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Electronics exports propelled by mobile show sharpest surge in top 10 club

Electronics exports up from sixth to fifth position this financial year

Govt issues warning for some Samsung phones, advises urgent update

Alert states vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions and access sensitive info

About 1K mobile tower applications in UP stuck for approval: Industry body

About 1,000 applications to install mobile towers in Uttar Pradesh are stuck for approval, especially in Noida and Ghaziabad, industry body Digital Infrastructure Providers' Association (DIPA) said on Friday. Mobile towers play an important role in enhancing network quality, especially for 5G services requiring higher numbers of towers as compared to 4G network. DIPA said telecom infrastructure providers are facing problems in getting permissions for deploying infrastructure in UP, especially Noida and Ghaziabad. DIPA Director General T R Dua said despite applying on the online portal Nivesh Mitra -- the single window system of the Uttar Pradesh government -- after providing all necessary documents and depositing the application fee, no permission for deployment of telecom infrastructure has been granted. Close to 1,000 applications are pending, where the members have already made non-refundable payments of Rs 1,000 each, amounting to Rs 10 lakh, DIPA said in a statement. DIPA mem

Statsguru: India is one of the world leaders in assembled phones industry

Under the 'Make in India' initiative, the share of domestically assembled phones of the total phone shipments (or sales) rose to 98 per cent in 2022 from 19 per cent in 2014

ED raids 2 ex-Punjab ministers; seizes docs, mobile phones, electronics

"Incriminating" documents, mobile phones, and other electronic devices were seized by the ED after raids against two former Punjab forest ministers and Congress leaders Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sangat Singh Giljian and others as part of an alleged forest scam-linked money laundering probe. The federal probe agency issued a statement on Friday, saying its investigation pertains to charges of "bribery" in the state forest department against the issuance of a permit for tree felling and for transfer/posting in the department, among some other allegations. The raids were conducted on November 30 in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi at the residential premises of Dharamsot, Giljian, their associates, forest officers and some private individuals, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said. Dharamsot (63), has been a five-time MLA and he was arrested earlier this year by the Punjab Vigilance bureau as part of a case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets. Giljian has been an MLA from

FinMin directs ministries to adhere to mobile, laptop issuance guidelines

The finance ministry has asked various departments and ministries to follow the guidelines with regard to issuance of mobiles, laptops and similar devices to officers and withdraw any policy which is at variance with the Department of Expenditure's guidelines. The Department of Expenditure under the finance ministry had in July issued guidelines for issue of mobile, laptop, tablet, phablet, notebook, notepad, ultra-book, net-book or devices of similar categories to eligible officers of Government of India for official work. Issuing a fresh office memorandum, the Department of Expenditure said it has come to its notice that various ministries/departments have issued their own policies regarding this which are not in line with the spirit of the finance ministry's guidelines. "Ministries/Departments are hereby directed to stop/withdraw their own policies on the subject and strictly adhere to the instructions issued by this Department in letter and spirit," the Department of Expenditure

Mobile phone players oppose TEC proposal on direct TV broadcast on handsets

Mobile phone industry body ICEA has opposed incorporation of a new standard for providing direct television service on handsets in absence of its acceptance in global standards. State-run Telecommunications Engineering Centre (TEC) had floated a consultation paper for television broadcasting directly on mobile handheld devices or Direct to Mobile Broadcasting technology. In the process, TEC has sought industry views on incorporating a video standard, ATSC 3.0 in the national standard. According to India Cellular and Electronics Association, whose members include Apple, Nokia, Lava, Foxconn, Dixon etc, India is aggressively pushing for mobile manufacturing in the country and all the major brands are producing and exporting phones from India. "The design and manufacture of mobile phones to incorporate ATSC 3.0 will adversely impact mobile manufacturing efforts. The inclusion of any technology which is not proven and globally acceptable goes against the market forces and will derail t

Google Pixel 8 bets on premium segment in India, but challenges galore

The Pixel range and its new Pixel 8 (which starts from Rs 75,999, aimed at the upper premium end of the market, where Samsung is the big boy it has so far not set the market on fire

Flipkart Big Billion Days, Day 3: Mobiles, laptops to buy at low prices

Flipkart is offering mobiles and laptops at a huge discount during the Big Billion Days sale, which started on October 8, 2023. Here's everything you should know about the sale and discounted products

Mobile phone exports from India almost double to $5.5 bn till Aug in FY24

Mobile phone exports from India almost doubled to USD 5.5 billion, about Rs 45,700 crore, till August this financial year, according to industry body ICEA's estimates. ICEA said, mobile phone exports from India between April-August 2023 was around USD 3 billion, about Rs 24,850 crore. A source, who did not wish to be named, said, with Apple exported mobile phones worth more than Rs 23,000 crore, thereby accounting for a little over half of the total export. An email query sent to Apple did not elicit any reply. Commenting on the overall mobile phone export, ICEA Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo told PTI that mobile phone exports from India continue to buck the overall trend of muted global trade by registering a massive growth of more than 80 per cent. "India continues to strive hard to be a preferred location for GVCs. It is work in progress but the trend is positive," Mohindroo said. According to ICEA estimates, mobile phone exports from India have doubled to surpass Rs 90,000 crore,

Lava launches Blaze Pro 5G smartphone with 5000mAh battery: Price, specs

Priced at Rs 12,499, the Lava Blaze Pro 5G will be available online on e-commerce platform Amazon India and at select offline stores from October 3

India's Lava looks to corner a third of feature phone market share

Since it was set up in 2009, Lava has become popular for the budget phones, which have a keypad but no high-end features

Sale of Apple iPhone 15 sees 100% growth versus iPhone 14's on Day 1

Sale of Apple's iPhone 15 is estimated to have registered a 100 per cent growth compared to that of the iPhone 14 series on the first day with high demand for made-in-India iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models, according to industry sources. Apple has for the first time made available the 'made-in-India' iPhone on the same day it started selling the devices in the country and other parts of the globe. "Till evening, 6 pm IST, the sales of iPhone 15 series have recorded over 100 per cent growth on Day 1 compared to the sale of iPhone 14. There are long queues everywhere and more people have started coming after their office hours," an industry source, who did not wish to be identified, told PTI. An email query sent to Apple did not elicit any reply. Apple has started selling made-in-India iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, having colour options of pink, yellow, green, blue, and black with 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB storage capacities, at starting prices of Rs 79,900 and Rs 89,900, ...

Verizon executive testifies Google search always pre-installed on phones

Brian Higgins, a 28-year Verizon veteran who was on a team from 2017 to 2023 that struck deals with Google to pick software to preload onto the carrier's phones, testified in a federal court

Top 5 websites to sell your old phones and get instant cash in 2023

Sell your old device at a reasonable price before buying a new device. If you are finding ways to sell old phones then here are the top 5 websites, where you can sell your old device at a good price

Nothing Phone (2) software update brings new features, widget, and more

The Nothing OS 2.0.3 firmware update will have new UI elements, pocket mode, a new compass widget, and Zomato app integration in Glyph interface

Tata Electronics plans to raise Rs 500 crore loan for Tamil Nadu unit

The cost of Tata Electronics' unit expansion is pegged at Rs 3,400 crore, the capacity expansion is expected to be complete in the current financial year (FY24).

Google offers glimpse of Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro ahead of October event

According to The Verge, an American technology news website, the pictures and videos shared by Google show how much smaller the Pixel 8 is in comparison to the 8 Pro

At 7 million, India saw highest mobile subscriber addition in Q2: Ericsson

The number of mobile broadband subscriptions grew by about 100 million in the quarter, totalling 7.4 billion-a year-on-year increase of 5 per cent

HonorTech to relaunch Honor brand of phones in Sept, to invest Rs 1,000 cr

HonorTech will relaunch the Honor brand of smartphones in the country in September with plans to initially invest Rs 1,000 crore in the business, a senior company official said. For the relaunch, HonorTech is going to work under a licensing deal with a Chinese smart devices company Honor, in India. HonorTech CEO Madhav Sheth told PTI that the company will aim to garner 4-5 per cent market share in terms of volume by end of next year, which will translate to a revenue of Rs 10,000 crore for the company. "The government is looking at the idea that business and authority in the company should be owned and managed by Indians. "HonorTech is a completely Indian entity. We are going to work under a licensing deal with Honor where they will license us and we will do everything from sales to manufacturing in India. No royalty will go to Honor," Sheth said. Honor brand was launched and owned by Chinese telecom major Huawei which sold it to another Chinese firm Shenzhen Zhixin New Informatio