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Huawei to design, develop and test handsets for India market

Huawei to capitalise on the software strength of India and the manufacturing muscle of China for product development

PTI | June 15, 2011

China-based telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei on Tuesday announced the establishment of a product development centre here that will design and develop software and test mobile handsets for the Indian market, where it plans to build the brand in a big way.

This centre would take up entire design of the phones, the software that gets inside and end-to-end testing of the products for the Indian market, Director-Sales, Huawei India Device Business Department, P Sanjeev, told reporters in Bangalore.

However, manufacturing would be done in China. He said the company was trying to marry the "best of both worlds" -- the software strength of India and the manufacturing muscle of China.

Huawei today launched three smart-phones for the Indian market -- IDEOS X5, IDEOS X2 and IDEOS Chat -- targeted at young consumers in the city and said it would launch eight to ten mobile handset models this year.

"We will target smartphones, tablets as well as 3G-featured phones (in India)," Huawei India Device Business Department Director-Marketing & Solutions Anand Narang said.

Sanjeev said the company would focus on phones costing above Rs 5,000.

Narang said the company would launch tablets in India in the third quarter (July-September) of this year.

Huawei is aiming at a 5-7 per cent marketshare in the Indian mobile handsets market by 2013.

Sanjeev said: "We are going to build a complete local organisation for both distribution and after-sales service."

Narang added: "We will have direct retail presence. We will also start building our own brand visibility."

On the new phones launched today, the company said the IDEOS X5 smart-phone, priced at Rs 14,999, is targeted at young professionals, while the touch screen IDEOS X2 (Rs 8,999) is for the youth.

The IDEOS Chat (Rs 8,199), with both a touch screen and qwerty keypad, would be focused for younger and on-the-go consumers.

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