iPhone manufacturers, such as Foxconn and Wistron, are expanding their production capacity in India, and India-based EMS giant Dixon plans to increase their mobile phone exports.
Made-in-India iPhones grew 162% by value in 2022
According to Counterpoint, due to weak consumer demand, made-in-India smartphone shipments declined 19% annually in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 3% on-year in 2022, with made-in-India iPhones growing 65% annually by volume and 162% by value.
India invites hackers for first operational quantum telecom network link
According to Hindu BusinessLine, Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister of communications of India, said that India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link is now operational between Sanchar Bhawan and National Informatics Centre office in New Delhi, adding that the Indian government had launched a hackathon, and anyone who breaks the system will be given INR1 million (about US$12,160) per break.
India upholds penalty on Google in antitrust case
According to India's state-owned News on Air, India's National Company Law Appellate upheld the Competition Commission of India's Android dominance order against Google, saying the internet giant has to pay the penalty of INR13.38 billion due to unfair practices regarding its dominance in Android OS in 30 days.
India's PC and tablet shipment grew 5% in 2022
Canalys released the latest market tracker, saying that due to macroeconomic headwinds, including inflation, 410 million units of PCs and tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 22% annually, with annual shipments growing by 5% for the period.
Reliance, Waaree, Tata, win India's solar PLI incentive scheme
PV Tech reported that the Solar Energy Corporation of India released a list of 11 companies awarded in the second round of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for high-efficiency solar PV modules, with Indosol Solar, Reliance New Energy, ReNew Solar among the beneficiaries.
Dixon targets US$100 billion handsets exports from India
MoneyControl quoted Sunil Vachani, founder and chairman of Dixon Technologies, saying that the India-based EMS provider is looking to grow its mobile phone exports from the current US$10 billion to US$100 billion in five years.
