliance Retail’s JioPhone has successfully been able to create a new category of Fusion phones in India: CMR
1 in 4 mobile handsets are now manufactured in India at CKD level. Reliance Retail’s JioPhone led the overall shipments contributing 27% across Featurephones, Fusion phones and Smartphones. Smartphones above Rs …
Does SMT mobile manufacturing make sense for all in India?
The biggest challenge would be of having sustainable and consistent demand to reap benefits of manufacturing by running operations at optimal levels. Emotions apart, business is all about rationale thinking …
Does ‘Make in India’ really help the domestic handset companies?
Mobile handset manufacturing is gaining traction on the back of ‘Make in India’ with domestic as well as global companies mulling over making in India. But the million-dollar question is …
Electropreneur Park–From Drawing Board to Reality
An incubation centre in the electronic hardware space? Is it even possible in India? What about the seed funding? Who’s going to manage it? How can this concept be made …
Google Pixel Means No Activity on the Ground, But a Lot in Backyard for India
The much-awaited Google Pixel has been announced and the first reaction from a user’s perspective is—‘too little for too much’, especially in the context of an Indian user. As of …
Voice still to remain a key factor for RJio
In a market, where around 70% of the revenues are from voice, where just 142 million subscribers are using mobile broadband of the total 1.04 billion subscribers (as per TRAI …
Is Micromax sensing the market wrong?
Handset maker Micromax is going in the opposite direction as against the 11 other 4G smartphone competitors Micromax, once known for its innovation and time to market has been a …
Samsung reaffirms leadership position in the India Mobile handsets market in 2Q CY 2015, registers 19% shipments growth quarter-on-quarter
Smartphones on way to account for half of all mobiles phones shipped in India; ‘crossover’ expected by September 2015 Despite maintaining leadership positions, Samsung and Micromax lose market share in …