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☆ Foxconn resumes iPhone assembly at Indian facility after weather disruptions
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Foxconn logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) resumed operations on Tuesday at its Indian facility that makes Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones following weather disruptions, two sources familiar with the matter said. Foxconn and Pegatron (4938.TW) had on Monday halted production of iPhones at their factories near Chennai because of heavy rain as a severe cyclone neared, Reuters had reported. Foxconn declined to a request for comment, while Apple did not respond. Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Foxconn, Munsif, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, TW, Reuters, Apple, Thomson Locations: Chennai, Bengaluru

[1/2] Apple iPhones are seen inside India's first Apple retail store during a media preview, a day ahead of its launch in Mumbai, India, April 17, 2023. While all manufacturers including Samsung (005930.KS) have agreed to India's plan, Apple is pushing back. Apple, whose India lobbying efforts are being reported for the first time, and India's IT ministry, did not respond to Reuters requests for comment. Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has estimated 12-14% of iPhone production in 2023 will be from India, with the number set to rise to as much as 25% next year. In terms of market share, Apple accounts for 6% of India's booming smartphone market, compared with just about 2% four years ago.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Apple, Narendra Modi, Ming, Chi Kuo, Prabhu Ram, Aditya Kalra, Susan Fenton Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, DELHI, European Union, Samsung, India's, Reuters, IT, Research, Indian, Consumers, Industry Intelligence, CyberMedia, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, New Delhi, U.S, KS, EU, PLI, China

☆ Foxconn halts iPhone production at India facility due to heavy rains - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BENGALURU, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) has halted production of Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones at its facility near the south Indian city of Chennai due to heavy rains, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. Foxconn is yet to decide whether to resume production on Tuesday, the sources said. Apple declined a Reuters request for comment, while Foxconn did not immediately respond. Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru and Praveen Paramasivam; Editing by Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Foxconn, Munsif, Toby Chopra Organizations: Apple, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Chennai, Bengaluru, Praveen

A billboard for the Netflix film "Thar" is seen on a street in Mumbai, India, May 19, 2022. India last month introduced the new draft law to regulate the broadcasting sector that will also apply to streaming giants. Netflix and Viacom18, as well as India's Information and Broadcasting Ministry, which has proposed the law, did not respond to a request for comment. India's government says the new law and formation of content committees will help in "robust self-regulation". Top Bollywood stars feature in Indian streaming shows, some of which have faced criticism from lawmakers and the public for scenes deemed vulgar or offensive.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Mukesh Ambani's Viacom18, Aditya Kalra, Munsif Vengattil, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Netflix, REUTERS, DELHI, Broadcasting Ministry, Disney, Media Partners Asia, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India

[1/6] Ola electric scooters are seen outside the Ola Electric Service Centre, in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, October 25, 2023. Aggarwal's Ola Electric, which he likens to Tesla in the West, is zipping towards a stock-market listing after going from zero to 338,000 e-scooter sales in about two years. But he acknowledged service capacity issues and said Ola was "aggressively" bolstering its service network by adding 100 new centres and hiring more technicians. 'TESLA FOR WEST, OLA FOR REST'Aggarwal often declares, "Tesla is for the West, Ola for the rest", and he's a man in a hurry. "Electric vehicles are new to people so they aren't aware of how to ride the vehicle to maximise optimal output," he said.

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The minister described it as a "non-negotiable" demand of the Indian government during the meeting, said one of the sources. India's IT ministry said in a press statement all platforms had agreed to align their content guidelines with government rules. Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube, Facebook and Chandrasekhar did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have raised concerns over deepfakes in recent days. India has been tightening regulations of social media companies, which count the South Asian nation as a top growth market.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Chandrasekhar, Narendra Modi, Munsif Vengattil, Aditya Kalra Organizations: Facebook, REUTERS, Rights, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: India

☆ Maldives new president asks India to withdraw its military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dhahau Naseem /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMALE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu, who campaigned on altering the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago's "India first" policy, has requested India withdraw its military from the country. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, ousting Ibrahim Solih in a runoff after promising to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. At his inauguration on Friday, Muizzu said, "I will ensure that this country has no foreign military presence on its soil." Muizzu made the request to Kiren Rijiju, India's minister for earth sciences, who was representing India at the president's inauguration, it said.

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Dhahau Naseem, Muizzu, Ibrahim Solih, Kiren, Krishn Kaushik, Mohamed Junayd, Munsif Vengattil, William Mallard Organizations: People's, REUTERS, Indian, Thomson Locations: Maldives, Male, India, China, New Delhi

☆ Indian officials consider five new plans to rescue men trapped in tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Saurabh Sharma Acquire Licensing RightsSILKYARA, India, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Indian authorities were exploring five new plans to rescue workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas after a week of failed attempts. Forty-one men, stuck in the highway tunnel in Uttarakhand state since Nov. 12, are safe and being fed through a pipe, the authorities say. Rescuers had been drilling horizontally through the debris toward the trapped workers in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel until the auger drilling machine broke on Friday and a new one was flown in. A rescue mission is currently underway at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand to free 41 workers who are stuck inside following a landslide. The trapped workers have received Vitamin C and medicines including anti-depression tablets, said RCS Panwar, a health official involved in the rescue efforts.

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, Bhaskar Khulbe, Munsif Vengattil, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India

☆ Maldives New President Asks India to Withdraw Its Military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MALE (Reuters) - Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu, who campaigned on altering the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago's "India first" policy, has requested India withdraw its military from the country. Muizzu won the presidential election in September, ousting Ibrahim Solih in a runoff after promising to remove a small Indian military presence of some 75 personnel. At his inauguration on Friday, Muizzu said, "I will ensure that this country has no foreign military presence on its soil." Muizzu made the request to Kiren Rijiju, India's minister for earth sciences, who was representing India at the president's inauguration, it said. (Reporting by Krishn Kaushik in New Delhi and Mohamed Junayd in Male; Writing by Munsif Vengattil; Editing by William Mallard)

Persons: Mohamed Muizzu, Muizzu, Ibrahim Solih, Kiren, Krishn Kaushik, Mohamed Junayd, Munsif Vengattil, William Mallard Organizations: Indian Locations: Maldives, India, China, New Delhi

☆ India grants incentives for Dell, HP, Foxconn to make IT hardware locally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Dell logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Indian government has approved investments by 27 companies including Dell (DELL.N), HP (HPQ.N) and Foxconn (2317.TW) under its $2 billion incentive scheme to manufacture IT hardware domestically. Information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the companies are expected to invest 30 billion Indian rupees ($360 million) collectively, while creating 50,000 jobs in the sector. Approvals have also been granted to domestic manufacturers including Dixon Technologies (DIXO.NS) and VVDN, the minister said. The government had in May doubled the value of the incentive scheme to spur domestic production of laptops and tablets, following a lukewarm response to a previous programme.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Munsif Vengattil, Ira Dugal, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Dell, REUTERS, Rights, HP, Dixon Technologies, Thomson Locations: Rights MUMBAI

[1/2] JioCinema and Pokemon logos are pictured in this illustration taken November 15, 2023. Pokemon has spawned a global multi-billion dollar media franchise spanning trading cards, games, TV shows and movies. In total, JioCinema will add around 3,000 hours of children's content, including movies and shows from Entertainment One, Animaccord, Cartoon Network Studios and DreamWorks, the sources said. Some Pokemon content was earlier on Voot, but the new JioCinema deal is a "much larger partnership", one of the sources said. NBCUniversal told Reuters that "kids and family programming", including DreamWorks content, was part of a multi-year partnership with JioCinema announced in May.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Mukesh Ambani, Mukesh Ambani's, Ambani, Viacom18, NBCUniversal, JioCinema, Aditya Kalra, Munsif, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, Disney, Netflix, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, Pokemon Company, Walt Disney Co, Nintendo, Media Partners, Entertainment, Cartoon Network Studios, Reuters, Warner Bros Discovery Inc, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, New Delhi, Bengaluru

India is considering a policy to mandate equipping smartphones with hardware to receive live TV signals without the need for cellular networks. It has proposed use of so-called ATSC 3.0 technology popular in North America that allows precise geo-locating of TV signals and provides high picture quality. The policy pushback is the latest from firms operating in India's smartphone sector. For India's government, the live TV broadcast features are a way to offload the congestion on telecom networks due to higher video consumption. Samsung tops India's smartphone market with a 17.2% share, while Xiaomi follows with a 16.6% share, according to research firm Counterpoint.

Persons: Shailesh Andrade, Munsif Vengattil, Aditya Kalra, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Samsung, Qualcomm, Reuters, Ericsson, Nokia, India Cellular and Electronics Association, Apple, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, DELHI, North America, South Korea, United States

A padlock is seen in front of the word 'spyware' and binary code in this illustration taken May 4, 2022. Analysis of the journalist's phone showed an infiltration attempt on Aug. 23, OCCRP's co-founder Drew Sullivan told Reuters. Sullivan said an internal forensic investigation tied the intrusion effort against Mangnale's phone to Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus hacking tool. The spyware allows hackers sweeping access to the targets' smartphones, allowing them to record calls, intercept messages and transform the phones into portable listening devices. The Indian government has denied such allegations and last week Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the government was investigating the complaints of phone hacking.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OCCRP's, Drew Sullivan, Anand Mangnale, Sullivan, wasn't, Rocky Cole, Ashwini Vaishnaw, New Delhi didn't, Zeba Siddiqui, Raphael Satter, Munsif, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, FRANCISCO, NSO Group, Reuters, Apple, Pegasus, NSO, Technology, Indian Embassy, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Indian, India, Delhi, Washington, New Delhi, BENGALURU

☆ India probing iPhone hacking complaints by opposition politicians - minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses the media in New Delhi, India, August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - India's cyber security agency is investigating complaints of mobile phone hacking by senior opposition politicians who reported receiving warning messages from Apple (AAPL.O), Information Technology Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said. A senior minister from Modi's government also said he had received the same notification on his phone. Apple said it did not attribute the threat notifications to "any specific state-sponsored attacker", adding that "it's possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms, or that some attacks are not detected". The government has declined to reply to questions about whether India or any of its state agencies had purchased Pegasus spyware for surveillance.

Persons: Rahul Gandhi, India's, Altaf Hussain, Ashwani Vaishnaw, Vaishnaw, Narendra Modi's, Apple, Gandhi, Rupam Jain, Munsif, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, Apple, Information Technology, Indian Express, Reuters, Pegasus, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI

☆ India Probing IPhone Hacking Complaints by Opposition Politicians - Minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's cyber security agency is investigating complaints of mobile phone hacking by senior opposition politicians who reported receiving warning messages from Apple, Information Technology Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said. A senior minister from Modi's government also said he had received the same notification on his phone. Apple said it did not attribute the threat notifications to "any specific state-sponsored attacker", adding that "it's possible that some Apple threat notifications may be false alarms, or that some attacks are not detected". In 2021, India was rocked by reports that the government had used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to snoop on scores of journalists, activists and politicians, including Gandhi. The government has declined to reply to questions about whether India or any of its state agencies had purchased Pegasus spyware for surveillance.

Persons: Ashwani Vaishnaw, Vaishnaw, Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi's, Apple, Gandhi, Rupam Jain, Munsif, Miral Fahmy Organizations: Apple, Information Technology, Indian Express, Reuters, Pegasus Locations: DELHI, New Delhi, India

☆ Tata to make iPhones in India after buying Wistron business
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The logo of Tata Group is seen at a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Tata Group is set to start assembling Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones in India after Wistron Corp (3231.TW) approved the sale of its Indian manufacturing unit to the salt-to-software conglomerate, a minister said on Friday. A Tata company will start making iPhones in India for domestic and global markets, Deputy Minister for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on social media platform X. The Wistron board approved the sale of Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing India Private Limited to Tata Electronics Private Limited for an estimated $125 million, according to a statement from the Taiwan-based supplier shared by the minister. Apple has been touting India as its next big growth driver as it looks to move some production away from China.

Persons: Vijay Mathur, Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Wistron, Narasapura, Munsif Vengattil, Blassy Boben, Alexander Smith Organizations: Tata Group, Confederation of Indian Industry, REUTERS, Apple, Wistron Corp, Tata, Information Technology, India, Limited, Tata Electronics Private Limited, Wistron, Pegatron Corp, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, DELHI, iPhones, India, Taiwan, China, Karnataka

"Most traffic issues occur because of non-line-of-sight scenarios," the government panel said in its 58-page draft, which is being reported for the first time by Reuters. "Most sensors do not work well in these scenarios and V2X fills the gap," it added, referring to the connected car technology commonly known as vehicle-to-everything (V2X). In Europe, the Euro NCAP rules recognise vehicle connectivity as a key milestone in crash avoidance and car ratings, the report added, while China and the United States are among the nations evaluating similar rules to improve safety. "With limitation for growth infrastructure there is a strong need to depend on technology to address challenges," the panel said in its report. The United States estimates introducing V2X connected vehicle technology could prevent at least 600,000 crashes a year.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Bharat, V2X, Munsif, Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Reliance, Samsung, Qualcomm, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mahindra, carmakers, United, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, China, Europe, USA, DELHI, Indian, United States, Bengaluru

A man walks past a logo of Xiaomi, a Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics, outside a shop in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2022. A Xiaomi India spokesperson strongly denied the accusation. A spokesperson from Vivo did not respond immediately to repeated requests for comment, nor did the NewsClick news portal, which has denied all wrongdoing in the past. “It is further learnt that big Chinese Telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo, etc. NewsClick said this week it does not publish any news or information at the behest of any Chinese entity or authority.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Prabir Purkayastha, NewsClick's Purkayastha, Xiaomi, NewsClick, Munsif, YP Rajesh, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Xiaomi, Vivo Mobile, Vivo, Media, Chinese Telecom, YP, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, DELHI, NewsClick, NewsClick's, Delhi, China, Court, New Delhi, Bengaluru

People are seen outside the main gate of the Pegatron facility following a fire incident at the facility near Chennai, India, September 26, 2023. A company spokesperson declined to say whether manufacturing has been resumed partially or fully. Pegatron had halted the assembly of iPhones for the past two days at its factory in Tamil Nadu state after a fire broke out on Sunday. It has previously said the incident "does not have significant financial or operational impact". Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru and Praveen Paramasivam in Chennai, Editing by Louise Heavens and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Praveen, Pegatron, Munsif, Louise Heavens, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chennai, India, Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru, Praveen

The officials inspected laptops of Lenovo employees during the visit, one of the sources said. They also tried to contact Lenovo's senior management during and after the visit as part of the inquiry, the person added. Lenovo, which confirmed the visit, said it was "co-operating with the authorities and will provide all possible support required". Earlier in the day, Reuters reported that tax officers also visited the facilities of contract manufacturer Flex Ltd in Tamil Nadu state. Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru and Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Toby Chopra, Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Thomas White, Munsif, Aditya Kalra, Toby Chopra, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Lenovo, REUTERS, Rights, Wednesday, Reuters, Flex, Thomson Locations: Puducherry, Bengaluru, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi

☆ Pegatron India fire traced to workers' failure to turn off switch -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Praveen Paramasivam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

People are seen outside the main gate of the Pegatron facility following a fire incident at the facility near Chennai, India, September 26, 2023. A senior Tamil Nadu government source, and another industry source briefed on the matter, detailed how Sunday's events unfolded. One smartphone industry source with direct knowledge said the charging racks at the Pegatron plant are typically switched off after three Saturday shifts end early on Sundays. The fire damaged some machines, said the government source and another source with direct knowledge, who spoke on condition of anonymity. About 8,000 people work on the assembly line at the Pegatron facility, which sprawls across 39,000 sq.

Persons: Praveen, Pegatron, Praveen Paramasivam, Munsif, Faith Hung, Ben Blanchard, Aditya Kalra, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Sunday, Reuters, Apple, Tamil, Firemen, Thomson Locations: Chennai, India, Tamil Nadu, Taiwan, Chengalpattu, Bengaluru, Taipei

People are seen outside the main gate of the Pegatron facility following a fire incident at the facility near Chennai, India, September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Praveen Paramasivam Acquire Licensing RightsCHENGALPATTU, India Sept 26 (Reuters) - A production shutdown at Apple supplier Pegatron's (4938.TW) India iPhone factory is expected to extend into Wednesday and disruptions could last longer as authorities investigate a fire at the Taiwanese firm's only India plant, four sources said. One of the sources said Apple representatives were collaborating with Pegatron after the incident. The affected Pegatron India plant accounts for 10% of Apple's iPhone production in the country. Pegatron, which started iPhone assembly in India in September last year, is also in talks to open a second Indian contract facility for Apple near the existing one in Tamil Nadu.

Persons: Praveen, Pegatron, Praveen Paramasivam, Aditya Kalra, Kim Coghill, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS, Apple, India iPhone, Pegatron Corporation, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Chennai, India, TW, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, Wistron, Indian

CHENNAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Apple supplier Pegatron temporarily halted iPhone assembly at its facility in south India on Monday after a fire on Sunday night, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Pegatron accounts for 10% of Apple's iPhone production in India, according to research firm Counterpoint. Apple has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via Wistron (3231.TW) and later Foxconn (2317.TW), as the Indian government pushed for local manufacturing. Pegatron, which started iPhone assembly in India in September last year, is also in talks to open a second Indian contract facility for Apple near the existing one in Tamil Nadu. In February, a fire at a south Indian facility of Foxlink for iPhone charging cables forced it to halt production.

Persons: TW, Pegatron, Ben Blanchard, Praveen, Munsif Vengattil, Aditi Shah, Sarah Wu, Toby Chopra, Susan Fenton, Mark Potter Organizations: Apple, Pegatron, Reuters, Local, Thomson Locations: CHENNAI, India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Wistron, Indian

People sit and work on their laptops at Deloitte's office in Gurugram, India, June 13, 2023. Last month U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai raised concerns with India over the move, which would also affect companies such as Dell (DELL.N) and HP (HPE.N). The new 'imports management system' will need companies to obtain 'registration certificates' for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers, instead of licences proposed earlier by the Aug.3 order, one of the officials said. The ministry conveyed the proposal to industry officials in a meeting on Friday, they added. India's electronics imports, including laptops, tablets and personal computers, stood at $19.7 billion in the April to June period, up 6.25% year-on-year.

Persons: Anushree, Katherine Tai, Munsif Vengattil, Acharya, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Apple, Samsung, Reuters, Dell, HP, India's, Thomson Locations: Gurugram, India, DELHI, China, New Delhi

A worker holds a Lava mobile handset at its manufacturing plant, in Noida, India, October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Homegrown Indian mobile phone firm Lava will launch 4G feature phones as it aims to corner a third of the market share for the entry-level devices within a year, while also gradually boosting its budget smartphones, a top executive said. Since it was set up in 2009, Lava has become popular for the budget phones, which have a keypad but no high-end features. Research firm Counterpoint estimates that Lava has a share of less than 1% in the world's second-biggest smartphone market, with 650 million such devices. Lava also plans to boost its smartphone offerings in the budget segment.

Persons: Anushree, Sunil Raina, Mukesh, Raina, Munsif, Aditya Kalra, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, International, Reuters, Samsung, HK, Thomson Locations: Noida, India, China, Bengaluru

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