The five-year-old Chinese brand's assent to the summit comes after a year of astounding rise -- often growing by over 200 percent a quarter, reports Arnab Dutta.
'The history of Moody's India ratings tells its own story,' points out T N Ninan.
Sale of iPhones hits the bottom; firms to postpone new launches; shipment might fall short of 2016 target.
The online strategy cuts down on marketing and distribution costs, allowing Xiaomi to sell feature-rich phones at low prices.
While the 'Made in China' tag continues to be dominant as far as handsets in India go, things are beginning to change.
Oppo is the second Chinese brand after Xiaomi to secure single-brand retail licence. Xiaomi has now 600 retail partners.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
'The Chinese outdid them in the price game and turned the competitive dynamics at the lower end of the handset market from price to value.'
'Since Piku, Irrfan seemed content in delighting us with his finesse than striking a nerve.' 'Now, why was this so?' 'Why did our No 1 soul-searching actor suddenly decide that he'd rather be a heart-warmer?' 'Did those journeys take too much out of him?' asks Sreehari Nair.
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi, in an internal letter on Wednesday, announced that the company has sold one million smartphones in the first 18 days of this month in India, state-run China Daily reported.
Samsung may be the leader in the burgeoning Indian mobile market.
iPhone sales in June quarter dropped 35% even as smartphone market grew 19%
India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers to the country -- creating at least 50,000 jobs. But GST could hurt that, discovers Ayan Pramanik.
'Just as the monkey god needed a Jambavan to prod him into realising his superpowers, so did the poll panel need a poke from the Supreme Court into remembering it had an armoury of powers at its disposal to stop the infractions,' notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
In 2015, as many as 15 major Chinese smartphone brands stepped into India.
Foxconn has said it is aiming to develop 10-12 facilities in India, including factories and data centres, by 2020
Analysts point to a pattern with Samsung gaining leadership position in the prime segment during Feb-Aug every year. Apple overtakes Sept onwards
For years, India has been a low priority for Apple as spending power is weaker than in China
The Ig Nobel prizes honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then makes them think.
'I doubt very much if I will ever move on from his music, as I have from so much else through the years,' says Aakar Patel.
RIL has been talking to groups including Gionee, Huawei and Xiaomi
Nearly 92% of the 250-mn smartphones run on Android.
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
The once-popular brand plans to try its luck in the smartphone market with reliability as its key proposition.
The iPhone SE will replace Apple's ageing iPhone 5s model.
The Chinese phone maker has ensured its two brands - Lenovo and Motorola - do not cannibalise into each other's share.
In a first, the India's smartphone market fell by 4%.
Gajraj Rao's performance in Badhaai Ho is the finest by an actor in a Hindi film this year, applauds Sreehari Nair.
In the beginning was Salman Khan and the word was Dabangg. Ever since Sallu bhaiyya outdid every other star's box-office record with his brother's film, by playing the buffoon and dumbing down to hitherto unimagined levels , every other actor worth his namak has had his Dabangg moment: Shah Rukh Khan with Chennai Express, Ranbir Kapoor with Besharam and Shahid Kapur with Phata Poster Nikla Hero.
The voyeurism and poor taste on display in the reportage of the murder case involving Mukerjea's wife reflect the mindset of the society we live in and the media we are exposed to
All but 500 who booked Note 7 phones have bought older devices instead of cancelling their orders but Samsung may still lose market share this festive season.
The company is headed for its worst annual profit in three years, under siege as Chinese firms like Xiaomi and Lenovo reel in buyers with full-function touch-screen smartphones that are cheaper.
Price, specifications, features and all that you need to know about Apple's hot new 10th anniversary phone.
Samsung has reason to be worried.
The economy hasn't gathered even half the traction that some of us assumed it would just a year back.
The Modi-Shah definition of secularism is, India is a confident, resurgent Hindu, and therefore secular, country.
The Korean electronics giant says it will get more aggressive on pricing and focus on a narrower set of products for its mid-to-low tier products.
'Nitish is now a helpless junior ally of Hindutva.' 'He just cannot think of reining in the hoodlums raging, marauding and killing in the mohallas,' argues Mohammad Sajjad.
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones
Ashish Pratap Singh wonders if Samsung will meet the same fate as Nokia?
