BenQ’s India plans

BenQ, one of the biggest producers of mobile-phones both under its own brand as well as for other brands, became one of the top five manufacturers of mobile handsets in the world after its takeover of the German brand Siemens last year.
The $18-billion giant, had found the going tough during its first trial in India [...]

Motorola building Team India

Motorola India is entering the new year with a whole new team of top management. The company had recently roped in ex-Tata group veteran Firdose Vandrevala as its new chairman, Lloyd Mathias as its marketing director and a new head of marketing communication, Jatin Ahluwalia. The company is now learnt to be looking for a [...]

Record GSM additions in Dec

Another month - another record. GSM-based cellular operators added a record 32 lakh subscribers, the highest since the starting of the service taking the total user base to 5.85 crore.
This is 38% higher than the growth recorded in the previous month, when it stood 23 lakh subscribers, and is 225% higher than the subscriber base [...]

Mobile consumer satisfaction low

Mobile user base in India is zooming, but consumer satisfaction is not. Mobile user satisfaction has gone down on parameters such as sales, network quality, billing, customer care and value-added services, according to the third VOICE & DATA Mobile Users’ Satisfaction survey conducted with a sample of 3,763 users in urban and rural clusters.
The decline [...]