Budget 2020 to stress on mobile handsets, components under Make in India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Union Budget 2020-21 on February 1, 2020, and the mobile phone industry is expecting to get a boost from it.
Jan 24, 2020, 13:47 PM ISTMobile firms seek 10-year tax holiday, raise case of components makers
Mobile industry body Indian Cellular Association has sought a 10-year tax holiday to scale up mobile manufacturing to international standards to help India become competitive as against preferred destinations like China and Vietnam.
Nov 27, 2016, 17:25 PM ISTVideocon to manufacture mobile handsets at Salt Lake unit
Videocon group would start manufacturing mobile handsets at its Salt Lake facility near the metropolis in a few months' time, an official of the company said.
Jun 24, 2015, 17:42 PM ISTMobile phones market expected to cross 300 mn devices this year
Mobile handsets market in India is expected to cross 300 million devices this year while only 46 million are likely to be built locally, says a report.
May 18, 2015, 18:50 PM ISTSpice Mobiles handset assembly plant to begin production soon
Mobile handset maker Spice Mobiles' handset assembling unit at Noida is likely to begin commercial production by June.
May 14, 2015, 19:08 PM ISTGovt bans import of mobile phones with fake, duplicate unique identity numbers
Government on Monday banned import of mobile handsets with duplicate or fake unique identity numbers.
Jan 19, 2015, 20:03 PM IST