Mobile Companies

Xiaomi India head Muralikrishnan B resigns to pursue academic interests

Chinese smart devices firm Xiaomi's India head Muralikrishnan B has resigned from the company to pursue his interest in academic research, the company said on Monday. He will continue to support Xiaomi India as an independent Strategic Advisor, the company said. "Muralikrishnan B, the current President of Xiaomi India, will be transitioning out of his role at the end of the year. After over six impactful years with the company, Murali is set to pursue his passion for academic research, focusing on his Executive Doctorate in Management, where he aims to deepen his expertise in Consumer Behaviour on Technology Platforms," the company said in a statement. After leading the smartphone market in India for several years, Xiaomi has been making efforts to reclaim its numero uno position. According to Counterpoint Research, Xiaomi made a comeback to the top position in the second quarter of 2024, but it again lost the position to Vivo. The company had a 16.7 per cent share in volume terms

'6G may usher in merged reality, bring in senses in digital communication'

Magnus Ewerbring says Standalone Architecture (SA) unleashes the full potential of 5G

Telecom ministry to cut off 21.7 million mobile connections linked to fraud

Indians lost at least Rs 500 crore to fraud in the six months before March, prompting the Centre to form an inter-ministerial panel to address gaps in banking, immigration, and telecom

Competition heats up: Samsung goes to war, cuts prices to dare Apple turf

South Korean mobile giant drops price of flagship S24 range by 15-35% to duel iPhone 16

DoT asks operators to re-verify over 600,000 mobile connections in 60 days

The Department of Telecom has directed telecom operators to verify more than 6 lakh mobile connections suspected to have been obtained using invalid, non-existent, or fake documents, an official statement said on Thursday. The DoT has issued directives to telecom operators to carry out immediate re-verification of the identified mobile numbers within 60 days. "DoT has identified approximately 6.80 lakh mobile connections suspected to have been obtained using invalid, non-existent, or fake and forged Proof of Identity (PoI) and Proof of Address (PoA) KYC documents," the statement said. The department has flagged around 6.80 lakh mobile connections as potentially fraudulent after advanced AI-driven analysis. "The questionable veracity of the PoI/PoA KYC documents suggests the use of fabricated documents for obtaining these mobile connections. DoT has issued directives to the TSPs to carry out immediate re-verification of these identified mobile numbers. All TSPs are mandated to ...

Revoke licences of POCO OnePlus for anti-trade practices: Retailers to CCI

The All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) said POCO and OnePlus are violating national regulations and statutes, attributing them as the primary source of various trade issues

Delhi HC warns Oppo: Pay pending royalties or face potential sales ban

The court ordered that the trial should be completed by the end of this year or else Oppo will be liable to pay an additional sum

High import tariffs of mobile device parts offsetting PLI benefits

The high tariffs have also not helped in pushing localisation, an important goal of the government under the scheme where the aim is to reach 40 per cent value addition by FY27

Advisory issued against calls threatening disconnection of mobile services

The Department of Telecom on Friday issued an advisory regarding calls threatening people with disconnection of their mobile services. The Department of Telecom (DoT), which governs telecom services in the country, alerted citizens about a surge in malicious calls whereby it is being said that the receivers' mobile numbers will be disconnected within two hours by the DoT. "The DoT does not make calls to citizens threatening disconnection. Citizens are urged to exercise caution and not provide any personal information if they receive such calls," the advisory said. In the advisory, the DoT urged citizens to not share any personal information if they receive a call threatening disconnection. "Verify the authenticity of such calls with your service providers. Be aware that the DoT does not communicate disconnection warnings via phone calls. Any such call should be treated as suspicious," the advisory said. The DoT asked citizens to report any suspicious calls at the National Cyber Cr

HTech launches Honor 90 5G smartphone in UP, to target major cities first

Smart devices maker HTech will target major cities of Uttar Pradesh in the first phase to market its smartphone, HONOR 90 5G, which it launched in the state on Monday. Senior vice-president of HTech C P Khandelwal, who was in Lucknow to mark the launch of the smartphone, told PTI, "The launch has been good, and we have launched it on online and offline channels." Speaking about the marketing strategy for the state, he said that the company has appointed distributors in major cities in the first phase keeping in mind the company's first product, first launch, and "price band, which is majorly acceptable for the major cities". "But soon we will come up with more models, where we will go across cities, towns and everywhere," he said and added that the next launch is likely within two months. The premium device is available at a price starting from Rs 37,999 on online channels. When asked how he sees Uttar Pradesh as a market for smartphones, Khandelwal said, "Definitely UP is one of

All OTTs using telco data should pay fair share charge, says COAI

COAI had earlier suggested levying a licensing fee of 8 per cent on OTTs on a recurring basis

IPhone maker Foxconn cuts 2023 sales forecast after mobile demand sags

Foxconn also known as Hon Hai now expects most of its main business segments, including smartphones, to contract "slightly" this quarter and over the entire year

Apple faces longest streak of sales slowdown in 2 decades as iPhone slumps

After the company reported a revenue decline of 1.4% in the fiscal third quarter, Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said on a conference call that Apple's performance would be similar this period

Apple hits record iPhone sales mark in India despite global slowdown

The company, which just opened its first stores in the country, is planning to extend its network in India as part of an Asia-wide thrust

Android mobile device case: SC to hear pleas of Google, CCI on October 10

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on October 10 the cross-pleas of Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging the verdict of an appellate tribunal in a case related to Google's alleged anti-competitive practices in the android mobile device case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra took up the appeals and said it wanted some time to get ready with the case. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for one of the parties, said the plea may be kept for final disposal later. The bench then said that the cross-pleas can be listed for final disposal on October 10 and the parties shall complete filing of pleadings by October 7. It also appointed lawyer Sameer Bansal as the nodal counsel for preparing common digital pleadings with the help of lawyers from both sides for easy adjudication of the matter. On March 29, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had handed out a mixed verdict on

Samsung's 8th Gen V-NAND chips to expand storage in next-gen servers

Toggle DDR (Double Data Rate) is a NAND interface for high-performance applications which support data read and write operations

The dynamics of a connected India: What brands are relying on

Mobile adoption soared in 2021 - usage, downloads and app-store consumer spends

Apple to allow third-party app payment option in South Korea

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans

How BlackBerry, the phone everyone once wanted to own, got disconnected

The shutdown administered the last rites to an iconic device, and to a pioneering tech concept

Xiaomi plans to invest over $15 billion into R&D in next five years

Smartphone brand Xiaomi has announced that it is planning to invest over $15 billion into research and development (R&D) over the next five years, media reports said.