Mobile companies' forum approaches Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu for influencing prices, putting jobs of 60 mn at risk

The Budget has raised customs duty on cellular phones (completely built up) from 15 per cent to 20 per cent. On some low-value components, the hike varies from 10 to 15 per cent.

India outlined a farmer-friendly budget on Thursday, but for its burgeoning middle class, who aspire to own luxury goods ranging from Ray-Bans to iPhones, and Zippos to Fitbits - imported goods are set to get a whole lot costlier.

The 2018 Mobile Bonanza sale is offering substantial discounts on popular handsets which also includes a few best-sellers.

The new phone is the country's largest telecom operator's second such phone to counter billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's phone.

State-owned telecom firm BSNL today launched unlimited calling and a data plan for Rs 97 a month for the buyers of Micromax's 4G VoLTE enabled Bharat phone.

In June 2015, Android One was reported as \"a disappointment\". However, it wasn't enough to stop Google and the search giant is back with the new range of Android One devices.

The exercise is being conducted to ensure that measures for data security regarding mobile phones are followed by phone manufacturers.

Indian mobile handset brands are losing out to the Chinese as the market shifts to smartphones. can they stand up to the challenge?

Indus OS provides the smartphone experience to users in their native language.

The US is forecast to see the 4G installed base grow to 245 million from 225 million currently, the Indian market is expected to grow at a faster pace, driven by increasing adoption of mobile Internet.

Tech major Lenovo today said it will slash prices of handsets sold through offline retail channels in the coming days, following the GST implementation.

Videocon has approached banks for debt restructuring after making huge losses in telecom and picture tube plant revamp. Is the company staring at insolvency?

Vuclip is one of the 30-odd players trying to create a market by producing some original content for the Indian audience.

Handset major Motorola is accelerating its efforts to cash in on the affordable smartphone (Rs 6,000-10,000) segment in India with the launch of 'Moto C Plus' for Rs 6,999.

For Africans, however, the jazzed-up 3310, which relaunched in Nokia's home market of Finland on Wednesday, is an expensive imitation of the simple handset that remains the backbone of communication across the continent.

The Indian online retailer which is competing aggressively with US retail giant Amazon is offering major discounts once again even though there's not as much excitement surrounding the sales as the 'Big 10' earlier this month.

In India, the income tax payers are a small proportion of the total population but indirect taxes are paid by nearly everyone on a daily basis. From buying milk to taking a taxi ride to shopping and eating at a restaurant, the government currently charges taxes either in the form VAT or service tax.

With sales slowing down in mature markets like the US and Europe, handset makers are expanding their presence in the Indian market, bringing in the best devices from their portfolio.