Mobility Monthly Magazine
January 2018
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Volume 15
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Editorial Mobility India Conclave 2017: Technolgy, Trends and Latest Innovations that will drive the Mobility Industry (Panel Discussion) Mobility India Conclave 2017: Make in India (Panel Discussion)
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Dear Readers, Mobility Magazine wishes all its readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2018!
Swapan Roy roymobility@gmail.com We are glad to announce that we successfully concluded our 4th Mobility Conclave and Awards Night 2017 in New Delhi on December 14. The event was graced by the presence and participation of many big brands and personalities from the mobility industry. Awards were given to over 50 top performers who included individuals, brands, products, etc under different award categories. This year event’s highlight has been the addition of Panel Discussion in the daytime, making it a whole day event: 11 AM to 11 PM. The daytime event included two engaging Panel Discussions on The Latest Technology Trends and Innovations in the mobility industry, and The Progress and Prospects for Make in India in which several industry experts expressed their valuable opinions. All the guests appreciated the interesting Panel Discussions which gave invaluable insights into the mobility industry, including ground-breaking trends, challenges and the Make in India, which all are shaping the mobility industry. Panel Discussion 2 on Make in India discussed how Make in India is providing 1000s of jobs to Indians. And by 2020, the number of jobs that Make in India would provide taking only Mobility industry could provide is expected to run into millions. Representative from AP state government, Nirmalatha, spoke how Make in India is moving at pathbreaking speed in AP. We thank all the partners who supported and the guests who attended the event. And we are sure with the support of our esteemed partners, we will conduct more such events in future in a better way. Again we wish all the readers that year 2018 will bring them many pleasant surprises.
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Technology, Trends and Latest Innovations that will drive the Mobility Industry
The panelists in the Panel Discussion on ‘The current trends in technology & innovations in the mobility industry’ included Mr. Sarabjeet Singh, SwiftKey Country Manager India, Microsoft, Anil Tiwari, Product Head of Comio, Syed Tajuddin, CEO of Coolpad, Dev Kumar, CTO, of Niron. The Panel Discussion discussed how the latest innovations and trends are going to affect the user experiences in 2018 and up to 2020. The Panel Discussion was skillfully coordinated by Arvind Passey. Mr. Arvind: By 2018, 67% Americans and 28% Indians will have smartphones in their hands, but India’s population is very high, so there will more smartphones in India than in USA. To what extend AI is expected to dominate the scene? Please give some insight into the implications of this development on the business and users habits. Mr. Tajuddin: In the last 3 years, it was the hardware and then the software that dominated in the feature-set of smartphones, but now it seems to be the turn of AI (artificial intelligence). Of course, the demand for higher RAM and memory will continue on the hardware side. Mr. Sarabjeet Singh: Swift Key from Microsoft is the first step in the direction of AI that is set to dominate the user experience in the coming 3 years and beyond. The app, over time, will adapt to the habits of the user. It can translate audio into a language that you can understand. Many times,
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we speak to people whose language we do not know. This app is a first step in that direction to help the users to break this barrier and decipher the unknown language. They can now record the speech and translate it and understand that. With practice they can do better. Such translation apps are already available over internet, but Swift Key for mobiles is much advanced app that will be a great help to users. Mr. Arvind: Yes, transcribing even the language we know is a very painful task. If the app like that of Microsoft can really transcribe an unknown language, it will be a great help to users. I am sure this will be a revolutionary app. Next, safety and security of user’s data and personal information are becoming main issues nowadays. Can you throw some light on these aspects? Mr. Tajuddin: Breach of security can happen two ways: first a hacker can intrude into our devices and steal our information. And second, several times when people download apps, they do not read terms & conditions, they simply click ACCEPT. While doing this, without their knowledge they are surrendering many things: they virtually give the app provider
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many rights over their information unknowingly. For example, Reliance Jio has software that tracks all your purchases, visits, movements, etc. Consumers should be careful not to give permission on their private information as there are apps that can copy your data and use it for other purposes without your knowledge. There is going to be AI revolution by 2020 by which time the real and wider usage is expected to come into the market impacting the lives of the people. Mr. Sarabjeet: I think government in future will impose more security norms. Today everything should be compliant with BIS and I think this is a first step towards improving the safety and security of the users. Mr. Dev Kumar: Security and privacy are important factors. For instance, Android is an open source platform. So the telecom carriers can obtain all the information like what you purchase, where you purchase, for how much you purchase, which places you visited and so on. Many times the users may give permission without being conscious of it. So manufacturers should provide all the right protections to the handset users. Mr. Tajuddin: Manufacturers should focus on what the users need, rather than on loading too many features which only increases the prices. Nothing is free, everything costs directly or indirectly. Gov also should take more initiatives to ensure the security of the handset users so that the handset providers and carriers do not mislead or cheat the users and steal their information. Mr. Arvind: Pricing is another issue. If we introduce high technology, does it increase the cost of the phones enormously? How can we balance the prices and the features & technology that we can offer to the users? What do you foresee for the future? What forms major component of price, hardware or software? Mr. Anil Tiwari: I feel software and hardware are equally important for the performance of the handeset. Today, along with hardware, users want good performance of the hardware. They want dual cams, finger print recognition, long battery life, good aesthetics, highly responsive & bigger displays, high power processors, higher RAM and so on. Along with the speed of the Internet, users also need higher processing power of the handsets. Today handsets need 6GB RAM and octacore processors. Also we need apps that can be optimized according to the need of the user. With more people using them with time, users will get more apps and features at lesser prices. Mr. Tajuddin: As economic standards and per capita income rises, people will become less price-sensitive and grow more feature- and function-sensitive. They do not mind paying a few bucks more, but they want better features and performance.
Mr. Sarabjit: India is today an attractive market so many mobile players are converging on this market today. With increasing competition and more brands in the market, people want better value-for-money. For example, AI needs different type of hardware and software, which can push up the price. But since people today want better performance and experience, they are willing to pay that extra. Mr. Anil Tiwari: In our Comio handsets we included free anti-virus, anit theft and anti-data sealing features. Mr. Arvind: It seems out of the 300 million handsets currently imported, 200 million are imported, since we do not have the infrastructure to manufacture them locally. Do you think this aspect can also compromise on security to the foreign manufacturers? Mr. Tajuddin: We need a lot of steps from the government to improve the infrastructure like tax rebases, security, availability of raw materials and components, etc to encourage local production. Just manufacturing cabinets will not help. The Make in India scheme is good, but the ecosystem should improve a lot before we can implement the scheme successfully to make it really beneficial to the industry and country. Mr. Arvind: Can you throw some light on the current Internet speed and its effects on usage? Can we expect improvement on the speed of mobile internet in 2018? Mr. Niron: Currently, though the carriers claim to provide 4G, we are in fact getting only 3G speeds. The latest features like video calling, video conferencing, doctor consultation, etc need higher Internet speeds. Our ecosystem still needs to evolve to that level. From the ways things are going I feel it be 2020 by the time the Internet speed evolves the comfortable levels. Mr. Arvind: What happens when you drop a phone and the data is lost? Earlier, we used to keep record in paper notebooks, but today, keep all in phone. If phone is gone all that is saved is gone. Today we are conditioned that way. Mr. Sarabjeet: The innovative Swift Key from Microsoft, the more you use it the more it will customize things according to your habbits. Even if you handset gets damaged, your info is saved on the cloud which you can retrieve any time later you want. Reliance Jio is a smart feature phone. With margins shrinking, software apps are going to be the major differentiators and revenue earners for the smart phone makers in future. Hardware will more or less get standardized. To Sum Up From the panel discussion, we understand that with a plethora of apps on the Internet, stealing information and tracking the users’ habits who often give away permissions to without their knowledge is a dangerous trend. The government should give some clear guidelines to the app providers who should clearly inform users of the implications. Next, industry experts see more AI apps will be use starting from 2018 and reaching common usage levels by 2020. The coming years will also see more improvements on hardware side, like higher power processors, higher RAM and higher Internet speeds in the coming 3 years. As per capita income increases, people will look for better phones than cheaper prices.
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Panel Discussion: Make in India
The panelists in the Panel Discussion on ‘Make in India and Mobility Industry’ included Mr. Ashwani Budhiraja, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, MSAI, Mr. Kumar Deep Banerjee, Head External Communications, Vodafone India, Ms. Nirmalatha M Vice President - IT Promotion Andhra Pradesh Electronics & Information Technology Agency, Mr. Dev Kumar, CTO, Neron, Mr. Manuj Adlakha, Manager Business Developer, Cargo People Logistics & Shipping Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Vinay Dixit, President, Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association, 7. The Panel Discussion discussed how the how India mobility industry progressing in terms of Make in India. The Panel Discussion was skillfully coordinated by Mr. Arvind Passey. Mr. Arvind Passey: Skill training is something everyone is concerned as well as confused. The general complaint is that in India there are a lot of educated people the availability of people with right skills is poor. NSDC says the percentage of skilled people will go from the current 2% to 10% in the coming years, but it is still to be achieved. Some people say that the current Make in India is just Assemble in India or we have today are just screwdriver shops whereas all the components are imported from abroad. Let us hear what the experts gathered here say about this. Mr. Kumar Deep Banerjee : According to reports, in the coming years India’s digital economy will be 1 trillion dollars, which includes, ecommerce transactions, digital payments, telemedicine, etc. Of this, nearly 40% will be contributed by mobile ecommerce. To facilitate digital economy, we need lot of infrastructure and equipment which is expected to eventually boost Make in India. Ms. Nirmalatha M : Today, Make in India is only Assemble in India but definitely we took the first step in the
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direction of making things domestically. For example, in AP, Fox Conn’s mobile phones factory is providing 15,000 jobs and Celkon’s plant is providing 6000 jobs. Buy 2020, AP Chief Minister wants to create 2 million additional jobs under make in India. We could clearly see Make in India is bearing fruits in AP. Getting the right location, right workers and the presence of right infrastructure are main concerns for those who want to make in India. They have to pick and choose. Now, in AP, government is encouraging lot of schools and agencies to provide right training to the people in assembling and testing. Now in AP, the schemes are being actively and effectively being implemented, they are no longer confined to papers. South India is far ahead in software technology. Mr. Ashwani Budhiraja : While making in India, security is also important. We have to manufacture devices that are safe and also that perform well, which needs multi-level testing. Next, security is also important. For example, an SMS can be intercepted at any stage. We need to encrypt all the messages and decrypt safely. Mobile chipsets have
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a lot of vulnerabilities. India is far behind when it comes to cybersecurity. Device compliance to the security is important. IoT is going to change a lot in the coming years. Through IoT soon we will have cars that can communicate with other cars using the captured data from sources like Google. India is going to change a lot in future. Mr. Vinay Dixit: WB is industrially backward due to trade unionism. West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Mukherjee is trying her best to change the situation, but still there is a long way to go before making things favorable to Make in India. Ms. Nirmalatha M: Today, the trend is even students are rejecting good placement offers as they want to become entrepreneurs. The startup mentality is catching up. This trend is very impressive. Mr. Arvind Passey: Now several mobile carriers are planning to invest trillions of rupees in infrastructure in the coming years. What effect will it have on Make in India. Mr. Kumar Deep Banerjee: Vodafone has invested 3 lakh crore rupees in India and is the single largest FDI Investor in India. There is scope for innovation at every level with today so many interactions taking place via telecom with many apps riding on the SIMs. Latency will decrease in the coming years enabling faster and trouble-free interactions. There is no surprise if in the coming years a doctor in Hyd operates a patient in Delhi by directing a robot remotely. Mr. Dev Kumar: In one case, when a doctor was dealing with a cancer patient via video, the video failed but at the end we could give the patient medicine. Carriers and government should work in tandem to provide high speed Internet. Carriers say they offer 4G speed, but at present we get much less. Along with Make in India we should also focus Make Things Better in India. Mr. Arvind Passey: We often talk about technology and innovations, but let us throw some light on the role played by human element while making and implementing things in India. Mr. Manuj Adlakha: Logistics in one area where India is still lagging behind. For instance, imported things take 18 days to arrive from China to Bombay, but from Bombay to Delhi, they take 25 days. These transit times should shorten to make Make in India successful. Right now Make in India is only a concept and a lot many things have to improve before it becomes a real practice. Mr. Arvind Passey: Success of Make in India also depends on the availability of manpower with right skills. Please let us know your views on this. Ms. Nirmalatha M: In AP, fortunately, we do not have much problem of trade unions. A negative type of trade unionism can pull down the industry and severely hamper Make in India program. It is necessary that the management
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and workers sit across the table and settle the matters in an amicable manner. Mr. Arvind Passey: Finally, what improvements do you suggest? Mr. Manuj Adlakha: Right implementation is very crucial, not just policies on papers. We need quick and effective decision making at the government level. We need a lot of improvements on infrastructure level. Mr. Vinay Dixit: We should also focus more on using domestically developed software apps to ensure security. For example, in China, they use only locally made apps. When apps are developed abroad, we just do not what hidden features they have which seriously compromise the security. Mr. Ashwani Budhiraja: The bottom line is India is a democracy and here we cannot implement as effectively as an authoritarian regime like China can. We should learn to walk before we run a marathon. In spite of many constraints, I think, Make in India making slow but steady progress. I hope it will soon take off to bring lot of beneďŹ ts to the nation and the society. There is also a big gap between qualiďŹ cations and skillsets. We have to take Make in India from the current Level 0 to Level 1. Right now hackers are looking for vulnerabilities at different levels and they becoming more and more sophisticated every next day. Now we need to take Secure India as seriously as we take Make in India. Security should be ensured at different levels thus minimizing the scope of cyber intruders. Mr. Manuj Adlakha: For the Make in India to be successful, we need to have good logistics system. We need a holistic ecosystem. Our company is assisting many Chinese manufacturers to set up their plants in India. We see good progress in Make in India. Mr. Dev Kumar: For Make in India to be successful, we need technically trained people available. We need to encourage technology transfer and innovation in India and most importantly ensure the availability of components and infrastructure. For example, if someone wants to manufacture in India, he still have to procure RAM, Camera, processor, etc from outside India; this is big hindrance as of now. Arvind: What initiatives you feel the government should take to drive Make in India? Mr. Dev Kumar: We identiďŹ ed several pain points and took them to the government. They are being examined by the government. We also installed our equipment in a lot of government departments. Our devices besides being innovative also justify commercial viability.
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4th Mobility Conclave & Award Night 2017 ceremony has attracted a congregation of more than Four hundred guests cutting across verticals of the mobile industry, including Vendor & Manufacturers, Solution Provider & and Partners from across the nation to celebrate the occasion. The 4th Mobility Awards Night, was graced by the presence of the Mobility family, including the Guests of Honor, Partners and the beloved guests. As you know our last three annual Mobility Award Nights have been a grand success due to the generous and spirited support of all our partners and well-wishers. For us, 4th Mobility Awards Night is more like an annual family gettogether than simply an award giving ceremony. This year we have extended the event with a full day activity with Mobility Conclave in the daytime with engaging Panel Discussions, which are new initiatives we added to this year’s event.
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oday, India is the 2nd largest smartphone market after China with USA pushed to the third position. Better availability, decreasing prices of handsets and operational costs, and increasing number of features and functionalities, all are driving this mobile revolution. Today mobiles phones are replacing PCs and laptops for several activities. With Bring Your Own Device (also known as BOYD) gaining increasing acceptance among corporate, there is an exponential growth of mobile phones and tablets even in the official activities. Prime Minister’s Make in India and Digital India initiatives are bringing about revolutionary transformations in the Indian mobility industry. Today, India, besides being the 2nd largest mobile market, also become a mobile phones manufacturing home. With the increasing purchases via mobiles, e-tailing is shifting towards m-tailing. A considerable portion of the Indian population has already shifted from the use of feature phones to smart phones. Of the 6 billion mobile phone users in the world, over 35% reside in only China and India. With many people are about move to smart phones in the coming years, India is on the verge of a vast business upheaval. Today, even in rural areas, where basic amenities find it hard to pave in, mobile phones are pervading. Of the 250 million Internet connections in India, over 50% million are mobile Internet users. Undoubtedly, mobile phone has become the easiest way to connect with all kinds of audience, belonging to all age-groups, demographic areas, cultural backgrounds, etc and 3G and 4G are accelerating the process. India, being on the initial stages of this mobile revolution, gives partners a huge window of opportunity where you can take your businesses to unimaginable heights.
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About our Mobility Magazine Mobility, as you know, is a leading magazine mobile gadgets and accessories with a difference. Mobility is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of mobile gadgets and accessories industry and channel which includes consumers, front end retailers to large vendors. Mobility has earned this reputation by maintaining its focus on channel management for more than a decade, despite the never-ending changes in the channel landscape. Mobility covers news from the IT manager’s perspective with a broad analytical view of how the customer needs; technology and channel dynamics are impacting one other. The objective of Mobility Magazine is disseminating relevant information by way of editorial content in the segments of Consumers, SME, SMB and SOHO in the field of mobile gadgets and accessories industry. Mobility as a magazine focuses on redefining the mobile gadgets and accessories industry and channel business whereby channel players get the ready platform to promote their products and services. Mobility, with a circulation of 45,000 copies across 480 cities all over India, has a strong presence in the mobile gadgets and accessories industry with a mission to connect the corporate to the channel and to the end users of the products and services. Honorable Guests of Honor (one by one) to inaugurate the 4th Mobility Excellence Awards Night by Lightening the Lamp. Mr. Arvind Chawla, Sr.DDG, (AS) DOT, Mr. Hemant Kumar Tantia, IRS, Joint-Commissioner, GST, Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha EX-CMD,BSNL, Mr. Sandeep Aggarwal, Chairman, National Telecom Development Advisory Group (TEEMA & CMAI), Mr. Ashwani Budhiraja, Co-Founder and CTO, MSAI and Mr. Simon Xiong, Sr.Global Director, Synway
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About the Awards Function The 4th Mobility Awards into different categories like Mobility Excellence Awards, Special Awards, Consumers Choice & Editor’s Choice Awards.
MOBILITY Excellence Awards For this category, the best product in each category is selected on the basis of online voting. First, the vendors, resellers, channel partners and end-users are invited to nominate their products in different categories via our website www. mobilityindia.com. Then, vendors send us their products for technical review. And, we received ample number of products from different categories for this award. After closing the nominations, partners from the channel community, including vendors and distributors, vote for their choice. The product which gets the highest number of votes will be declared as the most innovative product. For the fair and authentic judgment, we take the best precautionary measures to prevent fake votes. And, for the recent poll we received maximum online votes, which were beyond the expectation of our web team. After online voting, we also rate each product based on its design, functionality, performance and impact; the ones that garner the highest total scores make the winners list.
Best Flagship Smartphone of the Year: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Best Budget Smartphone of the Year: Xiaomi Redmi Note4
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“Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi India said: “We are extremely pleased to have won the Mobility Award for Best Budget smartphone of the Year and Best Smartphone brand of the Year. We are thankful to our Mi Fans countrywide for their support. Xiaomi believes in innovation for all and our efforts have always been to maintain this philosophy across all our product offerings. We aim to provide products that are value for money and it is imperative that high quality innovative products are made accessible to everyone. I believe that Xiaomi’s India journey has just started and we will strive to provide the best to our customers. “
Best Emerging Feature Phone brand of the Year: JIVI
Best Mid-Range Smartphone of the Year: Moto Z2 Play Best Smartphone Brand of the Year: MI
“We are delighted to receive the Mobility Excellence Award for Best Mid-Range phone of the year for Z2 Play. The Moto Z series is a real innovation that allows you to explore your passion and go beyond what any other typical smartphone can do with modular technology. We are indeed glad to be recognized as the drivers of excellence and we will continue to focus on a holistic and streamlined portfolio of products to offer delightful customer experience. 2017 has been a successful year for Motorola as we stand among the top 3 smartphone players in the smartphone market. My heartfelt congratulations and acknowledgement to the Mobility team for a wonderful event.” – Sudhin Mathur, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility India”
Best Fitness Brand of the Year: Fitbit AltaHR
Best Progressive Smartphone Brand of the Year: Comio
Mr.Sanjay Kalirona, CEO & Director, Comio India – “Team Mobility India has been really encouraging and enthusiastic towards the fresh approaches they enlighten us each year with. It was an honour to have been able to win the prestigious awards and also a privilege to be able to have been able to connect with so many like-minded people. My heart-felt acknowledgment to Team Mobility and a heartiest congratulations to the team for the amazing event. “
Best after Sales Service Provider of the Year: RV Solution
Mr. Alok Shankar, Country General Manager-India, Fitbit Inc. “This award is testimony to Fitbit’s success as a consumer brand in India and is a vote of confidence in our efforts to drive digital health platforms that enables people to live healthier lives. We would like to thank the entire team at Mobility and NCN for this recognition.”
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“First we, the RV team, would like to congratulate the team
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of Mobility Excellence Award for organizing a successful award function. The arrangements were immaculate and all the participants had a gala time. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to the team for recognizing us as the Best After Sales Service Provider for the third consecutive year. This award makes us realise our responsibility of delivering value to our brands and our passion to create a unique value proposition for our customers. It motivates us to continue our dedication and hard work to set ourselves apart with our range of services. This recognition motivates us as an Organisation to keep on Innovating and Transforming the After Sales Service Landscape. Really Appreciate. We wish you all the best for your future editions.”
Best Power bank of the Year: Ambrane
Most popular Brand of the Year: Vivo
Most Affordable Smartphone Brand of the Year: Lava
Best Dual Camera smartphone of the Year: Huawei (Honor 8 Pro) Best Mobile Distributor of the Year: Ingram Micro
Best Online mobile brand: OnePlus
Mr. P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business. “Honor is committed to scale new heights of product innovation and customer centricity through its products. The Honor 8 Pro redefined the magic of dual camera technology owing to its best in class advanced imaging capabilities and performance. We are delighted and honored to receive the Best dual camera smartphone of the year award for Honor 8 Pro.”
Best Emerging 4G Smartphone Brand of the Year: Zen
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Best Camera Phone of the Year: Google pixel2
Best Selfie Phone of the Year: Oppo F3 Plus
Most Gorgeous smartphone of the Year: HTC U Ultra “We would like to thank the entire team of Mobility for this award, which is testimony to OPPO’s success as a consumer technology brand in India as a Selfie Expert and Leader. In OPPO, product always has the priority. And, OPPO has been investing a lot of efforts to ensure that consumers get an unforgettable camera experience and this award is a big vote of confidence in the breakthroughs we have made in providing the best-in the world mobile and camera technology.” Will Yang, Brand Director of OPPO India
Mr. Ankur Rohatgi, Sr. Manager, Business Planning-South Asia. “Thanks to mobility magazine team for giving HTC U11 Most Gorgeous Smartphone of year Award. We are honoured by the recogination and would like to thank the mobilty India team for coming out with the magazine that is in sync with todays industry.”
Most innovative mobile accessories brand of the Year: Pebble
Best Bluetooth Speaker of the Year: Astrum SM 360
“A big thank you to the entire team of Mobility for believing in Pebble and presenting us with this award, which certainly helps in affirming Pebble as a dedicated and innovative Mobile Accessory Brand. Providing this platform and the award really encourages us to continue on the path of innovation and provide premium quality user friendly gadgets to our consumers. “
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Make in India Brand: Comio
“ COMIO India, headquartered in Hong Kong, launched in the Indian market in 2017, is one of the rapidly growing smartphone brands in India. COMIO’s handsets are designed keeping the Indian consumer in mind. The brand offers a range of innovative, technologically-advanced and user-friendly products. COMIO has a mission to provide high quality, reasonable and innovative products to consumers in India. The company is backed by a complete ecosystem including top class R&D, design, manufacturing, software development and marketing.”
“Neron Informatics was absolutely thrilled to be associated with the ‘Mobility India Awards 2017’, held on 14th December, 2017 in the capacity of Associate Sponsors. The added plus was winning the Awards in front of the Full House attendance from the Industry. The Night was truly something to be remembered for a long time. The arrangement of the Event Night was excellent and the ambiance was made electrifying by the performance and the anchoring. The presence of Industry who’s who made the Night more eventful. Overall, the Event was a huge success. Team Neron wishes Mobility India more such evenings and such success in future.”
Best 4G Coverage pan-India: Vodafone
Fastest Growing brand in the Unified Communication Space: Neron (Neron Infomatics Pvt Ltd)
“The Vodafone India, one of the leading telecom carriers in India and worldwide, recognizes the power of mobile technology to address some of India’s most pressing challenges relating to access social responsibility. Vodafone is committed to enable people and technology to drive innovation, disseminate knowledge, and create shared value to improve lives. All Vodafone’s programs focus on harnessing relevant technology solutions for greater productivity and impact.”
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SPECIAL AWARD
Best Inventive Smart phone brand of the year: Ziox
technology, designs and high quality products assuring to meet and satisfy the ever-changing market needs.”
Upcoming Retail Chain of the Year: Celbay
“Ziox Mobiles, a provider of smartphones and feature phones, has been incepted with a motto of offering technologically superior products without compromising on quality. Headquartered in New Delhi, Ziox Mobiles has built up an impressive product portfolio of more than 40 distinguished products, and constantly innovating to make superior products. Ziox has established its presence across India through its wide network comprising of its various branch offices and system integrators across several states in India.”
“ Celbay is a rapidly growing upcoming retail chain in India dealing in a wide range of lifestyle products.”
Best Camera Phone (online): Eluga Ray 700 (Panasonic)
Most Popular Indian Consumer Durable Brand of the Year: Intex
“We were delighted to be part of one of the biggest mobile awards event in the industry. It’s that exemplary night in the year when all the industry leaders bestow down under one roof showcasing the respect & importance of the event. Overall very well organised , engaging & entertaining event .”
“ Panasonic Mobile offers a wide range of communication devices and solutions like Mobile Phones, High Definition Videoconferencing, Professional Audio Video products like Broadcast Cameras, etc. Panasonic provides stylish and feature-rich smart phones and feature phones supported with top class after-sales-support.”
Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Mr. Arnav Mutneja, XOR
Stylish Mobile Accessories Brand of the Year: Astrum
“ Astrum aims to provide mobile accessories that meets the latest styles and tastes and strongly believes in breaking down the barriers between people and technology. Astrum is one of the most reliable brands in providing innovative
“ It is an honor to be recipient of this recognition. It inspires me to strive forward along with the industry and achieve better breakthroughs. I thank Mobility team for choosing for the Young Entrepreneur of the year Award.”
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Affordable Premium Phone: ZTE Blade V7 MAX
“ ZTE is one of the global leading Chinese mobile handset brands offering a complete range of mobile devices, including mobile phones, tablets, mobile broadband modems and hotspots and family desktop integration terminals. ZTE has strategic partnerships with 47 of the world’s top 50 carriers.”
“ Zebronics has one of the industry’s widest line-up
Leading Testing and Compliance for Mobiles Phone Standards: MSAI
“ We are India’s leading telecommunication solutions and services provider, involved in developing standards for the mobile devices.”
Best Logistic Service Provider Of the Year: Cargo People
Growing Manufacturing Player of 2017: Kara Mobiles
“ The New Delhi-based Kara Mobiles, since 2015, with a vision to provide technologically superior products available at affordable prices to the Indian customers, is engaged in the manufacturing of top quality feature phones, smart phones, etc in India.”
“ Cargo People: CARGOPEOPLE LOGISTICS & SHIPPING PVT. LTD. is a leading freight forwarding company incorporated by a group of professionals in freight forwarding business and logistics needs. Taking into consideration the demand of customers, cargo people offers all type of transportation services of shipments by rail, road and air. Consignments are picked up from the desired locations mentioned by the customer and are delivered at the destination of their choice.”
Active Telecom Association of West Bengal: Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association
Reliable Accessories Brand: Zebronics
Zebronics has one of the industry’s widest line-up of computer and mobile phone peripherals, consumer electronics and surveillance products. Zebronics brand has received more than 50 industry awards for its excellence. The company has branch offices and over service centres covering all major cities India. The Company has a wide network of about 12,000 channel partners throughout the country.
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“ I am grateful to you on behalf of Kolkata Mobile Dealers Welfare Association for recognising our efforts and honoured us on such big platform. This Award motivated us further to carry on with our efforts and work for our trade. It was really a pleasure meeting you all and once again will like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart.”
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Stylish Speaker of the Year: Breeze (Portronics)
“ We would like to express our gratitude for your excellent coverage of our brand Portronics. The positive exposure you gave our firm in your event provided the community with a nice introduction to our goals and services. The entire staff appreciated the professionalism with which your team handled the event. Customer queries have dramatically increased since your event. Please extend our thanks to everyone involved.“
Value for Money Feature Phone of the Year: Champion
“ Champion offers feature phones that are value for money with best features, simplified operations, and ultimate customer satisfaction.”
Best Battery Phone of 2017 (under 20K): Gionee M7 Power
Innovative product of the Year: Astrum AL150
“ Astrum AL150 – Smart Security Bluetooth Lock enables control of home or office with the help of a smartphone. It supports one touch pairing and 128-bit enterprise-level encryption for safeguarding from hackers.”
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Gionee is one of the leading smartphone brands that offers the latest technology and cutting edge innovations. The Gionee M7 Power, apart from its larger 5000mAh battery, sports an 18:9 aspect ratio which is a trend for new premiumlevel smartphones. The Gionee M7 Power comes with a fingerprint sensor at the back..
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Innovative Telecom Product & Solution: AAIKYA &ONYX (Neron)
“ Neron is a reputed brand into manufacturing of State of the Art IPPBX systems, Network Security & Surveillance and IOT solutions. The company’s product range comprises of ONYX CXM, a state of the Art IPPBX with Advanced Features and AAIKYA, an Automated Telephony System or a Box Solution. “
Quality Driven Accessories Brand: AXL
Budget challenger of the Year -Cool Play 6: Coolpad
“Mobility Conclave and Award night 2018 was a great experience for a tech brand like us, to meet industry partners, listen to different perspectives, idea exchanges and brainstorm lots of current happening and upcoming trends. I would also like to congratulate Mobility India for having another successful edition of Mobility Conclave and Awards, and thanks a lot for appreciating Cool Play 6 as the best budget challenger of 2017.” Mr. Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India”
Best Consumer Offer of the Year: Panasonic Maha Phone Utsav
“ AXL is a fast growing mobile accessories brand from Modi Infosol, a prominent Delhi-based distributors of ICT and telecom products distributor and solutions provider. AXL provides new generation mobile accessories & that redefines life in every way. AXL aims at offering products using latest technologies and durable materials.”
Premium Bluetooth Speakers: Pebble JukeBox
“ This award is dedicated to our commitment at Panasonic to provide a ‘Better life’ for our consumers and contribute to creating a ‘Better World’ around them. We want to break the monotony by telling that there’s, ‘SO MUCH TO DO’. It’s the motto one should live by, it’s about keeping yourself busy by doing new things every day. The motto is about exploring, creating, and trying what you’ve never done, with Panasonic smart phones. Many thanks to the team at Mobility and NCN for this appreciation. Sonali Singh, Brand Manager, Panasonic Mobility”
Best Indian Smartphone brand of the year: Zen
“The extremely powerful yet portable Pebble JukeBox has an enhanced and crystal clear voice clarity, super powerful and exceptionally loud and a good bass. The inbuilt microphone allows you to talk/call hands-free through your phone. Tiny enough to be carried in your pocket, Pebble JukeBox allows you to play your beloved music endlessly with the inbuilt high capacity battery.”
“Zen Mobile are the pioneers in bringing the affordable mobile handsets to the Indian shores equipped with the advanced technology. In a short span of 8 years, Zen Mobile has attained and build a distinct identity among the consumers. Zen Mobile’s commitment to serve the masses comes with a vision to provide them with the best and most advanced Smartphone devices at amazingly affordable prices. “
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Popular Feature Phone Brand of the Year: Tork
“Tork Mobiles is a leading manufacturer and distributor of feature phones and mobile accessories that are Designed & Manufactured in India. The Tork’s team has vast experience in electronics & telecom industry and their feature phone range showcases a variety of models, colour options and features such as ‘World’s first 6-LED Torch.”
Smart 4G smartphone of the Year: Lephone
“ Lephone handsets pack a punch with dazzling features, while features differ as per the model, the handsets come with great quality and offer amazing user-experience at very competitive prices in their class. A pleasure to gift and a pleasure to receive, the Lephone mobile is a superior piece of technology available in four stunning finishes.”
Most Comprehensive Mobile Accessories Brand of the Year: ERD
Quality Driven Powerbank of the Year: Doel
“ Doel brand, from Delhi-based Doel International Pvt Ltd founded in 2015, is focused on providing IT & mobile accessories, CE products and services. Doel launched its DOEL branded powerbanks to offer the best back-up to mobile devices at affordable prices.”
“On behalf of ERD Group, we want to thank you for selecting “Most Comprehensive Mobile Accessories Brand of the Year : ERD” for the MOBILITY AWARD. It was indeed memorable and moment of pride for our company to receive the Award. Such events are very motivational and continue to inspire to keep up the good work.”
Upcoming Mobile Brand of the Year: KDM
Best Designed Phone of the Year: Nuu (Q626)
“U.S based handset maker Nuu Mobiles has gained the trust of its customers through its groundbreaking innovations and high-quality services. The brand believes in protecting the clients’ interests with extended warranties, timely updates. The Nuu Q626 offers a decent set of specs for the price.”
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“ We were thrilled to be associated with the ‘Mobility India Awards 2017’. The event was truly something to be remembered for a long time. The arrangement of the Event Night was excellent and the ambiance was made electrifying by the performance and the anchoring. The presence of Industry who’s who made the Night more eventful. Overall, the Event was a huge success.”
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Reliable Quality Accessories Brand of the Year: TP-Link
“ TP-LINK, a leader in networking products has forayed into the segment of smartphones and accessories by featuring products with high quality, aesthetic design and joyful experience for users. Driven by their tagline ‘Live with Intuition and Work with Innovation, TP-Link aims to offer products that display beauty of simplicity and unforgettable experience.”
Largest Charger & Adaptor Indian Manufacturer of the Year: HGD (India)
“ HGD India, a joint venture of Shenzhen Hong Guang De Technology Co Ltd in India, founded in 2015, is the leading manufacturer and provider of world class mobile chargers to several prominent OEMs in India. HGD India has its mobile charger manufacturing units in UP and Haryana, close to New Delhi. “
Feature-Rich Smartphone of the Year: Lemon Blaze 501
“ On behalf of Lemon Mobiles we want to thank you to Mobility Team for awarding us as “Best Feature Rich Smartphone of the Year”. Special thanks to all who has nominated and considered Brand LEMON for this category. It was an amazing evening and pride moment for us to receive award on such a renowned platform.”
Best Budget Performer of the Year: InFocus Turbo 5 Plus
“ The InFocus Turbo 5 Plus comes with dual primary camera and a lot of goodies and features at an inexpensive price In terms of performance. The US-based InFocus, backed by over 20 years of experience and innovation in visual collaboration technology, is dedicated to helping people communicate, collaborate and create, more effectively.”
Leading performance Bluetoothspeaker: BoomSlang Shield (Essot)
“BoomSlang Shield Bluetooth speaker is a stunning looking metallic finish speaker with impeccable brushed metal finish. Speaker is big enough to give you a nice and balanced sound from fairly deep bass to clear treble - not to forget full and well working middle tones. The speaker has an innovative 3D mode which makes the sound quality uniform in every corner of the room.”
Most Trust brand for VOIP Gateway solution: Synway
“ As a leading VoIP enabling-technologies provider in China, Synway has been partnered with applications & solution providers worldwide to deliver turkey solutions for enterprises and telecom carriers. In ever-changeable environments, Synway’s long-term goal would be of partnership with vendors of cloud-based unified communications, providing enterprises and SPs with a complete range of cloud-based applications, including Video and Audio Conferencing, Contact Center, IPPBX, Unified Messaging, Social Media Services and more.”
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Top Mobile Partners Mr. Pramod Gupta, Kamal Eternity, Indore
Mr. Vinay Dixit, Kolkata
Mr. George Thomas, Aldous Glare Trade & Exports: Cochin Mr. Parvinder Kumar, Cell World, Faridkot
Mr. Ajay Gupta, Ajay Gupta & Co. New Delhi
Finally After the tremendous success of last three award night in the Mobile industry, the Fourth Mobility Conclave & Award Night 2017 concluded grandly. This grand function takes the opportunity to felicitate the achievers for the year 2017 for their outstanding performance. These awards are presented to recognize the Mobile Vendors, Manufactures and partners for their relentless and sincere efforts towards the growth of the Indian mobile industry. For the successful conclusion of 4th Mobility Conclave & Excellence Award Night, 2017 credit must goes to Comio, Panasonic, ZTE, Coolpad, Lemon, Portronics, Astrum, Zen, Champion, Neron, Gionee, Kara, Doel, MSAI, CargoPeople, Cellbay & CMAI who whole-heartedly supported the grand function this year.
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Date of Pub: 10th January, 2018 | Postal Dt.: 16th & 17th of same Month/ Posted at NDPSO
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