Recently, Apple did two things differently. First, it entered video streaming sector with cheaper options and second it has opened up its OTT service for non-Apple users too.
India's e-commerce sector is expected to touch $22bn in 2015.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently stated that he sees India in the same position that China was seven to ten years ago
Micromax to raise up to $1 bn from global investors.
International brands such as Daikin, Hitachi and Samsung, which were largely present in the premium products range, are getting aggressive on expanding their mid-range portfolios to penetrate into smaller cities and towns. While competition isn't hurting Voltas just yet, which has managed to retain its market share at 24.4 per cent as of September 30 (Q2), the main question is whether the company can defend its market share without compromising on profitability.
The announcement quells fears among some telcos that Chinese players might be banned from participating in 5G trials and roll outs.
It was not immediately known how many jobs the proposed new plants would eventually create.
Patent fees will likely squeeze margins, and in turn the company's valuation.
The move to push offline sales will be led by opening Mi Home stores, Xiaomi India managing director Manu Jain tells Alnoor Peermohamed.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc has tied up with Taiwan's Foxconn to start assembling phones in India.
London Olympics bronze medallist M C Mary Kom was on Monday voted the 'Most Valuable Player' of India's campaign at the Incheon Asian Games, at a felicitation for the medal winners by the contingent sponsors, Samsung India.
To escape backlash, handset makers of all major Chinese brands who have their own manufacturing lines in India or outsource from third party vendors here have decided to highlight Made-in-India in their packaging more prominently from now.
'We have had 27 years of liberalisation and in the same period Korea and Japan and China transformed themselves forever,' says Aakar Patel.
All eyes this year, however, are on Nokia's latest launches.
Cost of Nokia's latest smartphone has been revealed for selected European markets. And it's more expensive than the S3. Will the pricing badly affect its sales? Read on!
Nokia has managed to enter the top-five list in the feature phone market within six months of its comeback
Is Panasonic P51 worth buying for Rs 22,500? In terms of design, performance, camera and battery it is worth buying, but memory and processor speed are not up to the mark as compared to its competitors (Samsung Galaxy S III, LG Optimus Vu).
The fourth finance ministerial meeting, to be held in New Delhi, will have Finance Minister P Chidambaram from the Indian side and Hyun Oh-seok, Deputy Prime Minister and minister of strategy and finance, from South Korea.
The move comes against the backdrop of the US and some of its allies banning the purchase of Chinese telecom gear over security concerns and pressuring other countries to follow suit.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
She said the government is preparing a blueprint to build 100 smart cities and to upgrade India's infrastructure
DoT is even considering measures to urge private telecom operators to bring down their dependence on Chinese-made telecom equipment.
The Indian tablet market has been dominated by Chinese or local players.
Apple, Samsung, Google and more all the big guns feature in this list
Manu Kumar Jain, vice-president, Xiaomi, and managing director, Xiaomi India, shares his thoughts with Arnab Dutta on how the firm has put India on the forefront.
While the 'Made in China' tag continues to be dominant as far as handsets in India go, things are beginning to change.
Xiaomi is the third largest smartphone brand in the top 30 cities in India.
First it was called content-led commerce. Then it came to be known as influencer-led commerce. And its latest iteration is creator economy. This evolution of the terminology for online personas impacting buying decisions -- through blogs, memes, bite-sized videos, and podcasts -- has happened over the past five to seven years.
Many phones will be launched in the next three months, but the one's here have been anticipated for long, and they are very important phones for their respective brands.
Why Ashish Narsale is looking forward to its launch.
Based on industry estimates, telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL, are expected to invest over $10 billion on buying 5G telecom equipment in the next five years as they transition from non-standalone networks to standalone 5G networks.
He said that the whole world being robbed of creativity and ideas because so many people in India are not online.
It will be exclusively available on Amazon.
The smartphones are priced Rs 6,399 onwards.
Nokia has retained the top slot in Indian GSM market with 79 per cent share, while US giant Motorola has more than doubled its share to seven per cent this year, according to a study.
Of the 1,145 offers made this year, consulting firms made up 34 per cent, followed by banking, financial services and insurance, pharma/healthcare, IT/ITeS and FMCG/retail.
Akash Ambani's first big job as he takes over as chairman of Reliance Jio, the group's telecom arm, is a no-brainer - he has to get his company through the long-awaited 5G auctions that are a few weeks away. But his bigger job, analysts said, will be to lead the transformation of the telecom company into a tech giant, a process that is underway as it seeks to list in the US. Insiders said there has been plenty of debate within the company's top executives on the auction strategy.
General Motors vice-president P Balendran is less diplomatic and talks about a 'severe blow'.
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is expected to launch its latest 4G device Mi4 in the country later this month as it looks to strengthen its position in the booming Indian smartphone market.
