"We are going to expand our retail presence to increase our market share. At present we sell through around 700 stores in select states. By March we plan to sell across 1000 stores each in five states -- Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra," Alcatel India, Regional Director, Praveen Valecha said on sidelines of launch of a new smartphone.
The company launched 4G smartphone Idol 4 for Rs 16,999 which will be sold along with JBL headphone and a pair of Virtual Reality goggles.
He said that the Idol 4 will help company gain traction between among youth in age bracket of 15-34.
The phone has 5.2 inch display, dual 4G SIM slot, 3GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and expandable storage support of up to 512 GB. The company is exclusively selling it on Flipkart from today.
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