Today, Vachani's public-listed company, Dixon Technologies, has gone beyond manufacturing just television sets. Armed with private equity funding from Motilal Oswal eight years ago, it has transformed itself into a Rs 4,400 crore electronic manufacturing services major, which now straddles lighting products, home appliances, feature phones, LED bulbs, amongst others. A two-part series looks at how two home-grown manufacturers are leveraging the govt's production-linked incentive scheme.
Ringing Bells will start with the assembly of handsets in Phase-I.
Samsung makes the largest number of non-4G feature phones in India
As campaigns against Chinese brands intensify and the virus keeps people indoors, Vivo plays it slow with a digital-first launch plan.
The top 5 cities of India made up about 60 per cent of the online smartphone sales in India.
Set up by three former NDTV executives, the company is targeting premium restaurants in Delhi-NCR
With J7 Duo, Samsung joins the bandwagon of rear dual camera phones at a budget.
The Riversong Wave O2 looks good and feels nice to wear. But it has a few drawbacks, says Debashish Pachal.
Vivo V9 becomes the first to bring 19:9 aspect ratio phone to India.
The SE is up against some sweet deals from China and South Korea, not to mention Apple's own XR.
'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.' 'The size of our market gives us an important lever of power which we shall have to play adroitly and intelligently,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's envoy to China -- in the Professor V M Dandekar Memorial Lecture 2019, delivered on March 8, 2019 in Pune.
Not just from the likes of Alibaba and Didi Chuxing, Indian startups saw a surge in Chinese funding from financial investors in 2019. This is a seven-fold jump from $459 million in 2016.
Continuing his investment spree in India's hot start-ups, Ratan Tata on Friday invested in Kyazoonga.
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones
The Tata Sons' chairman emeritus has been aggressively investing in start-ups, ranging from e-commerce firms to cab aggregators
Tata has emerged as a major venture capital investor since his retirement.
According to sources, government officials have asked industry bodies and manufacturers to submit key concerns and requirements to begin manufacturing activity.
FirstCry is omni-channel player with presence across desktop, mobile and offline routes offering baby and maternity products in India.
They belong to different budget segments but when it comes to features and looks these seven stand out in the crowd.
MUrgency is slated to launch services in Amritsar and Jalandhar in the last week of May and cover the entire state by June end.
The POCO X2 is a gaming phone that offers good photographic capabilities at a budget price, says Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com.
Overall, cumulative direct investment from China stood at just $2.05 billion till June 2018, according to consolidated DIPP figures
This is Tata's seventh investment this year.
The removal of over 54,000 accounts was the largest such removal yet.
By comparing seven important features of both the smartphones, Mohnish Borah finds out that the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has some serious features to give Lenovo K4 Note a stiff competition in the Rs 12,000 price range.
Market grew 15% YoY in June quarter, sharply lower from 23% in previous quarter and 34% in the same quarter of 2015
The year 2017 could be the third year of a double-digit growth in arrivals from China after years of low single-digit growth
The maker of the iPhone and the iPad has made a proposal to the government for a wholesale foray.
Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is slated to meet senior executives of Apple on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.
The plain, simple, minimal user interface that the CyanogenMod custom Android ROM brings to the One is delightful.
From Samsung to Apple iPhone XR, smartphone firms are showering discounts in April.
Google's new Nexus models are hands down the show-stealers of the season.
The government is likely to exempt iPhone and iPad maker Apple from mandatory local sourcing rule, a move which would pave the way for tech giant opening single-brand retail stores in the country.
Tizen is an open source operating system built by the eponymous organisation that includes Samsung as a member.
Companies are playing the price game to woo customers.
'But I understand the need for this government move.' 'I completely support Mr Modi.'
However, the firm continued with its operation in the Indian market.
Its growth has been driven by discounts rather than enticing new customers to its platform
Chinese handset maker OnePlus on Tuesday said it expects India to become its biggest market in the next few months.
Motorola said it has crossed the three million device sales milestone.
