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A substantial portion of the estimated 159-million feature phone device market could shift to Reliance Jio this year. This is likely to impact the Indian device manufacturers, small Chinese manufacturers as well as Korean giant Samsung.
That is, of course, if Jio decides to continue importing more phones or getting them manufactured in India through international suppliers. According to sources, Jio is already in talks with Taiwanese major Foxconn Technology group, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones, to make its phones. With a 10 per cent import duty from July 1, Jio is already looking at manufacturing in the
