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Tata Electronics took a painful bet on the iPhone. Luck is doing the rest

The Tata company is bleeding for scale, but its iPhone bet has turned into a geopolitical win—despite high worker churn, rising automation costs, and profit still being far off

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Tesla is almost in India, but who cares for its cars?

India doesn’t have what it takes to build a Tesla car. Tesla may not have what Indians want, either

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Buy the dip, ignore the Donald: why Indian fund managers still want US stocks

But the best investing route is still shut for the retail investor

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Can India’s antitrust chief tame the watchdog’s inner demons?

Ravneet Kaur is revitalising the Competition Commission of India, trying to shake off its toothless tiger image—but she must confront a mix of old and new challenges

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Tata’s iPhone factory dorms are fully charged. But the talent it wants is out of coverage area

The US$155-billion Indian tech-manufacturing industry needs skilled talent and high productivity—something companies can’t find closer to their factories

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Peers of Foxconn and Samsung, check the weather before moving to Vietnam

Vietnam wants to nourish high-tech manufacturers looking outside China, but its power grid can handle only so much load

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HDFC Bank and Apple’s exclusive partnership, once the envy of lenders, is over for now

A big part of Apple’s record high sales in India is thanks to the affordability programmes it has with the likes of HDFC Bank. But the lenders pay a heavy price for it

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Hackers’ shadow looms over Big Tech’s investments in Indonesia

Even as the archipelago assesses damages caused by hackers on its systems, the government has an immediate problem to deal with: strengthen cybersecurity to not shoo away Big Tech

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India’s manufacturing resurgence has a people problem. Ask Tamil Nadu

As orders swell, desperate electronics makers are even hiring those who have only cleared eighth grade

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India to Vietnam: Apple’s online store strikes resellers again

Apple’s online store launched in Vietnam last month threatens local resellers. Mobile World and FPT Retail might get hit the hardest

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Once a textile hub, Vietnam woos high-tech firms pushing former allies to new frontiers

Known as a global hub for labour-intensive textile manufacturing, Vietnam is now closing its doors on many companies to attract more high-tech foreign-investment projects. For giants like Texhong, this creates opportunity elsewhere

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OnePlus is moving on from the ground it built in India’s premium-smartphone segment

There’s a major shift underway at OnePlus, courtesy of the Nord—an affordable-premium flagship that seems to be changing the identity of the phone maker

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OnePlus is moving on from the ground it built in India’s premium-smartphone segment

There’s a major shift underway at OnePlus, courtesy of the Nord—an affordable-premium flagship that seems to be changing the identity of the phone maker

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Indians’ love for the iPhone is stronger than ever. But Apple retailers are not happy

While the proliferation of easy financing options and the post-pandemic “revenge buying” are driving iPhone sales in India, offline retailers—key to Apple’s success in India so far—are paying the price

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Google searches for a way out of two antitrust cases, a public-policy fiasco in India

In less than two weeks, India’s competition watchdog will rule in two cases that will impact how Google does business in the country. And at a time when the company needs strong policy advocacy, a senior executive heading the team has quit

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Apple India’s four-year struggle to make services work

In 2017, Apple India decided to put its back into building up its services business—iCloud, App Store, Apple Music. But a blanket global strategy, attrition among leadership, and a focus on revenue over volume has hobbled its plans for a grand hardware-software-service ecosystem in India

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Call me, maybe: Why Malaysia’s new and used phone markets are teaming up

One person’s ‘brick’ is another’s bread and butter. Malaysia’s smartphone recommerce players like CompAsia and ERTH are seeing rapid revenue growth, but the blitz of budget phone launches is intensifying pressure on supply and demand. Amidst a price war, both markets are finding benefits in convergence

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The Interview: Total Environment’s Kamal Sagar on his 25-year mission to build the Apple of real estate

From apartments with version numbers to software that lets customers move walls to old-fashioned salespeople management, a peek into the architect who became the CEO

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A citizenship test for India’s smartphone space

As tensions between India and China escalate, Chinese smartphone brands—which control over 80% of the market—are looking to bolster their Indian credentials. Their rivals are looking to ride the anti-China wave back into relevance

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Xiaomi’s smart plan to continue its Indian summer

Xiaomi is India’s best-selling smartphone brand but is still mired in losses. Now, Xiaomi is hoping the growing Indian smart product market will deliver it to profitability

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Old is gold for used phone seller Cashify

Cashify is on a mission to conquer India’s $4 billion used smartphone sector. With Chinese phone resale giant AiHuiShou onside and supply sorted, it must now convert a market that is 95% unorganised

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Millions of Indian smartphone users are primed to go premium

Except for OnePlus though, few others are prepared for it. Apple is still too expensive. Samsung and Xiaomi too mass-market. Oppo and Vivo are testing the waters

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Xiaomi wants India addicted to its internet services. And it’s trying

Xiaomi doesn’t want to fall victim to the fleeting fortunes of the smartphone market. It believes internet services could be its salvation, but its experiences in China may not translate to India

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Gaana wants to take on YouTube with music videos

Because it might be easier than defending music streaming against JioSaavn, Airtel Wynk, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and Amazon Prime Music

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‘Been to Miniso?’: Lifting the pseudo-Japanese brand’s India spell

A retail chain that claims to be Japanese is increasingly gaining a strong foothold in India. And making big bucks, it seems. But its numbers don’t add up

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Bad Apple: Inside the tech giant’s smartphone struggles in India

The world’s most profitable smartphone manufacturer is in crisis in India. A new country head is incoming, but the task ahead of him is massive

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Alexa, how skilled are you?

Developers are creating voice skills across use cases for Alexa. But the Amazon voice assistant’s success is tethered to the skills it has, and right now, these are inconsistent

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Fantasy sport, real money: Dream11 thrives on betting minus regulation

20 million users. More than 90% of India’s fantasy sport market. Dream11 is now attracting the Chinese gaze with Tencent’s growing interest. But mushrooming without regulation could prove tricky for Dream11 and others in the industry

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The collateral damage of regulatory roulette

Trigger-happy and whimsical, Indian regulators pose a threat to the very industries, businesses and consumers they’re meant to protect

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Pressing play, again: The Gaana-Saavn battle 2.0

Gaana and Saavn fought out the early days of India’s music streaming wars. Now they’re back at it, in different avatars

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Xiaomi’s bittersweet path to ending Samsung’s 5-year India reign

In 3.5 years, Xiaomi entered India, grew, stumbled, rebooted and dethroned Samsung. But can it hold on to leadership in the brutal Indian market?

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Inside India’s music streaming wars

Google Play Music is now in India. Joining Apple Music, Wynk, Gaana, Saavn and JioMusic. Amazon Prime Music and Spotify are coming too. It won’t be a party

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Apple needs India. Does India want Apple?

With its China market share falling, Apple is majorly upping its focus on India. But success won’t be easy

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