Bullish on the Indian luxury smart watches market, US-based wearable major Garmin is set to introduce its super premium ‘MARQ‘ line-up of smartwatches in the third quarter of 2019. The Kansas-headquartered company, which also produces consumer, professional aviation and marine devices that make use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigational assistance, would unveil …
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has said that it will invest more in India to bring its design and research and development (R&D) centres to support its ‘make in India’ strategy, having already announced Rs 4,000 crore investment in setting up a new manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh that will generate 5,000 jobs in its first …
Huawei is pushing cash-strapped South Asian nations to adopt its low-cost 5G technology as the tech behemoth moves to fend off U.S. claims that it’s a proxy for Chinese spying. Already well-positioned in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Huawei is intensifying its efforts to allay Indian concerns over the company’s perceived ties to the Chinese army before …
CMR today released the “CMR Music Streaming Apps Survey Report 2019”, a nationwide survey, powered by its on-demand insights platform, Insights on the Go. The CMR Survey throws insight on changing customer preferences around music. As per the survey results, Indians love listening to music mostly free, using music apps, with Gaana emerging as the …
Reliance Jio is reportedly planning to acquire Haptik, India’s homegrown Conversational AI platforms, in a deal worth >US $29M. What does the Haptik acquisition portend for Reliance? How does this acquisition sit within the string of recent acquisitions by the company? What does Reliance’s moves imply for India’s e-commerce future? First, the backstory. Haptik …
HTC, one of the most premium brands in India in the last decade, shut shop in India in mid-2018. From a technology innovation perspective, HTC ranked pretty high up, but could not match it with a similar innovation in its business or go-to-market perspective. Its market in India nose-dived since it was either too late …
If we look at government or independent research figures, Internet users in India are growing exponentially — currently hovering around 560 million and likely to cross 600 million by the end of the year. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India has amn Internet subscriber base of nearly 560 million, including 482 …
Shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones would exceed 140 million in India by 2025, a new report by technology market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) said on Friday. According to CMR’s “4Ps of Mobile Handset Industry Report 2019” that focuses on the hyper-competitive mobile industry ecosystem in India, 5G-enabled smartphone shipments are expected to grow by around …
With the government’s “Make in India” push, the country witnessed the setting up of over 150 mobile handset manufacturing units in the past four years, according to a new report from CyberMedia Research (CMR). At the end of Q4 2018, CKD (completely knocked down) manufacturing stood at 57 percent while SKD (semi knocked down) manufacturing …
Korean handset major is preparing a bigger plan to reclaim its lost crown from its Chinese rival Xiaomi by refreshing its multi-channel focused handset series, A series, which is expected to contribute $4 billion (over Rs28,000 crore) in sales by the end of 2019. The multi-channel series launch by Samsung follows the recent tightening of …