Mobile handset maker Motorola on
Wednesday said it is evaluating a
manufacturing facility for mobile phones
in India.
Besides, the company wants to be the
"most dominant" handset brand in the
country.
"We are evaluating manufacturing facilit
in India... it is difficult to say (when it is
to be set up) but evaluations are going
on," Motorola Mobility India General
Manager Amit Boni said in Chandigarh o
Wednesday.
The company had an assembly and
packaging unit in Chennai but operation
were suspended and the unit is now lyin
idle.
"We have a factory in Chennai and the
idea is how to restart it and a lot of
analysis is going on," he said.
Currently, the company is importing
mobile handsets from China, he added.
Motorola , which has been selling mobile
handsets through e-commerce portal
Flipkart in an exclusive tie-up, has no
plans to enter traditional retail market.
"We are not planning on going into
standard trade (practice). Our e-
commerce strategy is doing very well an
we will keep on doing in near future.
Therefore, there is no plan to go into
retail outlet or distribution network," he
said.
The company had sold 3 million phones
through the e-commerce portal between
February and December last year, he
said, adding that the company had five
percent market share last year.
"Our intent is to be the number one and
we want to be the most dominant
handset brand in India," he said.
Asked about the smartphone market siz
he said 110 million smartphones are
getting added every year with 80-85
percent in less than Rs. 12,000-13,000
price range.
Currently, Motorola has five models,
including Moto E , Moto G , Moto X .
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