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India's Smartphone Manufacturing Enters Next Phase As Focus Shifts From Assembly To Making Components
India is moving beyond smartphone assembly as domestic production of components and electronic materials expands. New government data also show a sharp rise in mobile phone manufacturing and electronics investments.
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Carl Pei Bets On India To Build Next Global Smartphone Brand, Explains Why
India already has the huge market, manufacturing capacity and engineering talent. According to Pei, what's missing is a sufficiently large Indian-origin global consumer technology brand.
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India Prepares Smartphone Export Incentives in a Boost for Apple
The proposal — effectively a second phase of New Delhi’s flagship phone production program — will start rewarding companies for shipping devices overseas, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. Unlike the current Production-Linked Incentive, or PLI, program which retires March 31 and is primarily foc...
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India Is Now the Leading Smartphone Exporter to the US, Overtakes China: Report
For the first time, India has become the leading manufacturing hub for smartphones sold in the US in a quarter. The numbers correspond to the second quarter (Q2) of 2025. The subcontinent has overtaken China as uncertainty grows around the Asian nation’s trade deal with the US. China’s share in the US’ smartphone imports, in Q2 2025, fell 25 ...
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IT Ministry Wants to Match China, beat Vietnam in Smartphone Exports Race, Documents Show
The government must "act fast" to lure global companies with lower tariffs and risks losing out to China and Vietnam as it seeks to become a major smartphone export hub according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The government is attracting several companies such as Apple, Foxconn and Samsung to manufacture their de...
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Oppo Suspends Operations at Greater Noida Plant After 6 Workers Test COVID-19 Positive
Operations were suspended at the Oppo mobile company factory in Greater Noida after six of its employees tested positive for coronavirus, company officials said on Monday.
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Corporate Tax Cut To Boost Smartphone Manufacturing: Executives
India slashed its headline corporate tax rate to 22 per centfrom 30 per centon Friday in a surprise gambit aimed at wooing manufacturers and boosting investment in Asia's third-biggest economy, where unemployment has surged as growth sinks to six-year lows.
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Google Fined Record $5 Billion by EU, Given 90 Days to Stop ‘Illegal Practices’
Google will be fined $5 billion by the European Union over apps for Android mobile devices.
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PM Modi's 'Make In India' Isn't Working For Smartphones. This Is Why
The government says it has a phased programme to manufacture phones, aiming to step up value added locally every year.
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Vertu Reportedly Acquired by Turkish Businessman Hakan Uzan for GBP 50 Million
Interestingly, Vertu has seen a change in ownership frequently over the last few years. Before Hakan Uzan, Godin Holdings acquired the company from EQT, private equity firm that gained control from Nokia in first place.
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Smartphone Boom: BlackBerry Follows Apple, Inks Deal To 'Make In India'
Canadian smartphone firm BlackBerry today said it has inked a pact with Optiemus Infracom for manufacturing BlackBerry Android handsets in India. This follows Apple Inc, which has decided to start manufacturing its popular iPhone in Bengaluru. Blackberry have also decided to make phones locally in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. The exclusive, lon...
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Asus ZenFone 3 Max to Be Manufactured in India
Asus will manufacture the smartphone at its facility in Daman and the production will start from December 2016.
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Google Has No Plans To Make Own Smartphones Right Now: Report
India-born Google CEO Sunder Pichai has said the digital giant has no plans to make its own smartphones right now and will continue to collaborate with its original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), according to media reports.
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Five Features I Want in My Next Smartphone
New smartphones either have great looks, or great cameras, or great battery life. How about a phone that's good at all these things, instead of being great at just one.
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Indonesia Plays Hardball With Smartphone Manufacturers
Indonesia's regulations have raised concerns about higher manufacturing costs and hung question marks over an industry championed by the government.
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India's Smartphone Manufacturing Enters Next Phase As Focus Shifts From Assembly To Making Components
India is moving beyond smartphone assembly as domestic production of components and electronic materials expands. New government data also show a sharp rise in mobile phone manufacturing and electronics investments.
-
Carl Pei Bets On India To Build Next Global Smartphone Brand, Explains Why
India already has the huge market, manufacturing capacity and engineering talent. According to Pei, what's missing is a sufficiently large Indian-origin global consumer technology brand.
-
India Prepares Smartphone Export Incentives in a Boost for Apple
The proposal — effectively a second phase of New Delhi’s flagship phone production program — will start rewarding companies for shipping devices overseas, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. Unlike the current Production-Linked Incentive, or PLI, program which retires March 31 and is primarily foc...
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India Is Now the Leading Smartphone Exporter to the US, Overtakes China: Report
For the first time, India has become the leading manufacturing hub for smartphones sold in the US in a quarter. The numbers correspond to the second quarter (Q2) of 2025. The subcontinent has overtaken China as uncertainty grows around the Asian nation’s trade deal with the US. China’s share in the US’ smartphone imports, in Q2 2025, fell 25 ...
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IT Ministry Wants to Match China, beat Vietnam in Smartphone Exports Race, Documents Show
The government must "act fast" to lure global companies with lower tariffs and risks losing out to China and Vietnam as it seeks to become a major smartphone export hub according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The government is attracting several companies such as Apple, Foxconn and Samsung to manufacture their de...
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Oppo Suspends Operations at Greater Noida Plant After 6 Workers Test COVID-19 Positive
Operations were suspended at the Oppo mobile company factory in Greater Noida after six of its employees tested positive for coronavirus, company officials said on Monday.
-
Corporate Tax Cut To Boost Smartphone Manufacturing: Executives
India slashed its headline corporate tax rate to 22 per centfrom 30 per centon Friday in a surprise gambit aimed at wooing manufacturers and boosting investment in Asia's third-biggest economy, where unemployment has surged as growth sinks to six-year lows.
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Google Fined Record $5 Billion by EU, Given 90 Days to Stop ‘Illegal Practices’
Google will be fined $5 billion by the European Union over apps for Android mobile devices.
-
PM Modi's 'Make In India' Isn't Working For Smartphones. This Is Why
The government says it has a phased programme to manufacture phones, aiming to step up value added locally every year.
-
Vertu Reportedly Acquired by Turkish Businessman Hakan Uzan for GBP 50 Million
Interestingly, Vertu has seen a change in ownership frequently over the last few years. Before Hakan Uzan, Godin Holdings acquired the company from EQT, private equity firm that gained control from Nokia in first place.
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Smartphone Boom: BlackBerry Follows Apple, Inks Deal To 'Make In India'
Canadian smartphone firm BlackBerry today said it has inked a pact with Optiemus Infracom for manufacturing BlackBerry Android handsets in India. This follows Apple Inc, which has decided to start manufacturing its popular iPhone in Bengaluru. Blackberry have also decided to make phones locally in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. The exclusive, lon...
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Asus ZenFone 3 Max to Be Manufactured in India
Asus will manufacture the smartphone at its facility in Daman and the production will start from December 2016.
-
Google Has No Plans To Make Own Smartphones Right Now: Report
India-born Google CEO Sunder Pichai has said the digital giant has no plans to make its own smartphones right now and will continue to collaborate with its original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), according to media reports.
-
Five Features I Want in My Next Smartphone
New smartphones either have great looks, or great cameras, or great battery life. How about a phone that's good at all these things, instead of being great at just one.
-
Indonesia Plays Hardball With Smartphone Manufacturers
Indonesia's regulations have raised concerns about higher manufacturing costs and hung question marks over an industry championed by the government.
