Surajeet Das Gupta

Retailers expect high-end smartphone sales to rise 5-10 per cent as consumers rush to buy iPhone 17, Pro and Pro Max models before stocks at older prices run out

IndiGo held 42.8 per cent of seat capacity during April-September, narrowly ahead of Air India Group's 41.9 per cent, while Akasa Air's share climbed to 10.7 per cent

A new scheme seeks to encourage startups to step up their semiconductor designing business. Some provisions are a bit challenging

Mivi, Ai+, Fire-Boltt and Lava are targeting the mass-market segment as rising memory costs squeeze margins and push Chinese smartphone makers towards premium devices

Average mobile phone prices in India have risen 21 per cent in 2026, against a 15 per cent global increase, as higher memory costs weigh more heavily on cheaper devices

Eight of the country's top 10 airports also saw domestic capacity decline, while Delhi and Maharashtra bucked the trend with growth in overall airline seat capacity

Chinese companies accounted for a dominant one-third of the total market before April, while Indian firms have received certification for 196 network camera models

IndiGo and Air India Express together account for 15 per cent of West Asia's LCC seat capacity, despite Indian carriers operating only international flights

Apple shipped 3.45 million iPhones to India in Q2 2026, accounting for 6.25 per cent of its global shipments and giving it a 10 per cent domestic market share

Deal value grows 5% against a 161% global surge in the first seven months

Apple could raise India's share of global iPhone production to 30-35% over five years as John Ternus takes charge and India gains a deeper role in its supply chain

About 5 million passengers of international capacity will move from Mumbai T2 to Navi Mumbai airport as T1 prepares for redevelopment beginning January 2027

The deal will also include ordering another 45,000 of Nvidia's GB-300 GPUs (part of the Blackwell family architecture), which are currently the latest on offer by the company

Soaring AI-driven salaries and stock options are discouraging Indian chip-design talent from taking the risk of building deep-tech startups, TDK Ventures says

India's mobile manufacturing push has fallen short of its FY26 targets, with production at $70 billion and exports at $29 billion, delaying the original ambitions by several years

The ₹62,500 crore scheme replaces the mobile PLI and seeks to boost exports and localisation, while offering separate incentives to support Indian brands

India accounted for 34% of Vivo's global shipments in CY25 and 23% of Oppo's, while its share for Realme and OnePlus stood at 35% and 32%, respectively

Rising memory prices have crushed India's sub-Rs 10,000 smartphone segment, forcing brands to raise prices and shift entry-level models into higher price bands

The US tech giant, which sells roughly 12 million smartphones globally, continues to bet heavily on Vietnam

AI could disrupt millions of jobs even as it boosts productivity and creates new opportunities, forcing India's IT industry to rethink hiring, reskilling and business models