Mobile Phone Manufacturing In India

Global mobile device players said they will be looking at alternatives if the duties stay at existing levels

Nomura pointed out that India is strategically positioned to capitalise on these changes, especially as the US looks to adjust its approach to trade with India, particularly in electronics

Sunil Vachani, co-founder and executive chairman, Dixon Technologies spoke on the need to deepen local production and value addition at BS Manthan

While mobile phone production capacity reached over 500 million units by the end of 2024, India only produced around 250 million, primarily iPhones for export

Smartphone exports in November reached Rs 20,395 crore, representing a staggering 92 per cent increase over the same month last year, when the figure was Rs 10,634 crore

New requirements for feature phones to support 'auto readout' of emergency messages will increase their cost due to the need for more memory

Besides, foreign investors are closely watching the situation at Samsung, and concerns over prolonged labour unrest may lead them to reconsider their plans in India

Once fully operational, this capacity can be doubled to 120 million units, said the company in its annual India Impact Report 2023

Apple Inc sold more than 7.5 million iPhones in India last year, according to estimates

Mobile phone manufacturing in value terms has jumped 21-fold to Rs 4.1 lakh crore in India in the last 10 years with government policy push but actions of enforcement agencies are bringing unpredictability which needs to be checked, a top official of mobile phone makers industry body ICEA said. While speaking about the achievement of the mobile industry in the last 10 years, India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said that the next phase of growth in the country will come from exports and there is a need to build domestic champions in the sector as part of government's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India) plan. "Unpredictability in ease of doing business arising out of some actions of enforcement agencies needs to be checked. We need to build an environment of trust between enforcement agencies and the industry," Mohindroo said. He was speaking at an outreach programme organised by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Minister of State for

Apple's iPhone exports alone now constitute 35% India's entire electronics export goods basket

India's smartphone exports to the US jumped to USD 3.53 billion in April-December this fiscal against USD 998 million in the same period last year, according to the Commerce Ministry data. The increasing outbound shipments led to an increase in the smarphones' market share to 7.76 per cent during April-December this fiscal from 2 per cent in the same period of last year, the data showed. Increasing exports have made India the third-biggest smartphone exporter to the US. An official said that an increase in overall smartphone production has helped in pushing exports. During the nine-month period of this fiscal, the share of China and Vietnam declined. The US smartphone imports from the top five suppliers also declined during April-December to USD 45.1 billion from USD 49.1 billion in FY'23. China exported USD 35.1 billion worth of smartphones to the US market in April-December, down from USD 38.26 billion last year. Vietnam's shipments of phones declined to USD 5.47 billion in ..

Mobile phone manufacturing in value terms jumped 21-fold to Rs 4.1 lakh crore in India in the last 10 years as government policy measures like PLI played a critical role in attracting global players to boost local production, industry body ICEA said in a statement. India now produces 97 per cent of its total mobile phone demand locally and 30 per cent of the total production in financial year 2024 is meant for export, the India Cellular and Electronics Association said. "Mobile phone production surged from Rs 18,900 crore in 2014-15 to an estimated Rs 4,10,000 crore in FY'24, registering an increase of 2000 per cent. In 2014-15, mobile phone exports from India were a mere Rs 1,556 crore. The industry expects to end FY24 with an estimated export of Rs 1,20,000 crore. This would mean a 7500 per cent increase in exports over a decade," ICEA said. According to a note on manufacturing, in the field of smartphones, Apple and Samsung, have played a crucial role in boosting mobile phone ...

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

Analysts expect the move to drop smartphone prices by 3%, especially in the entry-level segment

India's electronics exports record 22.24% growth in the first nine months of FY24, with iPhones leading the surge

'We have to move from import substitution to export-led growth, that is the transition we need to make. That requires a totally different mindset and a totally different structure,' Vaishnaw said

Chinese smartphone brands are fast losing market share in Europe, North America, and Japan. On the other hand, Apple and Samsung have grown as people increasingly prefer premium devices

Overall, electronic exports from the country stood at $15.77 billion in FY24. In the previous year, this was $28 billion

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