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Wednesday 8 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Availability of Android One phones to affect sales of low-priced models in India
The launch of Android One smartphones by India-based vendors in their local market starting September will affect sales of current models priced at around INR6,000 (US$98) as well...
Friday 3 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Telecom reform policies pave way for healthy telecom development in India
The government in India, at the end of 2012, implemented the National Telecom Policy, a set of reform policies including nationwide licensing in place of regional licenses, enforcement...
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Broadband Internet user bases in ASEAN countries growing fast
All of the 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries except Laos and Myanmar have started nationwide fixed-line broadband Internet-access networks and the total...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
LCD TV shipments in India reach 2.2 million in 2Q14, says report
In the second quarter of 2014, the LCD TV category in India experienced its highest growth rate in six quarters, with shipments growing 42% on year, driven by new model introductions,...
Thursday 4 September 2014
Taiwan supply chains show optimism about orders from China-based handset vendors
Taiwan supply chains are showing optimism about orders from China-based handset vendors as they are making attempts to further expand into markets throughout Southeast Asia, as well...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Karbonn looks to in-house handset production in India: Q&A with executive director
Karbonn, the second-largest India-based handset vendor, is looking into in-house production. Digitimes recently sat down with company executive director Shashin Devsare to discuss...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Voices from India: How can Taiwan best tap the booming India handset market
There will be an estimated 250 million handsets sold in the India market in 2014, 35% of which will be smartphones, an increase from the 23% in 2013. However, with a population of...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
On the handset market in India and increasing presence of Lava: Q&A with Lava chairman Hari Om Rai
As India's handset market is continuing to grow, local vendors including Lava, Spice, Intex and GI 5 are seeing monthly sales reach between 500,000-1 million units a month, with Larva...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Commentary: Rising pan-Indian Ocean regional smartphone market represents huge potential for Taiwan firms
Approximately eight years ago, Digitimes ran a special topic, entitled "To go, or not to go," to explore whether India is a market worth investing in for Taiwan-based businesses...
Monday 25 August 2014
India government looks forward to cooperating with Taiwan to develop local handset industry: Digitimes president talks with top officials from India's Ministry of Communications & IT
During Digitimes president Colley Hwang's recent trip to India, he had the opportunity to meet with various government and industry leaders, including Shri R.S. Sharma, secretary...
Wednesday 13 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Foxconn stands chance of winning Mexico government LCD TV procurement orders
The Mexico government will hold an open bid to procure 13.7 million LCD TVs over three years as part of a subsidy program for low-income families in line with the digitization of...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
India market: Mobile platform providers to ramp up market share by tying up with local smartphone vendors
Mobile platform providers Microsoft, Google and Mozilla have geared up efforts to expand their market shares in India by cooperating with local handset vendors.
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Firefox smartphones to be launched in India in July, says Mozilla COO
Mozilla will launch a series of inexpensive Firefox OS smartphone models in the India market in July, with retail prices of up to US$50, according to company COO and Mozilla Taiwan...
Friday 16 May 2014
Nokia tax dispute to affect FIH Mobile deployments in India, say sources
A dispute over taxes between Nokia and the India government is likely to bring some adverse impacts to the related supply chain, including a plant of FIH Mobile, in Chennai, India,...
Friday 2 May 2014
LCD to be sole TV technology in India by 2016, says DisplaySearch
The TV market in India is going through many changes, as consumers replace legacy CRT sets with LCD TVs and shift to larger sizes. As recently as 2012, only 44% of total TV shipments...