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After almost drowning, Micromax returns to top 5 in smartphone sales

New Delhi, 23 OctoberSmartphone handset manufacturer Micromax has made a comeback. After almost drowning in the rising tide of Chinese handset makers in the past two years, the Gurugram-headquartered company regained a slot among the top five in smartphone brands during the September quarter, says analyst firm Counterpoint Research.During the June-September period, it managed nine per cent of all smartphone despatches in the country, at fourth spot, pushing Chinese player Oppo a notch behind. Its comeback in the top-five league occurred exactly after two years. In the September 2016 quarter, it held the second position with 10 per cent market share, behind Samsung. However, analysts think this could be short-lived. For, the rise has been buoyed on the coming legislative assembly election in Chhattisgarh, where the state government has a plan to distribute five million handsets to women and students. Micromax and Reliance Jio have got the supply contract. Once this contract ends, ...

Micromax Canvas 2 Plus with 18:9 screen, face unlock launched: Details here

The Canvas 2 Plus is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD card. Powering the smartphone is a 4,000 mAh battery

Micromax Bharat Go with Android Oreo (Go Edition) announced at Rs 4,399

The Bharat Go comes bundled with a cashback offer of Rs 2,000 from Airtel that brings down the effective cost to Rs 2,399

Micromax sold 2 mn Bharat-2 devices; 3 more Bharat-series models coming soon

With Bharat-Series, Micromax aims to acquire first-time smartphone users in India

Micromax now has a 100-days replacement warranty on phones: How it works

The replacement device will be of the same or equivalent model

Half a million sold in 50 days: Micromax Bharat 2 smartphones on a roll

Things to know about VoLTE-enabled Bharat 2, loaded with features for first-time smartphone buyers

Micromax plans to raise Rs 510-680 cr in next 12 to 18 months

The handset maker had set up a corpus of Rs 2,700 cr in 2014 and has since invested in 10 firms

Micromax sets up $75 mn fund to invest in consumer internet companies

In the last two years, Micromax has already invested in about 10 startups

Tier-II & Tier-III cities drive smartphone sales for Q3 2016

Micromax dips to 4th position; Chinese players rule the market

Micromax partners with Uber to offer integrated experience

This move will propel both the companies to create a feature-driven experience for smartphone users

Micromax partners with OYO for tech-enabled hotel booking

Micromax users will be able to avail exclusive deals through their Micromax handsets and also get instant updates for exclusive OYO offers

Micromax's smart foray

With the launch of ACs and smart TVs, the mobile phone vendor eyes full transformation into an electronics firm

Micromax enters smart TV space, eyes 12% market share

At present, the company's panel market is estimated to be around 10 million units and around 8% of that is of smart TVs

Micromax eyes regional language users to grow market share

Overall, the company has sold almost 4 million regional language enabled devices, which includes 35 models including Unite 3

Micromax ties up with Eros Now for digital content

Eros Now will leverage Micromax's presence of over 150,000 retail outlets to distribute its content

Micromax forays into white goods

It plans to take revenue from durables, including TVs, to about Rs 1,500 crore in the next few years

Micromax launches two new selfie smartphones

The Rs 4,999 'Bolt Selfie' is available on flipkart and 'Canvas Selfie 4' will be available offline from May end

First Impression: Micromax Canvas 6

A big phone with some chinks

Micromax changes everything about itself to survive

Chinese handset manufacturers, with high-performance products, have caused the company to rework its strategy

Micromax expects 25% growth in revenues in FY17

BS ReporterHyderabad, 14 April: Micromax. one of India's leading mobile handset makers, today said it was expecting a 25 per cent growth in revenues to touch Rs 15,000 crore mark in the current year.The company inaugurated a new mobile manufacturing plant, it's second facility, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The plant was set up at an investment of Rs 100 crore. Speaking on this occasion, Rajesh Agarwal, co-founder and chairman of Micromax said that the company would also pursue the export markets besides seeking to expand in the domestic market in the next 1-2 years. The company, which is currently the 3rd largest mobile handset brand in Russia, is looking to expand its global footprint covering other CIS countries and the countries in Africa in the coming days, according to Agarwal.Besides this, Micromax aims to increase its market share in India to 20 per cent from the present 14 per cent level by next year, he added.For all this future expansion, the company plans to invest Rs ...