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Domestic smartphone vendor Karbonn Mobiles has set up a new manufacturing plant at Bawal, Haryana. This is the company’s second facility in India, the other being Noida. The new facility, as per the company, has been set up in 6 months and has 22 assembly lines. Karbonn Mobiles aims to manufacture around 30 million devices from this facility annually and employ around 4,000 people. The manufacturing unit for now is making 1.5 million units per month, which it aims to increase up to 2.5 million by the end of this...

Chinese smartphone maker, Vivo who became one of the top smartphone vendors in India within a short span of time is bullish over Indian smartphone market. The company aims to triple its manufacturing capacity in the country in the near future. Currently, Vivo is the only Chinese smartphone manufacturer who has set up a full-fledged manufacturing unit in India in line with the ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative. Vivo Mobile India has reportedly invested close to INR 125 crore in its first phase of investment in the 30,000 square-metre facility at Greater...

ELCINA (Electronic Industries Association of India), along with Cyient and other key Industry Players such as BEL, HAL, C-DOT and Centum Electronics today announced SES 2016 to be held on 7th & 8th July 2016 at the BIEC, Bengaluru. The event would be inaugurated by Chief Guest Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Minister for Defence, Government of India. The defense minister would be accompanied by key officials including Dr. Ajay Kumar, Addl Secretary, DeitY, Dr. G Sateesh Reddy, SA to Raksha Mantri, CMD, HAL and BEL. The Deputy Chief of Army Staff,...

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent India visit seems to have proved fruitful for the company. Apple has gained a lot from the major policy reforms of the Indian Government in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). After the government cleared roadblocks, Apple is expected to open up exclusive retail outlets across regions and strengthen its service support for Apple lovers in the country. Bringing major reforms in the FDI policy, the Indian government has allowed 100 per cent FDI in single-brand retail trading in the country among other sectors. The decision was...

The government of India will spend USD 7 billion on IT products and services in 2016, an increase of 3.1 percent over 2015, says Gartner. This forecast includes spending on internal services, software, IT services, data center, devices and telecom services. Government comprises state and local governments and national government, the analyst firm said. IT services (which includes consulting, software support, business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, implementation, and hardware support) is expected to grow 8.8 percent in 2016 to reach $1.6 billion USD – with the business process outsourcing sub-segment...

In a bid to boost local manufacturing, the government is planning to offer more incentives to mobile part makers. The efforts aimed at making India a full-blown mobile components and accessories production hub in the next three to four years. According to the Economic Times report, the government, as a part of phased plan, is likely to change duty structures around mobile phone components such as camera module, printed-circuit board (PCB) and keyboards to expand the manufacturing base locally by next year. “There is a provision to manufacture a few accessories in...