Xenitis launches new range of products

The products launched today included mobile handsets at Rs 499 and laptops priced at Rs 14,990.

The other mobile handsets launched were priced upto Rs 2,000.

These mobile handsets are targeted at entry level users with the aim to increase mobile penetration in rural Bengal.

The models will be available in the stores by the end of this year.

The Xenitis laptop called Xuva XC 200 would sell at Rs 14,990, the lowest priced notebook PC in the country.

Earlier Xenitis launched Xuva T14WN series of laptop at Rs 19,990.
Xuva XC 200 is configured with Intel Celeron 2Ghz (550), 512 MB RAM, 120 GB HD, DVD, Card Reader, SIS chipset & & 13.3" WXGA LCD.

Speaking on the occasion, Santanu Ghosh, chairman of the company, said, "Our aim is to revolutionize the mobile handset market by introducing affordable handsets with all key features. We hope to tap the market with our affordable handsets. We are already getting good response from handset retailers due to low price and extra features. We also have plans to come up with improved features including dual SIM Card in the next phase. We have floated a new company Xenitis Telecommunications for our venture in mobile handset manufacturing."

Xenitis has already bagged the order for supplying 1, 60,000 mobile handsets per month of which 50,000 will be exported to Dubai and West Asia.

It has also tied-up with telecom service providers Airtel and Vodafone for bundled offers.

Xenitis will invest Rs 430 crore in the next six months.

Ghosh informed, "We will invest Rs 220 crore in Xenitis Infotech for capacity expansion, Rs 110 crores in Global Automobiles and Rs 250 crore in setting up a mobile handset manufacturing factory in West Bengal.

This will be our third plant in the state. In the next six months Xenitis will generate additional direct employment opportunity for 650 people."

Xenitis has also got an additional 10 acre for its third plant.

This year the Xenitis Group has posted a turn over of Rs 1000 crore.

Xenitis Infotech Ltd, the flagship company of Xenitis Group has contributed Rs 860 crore while Global Automobiles registered a turn over of Rs 152 crore.

The projected group turnover is Rs 2000 crore for 2008-2009. A team of 20 members from West Bengal State Assembly's Standing Committee on Commerce and Industry led by the chairman Sudip Bandopadhyay visited the Global Automobiles factory on Tuesday.

Bandopadhyay unveiled UFO 0150, the 150 cc scooter from the Global Automobiles stable.

Targeted at the urban youth with a focus on students, UFO 0150 comes with 150 cc, four-stroke engine, electronic self-start and kick-start facilities, metal bodied chassis and front and side cover in ABS.

It is available in red, black, yellow and silver. The ex-showroom price of UFO 0150 is Rs 34,990.