Oppo, the Chinese smartphone maker will kick start manufacturing about 10 lakh 4G phones a month in India, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
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Sunil Lalvani – President, Qualcomm India on Make in India
Qualcomm is looking to help make India a hub for design capabilities for smartphones, tablets and IoT. The company is also looking to leverage India’s engineering talent to scale innovation for both local consumption, and rest of the world. On those lines, Qualcomm is setting up an Innovation Lab in Bangalore, India to provide technical and engineering support to the home grown companies.
In the very recent past, Qualcomm had also hosted the Design in India Challenge in association with NASSCOM to accelerate the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India for healthcare, education, banking, agriculture, automotive, wearables and smartcities.
We at FoneArena had a chance to speak to Sunil Lalvani, the President of Qualcomm India at the Make in India week, which took place in Mumbai last month. Here’s the transcript from our talk..
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Xiaomi to set up 2 manufacturing plants and launch more devices in India in 2016
In a bid to expand its hold in the Indian smartphone market even further, Xiaomi is planning to set up two manufacturing plants in the country in 2016, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The Chinese smartphone maker is also looking forward to launch more devices in India this year.
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‘Make in India’ has nothing to do with Freedom 251: Amitabh Kant
It looks like Ringing Bells is not able to catch a break with new allegations and controversies arising almost every day. The maker of the cheapest smartphone in India, the Freedom 251 has been touted as being a part of Digital India and the ‘Make in India’ initiative. However, it seems that this is not the case.
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100 million mobile phone units are now being manufactured in India
India has become a hot bed for mobile manufacturing plants, buoyed by a positive response from mobile phone makers to Governments ‘Make in India’ initiative. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the country is now producing 100 million mobile phone units.
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Oppo to invest Rs 100 cr to start manufacturing unit in India by August 2016
Oppo is the latest entrant in the long list of international smartphone makers to join the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Chinese smartphone maker has announced that it will invest Rs 100 Cr to kick start its own manufacturing facility in India by August this year.
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Micromax to invest Rs 300cr in India to set up three manufacturing units
Micromax has announced that it will invest Rs 300 Cr in India in order to set up three manufacturing units in the country, according to a latest report from PTI.
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Qualcomm launches Design in India Initiative in support of Government’s Make in India Vision
Qualcomm announced the launch of a new Design in India Challenge in New Delhi. The initiative is being launched by Qualcomm to support the Government’s vision of Make in India.
Micromax, Celkon, Karbonn and Lava to set up units at mobile manufacturing hub in Tirupati
Four homegrown smartphone makers viz, Micromax, Celkon, Karbonn and Lava have come together to set up units at the country’s first mobile manufacturing hub to join the ‘Make in India’ movement.
Gionee’s first ‘Made in India’ smartphone F103 launched
As announced earlier, Gionee has launched F103 as the first ‘Made in India phone’ by Foxconn in SriCity. The phone from the F series was launched last month in the country.
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OnePlus teams up with Foxconn to manufacture phones in India
OnePlus is the latest international company that has joined the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Chinese smartphone maker has partnered with the popular contract manufacturer Foxconn for local production of smartphones in the country.
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Coolpad will invest Rs 1,950 crore to manufacture phones in India, partners with Videocon
After launching the Note 3 smartphone in India yesterday, Coolpad has announced plans to ‘Make in India’. The Chinese smartphone maker said that it would invest around Rs 1,950 crore in India to manufacture and sell low cost handsets in the country.
Intex to invest Rs 1,000 Cr to set up a manufacturing facility in Gr Noida
Homegrown mobile handset maker Intex is strengthening its manufacturing initiatives further in India. The company is looking forward to set up a Rs 1,000 Cr manufacturing facility at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, as per a latest report from PTI.
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Modi offers Apple to ‘Make in India’, Tim Cook responded positively: Report
Apple CEO Tim Cook response to set up manufacturing unit in India is positive, said Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup after the Prime Minister meeting with Tim Cook in San Jose, California. Continue reading “Modi offers Apple to ‘Make in India’, Tim Cook responded positively: Report”
