Mobility Monthly Magazine January 2019

Mobility Monthly Magazine

January 2019

Issue 01

Volume 15

Pages 36

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beyond technology, beyond lifestyle

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Contents

EDITORIAL 6

EDITOR CHOICE AWARD 2018 30

Panel Discussion 1 8 Regional Mobile Association Award 2018

Panel Discussion 2 12

5th Mobility Excellence Awards 2018 Ended on a Grand Scale

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5th Mobility Conclave & Excellence Award Night Concluded Successfully Dear Readers, It was a great feeling to conclude our 5th Mobility Conclave and Mobility Excellence Awards Night 2019 on Dec 21 on grand scale with the support of our esteemed Partners, Guest of Honors and Visitors. There were two engaging Panel Discussions preceding the Mobility Awards Ceremony on topics: 1. The latest trends, opportunities and challenges in the mobile phones market and role new innovations like 5G and the progress made by Make in India program; and 2. The role of Mobile Associations in resolving the issues related to the partners and negotiating with the government bodies and vendors; and in dealing with the unhealthy competition from the online channels that are disrupting the traditional offline channel. The Panel Discussions in which eminent personalities spoke as Panelists were very informative and helpful to the audience. In the Mobility Awards Ceremony nearly 60 awards were given away to the best performing individuals, brands, companies and products.

We hope to conduct the future Mobility events in a much better way with the support of our esteemed Partners and Well wishers.

Swapan Roy roymobility@gmail.com

Mobility wishes all its readers an Eventful, Happy and Prosperous New Year 2019.

Editor’s Choice

HUAWEI Y9 2019 The Entry-level Flagship Phone HUAWEI Y9 2019 features a 6.5” screen, 3D curved design, powerful battery, advanced quad camera and flagship-level craftsmanship that boasts of high durability. HUAWEI Y9 2019 sports the new generation 6.5” Notched HUAWEI FullView Display, offering a higher screen to body ratio. Y9 2019 features a 16.70 million color IPS LCD, with the contrast ratio of 1500:1, 2340X1080 resolution and 397 PPI, the display stands out with the 3D curved design, bringing users both wider view and ultimate control. It also supports Eye Comfort Mode. HUAWEI Y9 2019 is equipped with the 16MP+2MP front dual camera and the 13MP+2MP rear dual camera. It integrates AI machine learning algorithm, which creates 21 different category labels, and helps to select the optimized background and adjusts all the parameters after analyzing the scene (up to 500+ scenarios).

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Panel Discussion 1

The Panelists in this panel discussion were Kumardeep Banerjee, Head External Communications -- Vodafone India; Sharad Shrivastava, Pincoy Singapore and Founder & Director of Dstor Technologies Pvt Ltd; Bhupesh Raseen, Chairman Mobile Advisory Committee – TMA and board member of Ghana India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC) ; Dev Kumar, CTO-VOIC Networks and Mr. Manu Seth Managing Director Ibrit Asia The panel discussion were moderated by Ushma Tyagi.

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oderator: Nearly two years have passed after Make in India has been launched. Can you throw some light on the progress we have made on this front?

Mr. Bhupesh Raseen: Make in India is getting a lot of hiccups. People have started with assembling, but now government, assuming that we have reached mature level of CKD, has started imposing duties on SKDs, even before a proper ecosystem has evolved. This is putting domestic manufacturers who depend on importing SKDs at odds. Another big hindrance Make in India is facing is for to assemble one mobile phone model, now you need 5 or 6 BIS certifications. Each year the government is increasing the number of imported items that comes under the gamut of import Mr. Bhupesh Raseen, duties. This is putting the Indian Chairman–mobile Advisory Committee, brands at a great disadvantage because most of them currently Tma depend on imports. Another issue that is plaguing the mobility industry is allowing 100% FDI in manufacturing in India, which is pushing domestic brands to a corner. Government is implementing PMP without creating the necessary infrastructure and ecosystem. Brands which invested thousands of crores of rupees to Make in India are now closing down and employees are on the roads after losing their jobs. The government should change the policies, if it really wants to Make in India a success. We need infrastructure before going to CKD.

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Mr. Dev Kumar: Currently, one issue with Make in India is manufacturers have set up several SMT lines anticipating lot of work, but most of them are idle. There is no efficient certification process in place. Make in India will be successful only when we can increase the manufacturing efficiency.

Moderator: Today, everyone talking about 5G and the related opportunities. Can we know the experts opinion on this matter?

Mr. Manu Seth: Today, mobile phones have become a commodity; several features unimaginable on smartphones a decade back have become common things now.

Mobile phone today is a necessity, no longer an option or a luxury.

Change is the only that is constant in today’s mobile world. The 5G is still in the testing stage and it is going to take a year or more before it reaches to consumers.

IoT and Virtual Reality are going to be the next big things in the Mr. Manu Seth mobile world. In terms of features, Managing Director Ibrit Asia functionalities and capabilities the future smartphones will be enormous devices. I think 5G will be a double-edged sword but it needs a whole lot of things before it becomes useful.

Mr. Kumardeep Banerjee: The 5G will be the next big thing, but it will take at least a year or more. Next frontier will be IoT and driverless cars, but we need to gear up our ecosystem, before these things become practical. The M2M communications and ecommerce

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will expand further. We now hear even remote robotic surgeries taking on patient with doctor operating from a distance of 5000 km. But the question remains how far are we ready to accommodate t h e s ec h a n g e s — f o r instance, we cannot imagine of launching the driverless Mr. Kumardeep Banerjee cards on Delhi roads. They Head External need a completely different Communications Vodafone India kind of roads a whole lot of things such a s compliances, architectures, governance models, etc, before we can employ them and make most of 5G. We need to have clear timelines and objectives.

Moderator: What role storage is going to play in the domain of mobile phones?

Mr. Sharad Shrivastava: People often think they have a big storage on their mobile phones, only until they suddenly realized they have finished their data.

Our portable Pincoy Wallet SSDs offer 120 to 480 GB of storage space on a small pocket-fit devices and this is a step forward to help the mobile users to enjoy big storage backup whether at home or on-the-go, particularly when they at such locations where there is no mobile connectivity.

Moderator : What is the best way to save and secure data?

Mr. Sharad Shrivastava: Just like money, your data is safe only as long as it is with you.

As long as your money on data are on a third party platform, they are still a step behind to be called your own. Now it has become an issue even how to save and protect multiple number of User IDs and passwords. Your money and data are just as safe as your User IDs and passwords.

Not only human intruders, even Mr. Sharad Srivastava viruses which are software ( Pincoy Singapore) Founder Dstor entities can intrude into your Technologies Pte Ltd devices steal or destroy your data. This highlights the importance to secure your data on something that is under your possession.

Mr. Dev Kumar: Now, we are focusing on security in different places including mobiles, video conferencing, smart cities, etc. We are aiming at meeting the needs of industry 4.0. Here the most important thing is data speed and continuity. We have to ensure good data speed for a video conference to be comfortable and effective.

Moderator: What innovations and developments can we see in the coming years in the mobiles area?

Mr. Manu Seth: Talking about the opportunities,

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today, the convergence of data, video and audio is taking place at a rapid pace. Education and health have become focus segments. Today, things are happening faster and everything is going mobile and smart—there are going to be smart energy meters, smart water meters, smart tables, etc. As the economy grows, usage of these smart devices will grow further.

Mr. Dev Kumar: Another thing we have to understand is for activities such as remote operations of patients 1000s of kilometers away, they are not depending on telecom service providers. They are depending on their direct communications systems that are more reliable than the services provided be telecom operators. Our focus is on how to automate activities, minimize human intervention and Mr. Dev Kumar how to increase efficiency and Cto, Voic Networks connectivity.

Mr. Bhupesh Raseen: Our governments often copy policies made in other countries. We need to press the government to amend policies to meet the interests of the industry based on our domestic conditions. Governments are taking a lot of time to change policies and as a result many domestic companies are suffering. The 5G cannot be successful unless our experience with 2G, 3G and 4G are taken into account before planning how to use 5G. We should note that 40% of the people are still using feature phones and 2G is still used by many users.

Summary Opportunities in the evolving mobile landscape are enormous but challenges too are enormous. Our Make in India program is limping at the stage of assembling and screwdriver shops, due to lack of infrastructure, proper ecosystem, logjam of certification process and out-ofplace government policies. Due to lack of pragmatic approach from the government and the invasion of 100% FDI, many entrepreneurs who invested 1000s of crores of rupees under Make in India are now forced to close down their plants, besides leaving several more 1000s of employees jobless. To make Make in India successful, government should follow more pragmatic approach to draft policies that meet the interests of the industry unique to the Indian conditions. 5G and IoT, smart homes and smart cities are going to be the next big things, but there questions on how much the poorly placed Indian ecosystem can adopt and adapt to the new developments.

For instance, we cannot imagine have driverless cars on the Indian roads. We have a long way before we can evolve to the level of incorporating these changes. Indian government should focus on developing rules and policies that will suit the Indian conditions to take the mobility industry and country to the next level.

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Panel Discussion 2

The panelists of this discussion were Prof N K Goyal, President CMAI Association of India, Chairman Emeritus TEMA; Mr. Saurav Bhattacharya, AIMDA; Mr. Gaurav Kanodia, AIMDA; Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Mumbai Association and Mr.Vinay Dixit of Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association. The discussion were moderated by Mr.Swapan Roy & Ms.Ushma Tyagi.

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oderator: I request the panelists to throw light on how the mobile industry channel associations are playing the leading role while resolving the issues of the channel partners.

Prof NK Goyal: To start with, we would like to thank the Mobility Magazine for giving us this opportunity speak on this panel to articulate our views and also the audience who are here to listen to us and share their views. As an association, our aim is to try our best to resolve the issues related to the Prof N K Goyal partners of the mobile industry by President Cmai representing them and negotiating Association Of with the mobile vendors regarding India, Chairman their channel policy related to Emeritus Tema margins and online vs offline issues.

We also try our best to plead with the government to make policy changes in favor of the channel. We always cheerfully receive delegations from the mobility industry that come to us seeking solutions to their issues.

Mr. Saurav Bhattacharya : AIMDA (All India Mobile Distributors Association) represents the voices of the distributors of the mobile industry and also the voices of different state, regional and city level mobile associations while negotiating with the government and with the mobile industry vendors. The aim of AIMDA is to create an ecosystem and a level playing field where distributors and vendors can work together in a Mr. Saurav way that will place all in a Win-Win Bhattacharya Ktda And Amida situation. Many fly-by-night mobile vendors are entering the industry and then are suddenly closing down their companies. Today, mobile industry is facing unique problems, for example, when companies are closed

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down, the customers still go to the distributors for service and warranty. Under such circumstances, the burden falls on the distributors to clear the already existing stocks of the vendor who had wound up, besides dealing with the warranty and service issues of the customers who have already purchased the goods. When vendors wind up, distributors are bearing brunt. So we want to sort out such issues. Next issue is the offline mobile distributors usually have a margin of just 2%, but huge discounts given by etailers are killing the offline channel. Now, survival has become the main issue for most mobile distributors and retailers.

Mr. Gaurav Kanodia, : AIMDA Today, within one month of its launch on Dec 5, 2018, AIMDA has over 1600 members and the number is growing fast. It shows the zeal of the industry players to work together towards achieving solutions using a common platform. We are excited by the response and encouragement we have been getting.

Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Mobile Distributors Association Mumbai : I am from MMDA (Mumbai Mobile Distributors Association).

One issue the distributors faced is some vendors have been changing or shuffling distributors very fast.

This puts distributors already signed up with them having the old stocks Mr. Mukesh in a difficult position. We want to Gupta represent the problems faced by such Mumbai Mobile distributors.

Distributor Mr. Swapan Roy : Today, online Association competition has become a big problem for the offline distributors threatening their very survival. Please tell us how the associations are dealing with this sensitive issue?

Prof NK Goyal: We are trying to link up with all the different mobile associations, including some international associations. Our aim is to ensure the

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better survival of the businesses of the members and create an ecosystem where everyone can play safe and there will be fair competition between online and offline channels. Our focus is also on the issues like how to improve the market access for the distributors to improve their profitability besides dealing with the immediate issues such as unfair disruption caused by the online channels to the offline channels.

Mr. Mukesh Gupta : Online portals are literally killing the offline distributors and 1000s of mobile outlets spread across the country are threatened by closure.

Mr.Vinay Dixit of Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association: There are a lot of challenges facing the mobile distributors in India today. We should bring pressure on the brands to maintain price parity between the models they simultaneously launch online and offline. Now even online portals like Amazon have started appointing sub-distributors further Mr. Vinay Dixit complicating the situation for offline distributors. Cash on delivery has Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare become very attractive to the people nowadays and this is attracting Association the customers more towards online portals, particularly for the smaller-amount purchases.

Mr. Saurav , AIMDA : It has become a chicken and egg issue—without chicken there can’t be eggs and without eggs there can be chicken. Now, we want to approach vendors how offline channel can offer them better reach to the market over long-term. For this, we should work hard, work united and convince the vendors how the offline channel is better than online channel, though we cannot completely replace online channel.

Mr.Vinay Dixit: Another issue is some vendors launch a model online at a price and then they launch the same model at a higher price offline. Then customers will compare the two prices and then they think offline price is higher. Then customers think the offline is cheating with higher prices. This is putting offline outlets at an awkward and disadvantageous position.

Mr. Saurav Bhattacharya: Only way we can face online challenge is fighting as a united front; we should stick to our margins and should not climb down. We should deal only with pull-brands, not push-brands. Unity should be our strength. The distributors associations should work closely work with retailers associations to successfully achieve the common goals.

Mr. Swapan Roy : As an association, what is your strategy to deal with issues faced by the distributors and consumers?

Mr. Mukesh Gupta : In the current scenario where brands are entering and exiting, we should do our best to bring pressure on the government to some guidelines to the vendors to launch new products bring in FDI to ensure protection for the distributors and the customers.

Govt policy should ensure that the ecosystem is not upset and distributors and retailers will enjoy some degree of safety and security.

Mr. Gaurav, AIMDA : Brands come with big claims which are often empty. Government should check the background of the brands before giving them permission.

Foreign brands coming to India count 2% as service costs

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which is below the required level, but the government should insist that their service budget should be 4% to keep the channel partners and the consumers protected. A foreign brand should seek NOC before launching fulfilling basic T&C and requirements. Also foreign brands should be asked to deposit some security amount so that they do not close overnight and vanish.

Mr. Gaurav Kanodia All India Mobile Distribution Association (amida)

Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Mobile Association Mumbai : For instance, in many cases retailers are purchasing products via online channels at lower prices and then selling them in their shops. This practice only encourages online channels. We are formulating an NOC policy with several checkpoints that need to be met by the new brands before they are given NOC. As one of the conditions, the foreign vendors should have stock transfer arrangement to which they must stick to when they want to wind up. For example, I remember a recent instance when the offline channel refused to sell the products of a big brand unless they change their online policy. Then the brand came down within two weeks to negotiate with the offline channel, listened to their concerns, and then changed their policies in favor of the offline channel. That is the strength of unity. If we want the brands to listen to us, we should be united, determined and firm.

Mr.Swapan Roy: Indian brands are suffering; how the associations can protect them.

Mr. Saurav Bhattacharya, AIMD : Mr. Swapan Roy At the end of the day it is the consumers Founder, CEO & Editorial Director, are the choice makers. Indian brands Roy Mediative also should give value to the users such as good features and functions comparable to the foreign brands. Now let us work together with the Indian brands to reorganize the market that will ensure protection to everyone.

Conclusion Unfair competition from the online channels is pushing the many offline players to the brink of extinction.

Associations are striving their best to bring pressure on the brands to maintain price parity between the products where the same models are launched online and offline. Next issue is when brands enter and leave the market, they should make their obligations binding regarding service and warranty instead of leaving that burden to be borne by the distributors and the retailers.

Next, government should have a mechanism to rate the reliability, viability and trustworthiness of a brand, before giving them NOC to enter the Indian market. Last but not the least all the associations and their members should work in unison to protect the interests of the channel partners and create a level playing ecosystem—Strength lies in Unity.

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Mobility Excellence Award

5th Mobility Excellence Award 2018 event attracted a congregation of more than 400 guests and representatives cutting across the verticals of the telecom industry, including Vendors, Corporate, Distributors and Re-sellers from India. This year’s award categories were Mobility Excellence Award, Special Category Award, Editor’s Choice Award and Regional Mobile Association Award.

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obility organised its 5th edition of Mobility Excellence Awards Night on December 21, 2018, at Hotel Suryaa, New Friends Colony, in New Delhi, to felicitate the achievers of mobility industry for their outstanding performances in 2018 in different segments of mobility industry - broadly covering mobile handsets, apps, accessories and other services.

The previous Mobility Excellence Awards Nights held a great success with representatives from top brands, top distributors, partners, etc attending and participating in the event. After receiving an overwhelming support and encouragement from the mobility industry, Mobility has decided to continue with the annual awards ceremony we conducted the 5th Awards Night in the same spirit and vein.

channels that is disrupting the traditional offline channel.

Panelists were eminent experts from the Mobility and IT industry. Both the Panel Discussions were very engaging, informative and educative in their nature.

Different Award and categories The Mobility Excellence Awards ceremony has been intended to provide all the leading and upcoming telecom vendors and channel partners an interactive and informative platform to cement their old relationships and form new associations with different telecom industry players. The 5th Mobility Excellence Awards 2018 event attracted a congregation of more than 400 guests and representatives cutting across the verticals of the telecom industry, including Vendors, Corporate, Distributors and Re-sellers from India. This year’s award categories were Mobility Excellence Awards, Special Category Awards, Editor’s Choice Awards and Mobile Association Awards.

The 5th Mobility Awards Night was Preceded by Two Engaging Panel Discussions. The first panel discussion focus on the latest trends in mobile industry, opportunities Speaking at the event, Swapan Roy, Publisher and and challenges in the mobile phone market and role new Editor, Mobility Magazine, said, “This Mobility Excellence innovations like 5G and the progress made by Make in Awards ceremony is specially designed to recognize India program. the achievers including individuals, brands, vendors, The second Panel Discussion covers Role of Mobile distributors and re-sellers, in the telecom industry for Associations in resolving the issues related to the partners their immense and game-changing contributions. This and negotiating with government bodies and vendors; event has emerged as one of the promising platforms and in dealing with unhealthy competition from the online for the players of Mobility industry to network, share

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and exchange valuable knowledge and ideas with the eminent guests. Being in the media industry since 1999, we, at Mobility magazine, felt it is our moral responsibility to recognize the achievers in the Mobility industry and contribute our part to encourage the outstanding players and drive the industry forward. We have already been successfully conducting NCN Awards Nights for the past 11 years.”

several activities including for mailing, gaming and ecommerce.

“Going mobile, which was a luxury earlier, has now become a daily necessity. Now India is a frontrunner as the 2nd biggest smartphone users market, after overtaking USA, offering immense opportunities for those who want to make their mark. I thank the nominees and online voters, who took their time to vote for the brands and models, to recommend them for awards. In this event, we are excited to see the big brands actively participating in the event. This year’s Mobility Excellence Awards event is another milestone in the journey of India’s Mobile industry and Mobility magazine,” added Swapan Roy.

demographic areas, cultural backgrounds, etc and 3G and 4G are further accelerating the process. The 5G is expected to become common use by 2020 with successful trials already underway.

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 30% reside only in China and India. With many people are about to move to smart The selection criterion for the awards has been phones, from feature phones, in the coming years, India designed to be rigorous and comprehensive. The is on the verge of a vast business upheaval in mobiles products are selected on the basis of nominations and segment. online polling. Then the selection panel comprising Today, even in rural areas, where basic amenities find eminent personalities from the industry evaluates each it hard to pave their way, mobile phones are pervading. product on the basis of different parameters to ensure Of the 200 million present Internet connections in India, that the best brands, models, etc will be selected for over 50% are mobile Internet connections. Undoubtedly, the awards and also to ensure utmost transparency and mobile phone has become the easiest way to connect credibility of the awards function. with all kinds of audience, belonging to all age-groups,

India, being in the initial stages of this mobile revolution, gives a huge window of opportunities where you can take your business to unimaginable heights.

With over 500 attendees, including Guests of Honor, Company and Brand representatives who came to receive the awards, other Vendors, Distributors, Retailers, the event was exciting and trend-setting. The whole program Manoj Jha, Editor-in-Chief, Mobility magazine, had been interspersed with enchanting entertainment mentioned in his vote of thanks, “I, on behalf of Mobility breaks to excite the guests and was followed by Dinner magazine, thank you all for sparing your valuable time & Cocktail. for attending and making this 5th Mobility Excellence Roy Mediative Group, founded in 1999, is a reputed Awards Night a memorable and exciting event. I publishing company based in New Delhi. The Group particularly thank our Partners who have been the driving publishes three established trade magazines, namely, force behind this event by giving their staunch support Mobility (to promote the info related to mobile gadgets and morale boosting encouragement to make this event a and accessories), NCN (to promote the info related to grand success. The credit goes to our esteemed industry IT industry) and Imaging Solution (to promote the info partners who supported and energized this event. I congratulate all the winners of the awards and thank related to printing & imaging industry).

The 5th Mobility Awards Night 2018 was graced the nominees and online voters. I wish the winners will be motivated to perform better to drive the mobility industry by the presence of Guests of Honor who included Mr. further. We wish to make the next event even more exciting N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Govt. of India; Mr. Arvind Chawla, Sr.DDG, (AS) DOT; Mr. with your support and blessings.”

HERBEN WU, DIRECTOR, TAITRA and Mr. Manu Seth The 5th Mobility Award Night as the Trend-Driver (Business Consultant), Ex-Senior Director – HTC. Today, India is the 2nd largest smartphone users The leading vendors who gave Power Point & Video market with China remaining at the No. 1 and USA dropping to the 3rd position. Easy availability, decreasing Presentations are TAITRA, Destor, VOIC Network, prices & operational costs, and increasing number of DAMSON, TAMBO, DETEL and RV SOLUTION. Detel features and functionalities, all are driving this mobile TV also showcases the new product through product revolution. Today mobile phones are replacing PCs for launch session.

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Excellence Award

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he 5th Mobility Awards have been categorised under different award categories: Mobility Excellence Award, Special Category Award, Editor’s Choice Award and Mobile Association Award.

In the Mobility Excellence Awards category, the best product in each category is selected on the basis of online voting. First, the vendors, channel parts and end users are invited to nominate their products in different categories via our website www.mobilityindia.com. Then the vendors send us their products for technical review.

And we received record number of products in different

categories for this award. After closing the nominations, partners from the channel community vote for their choice product. The product that gets the highest number of votes is declared as the winter under the excellence product. For the fair and sensible outcome, we take the necessary precautionary measures to filter and prevent fake and duplicate votes. In the last poll, we received the maximum online votes.

In addition to online voting, each product is also rated for its design, functionality, performance, and impact; the one that earn the highest points make it to the winners list.

Best Flagship Smartphone of the year: Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Mr. Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi India

Best Budget Smartphone of the Year: Realme2

“I’m extremely humbled to receive the Mobility Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Award by the 5th Mobility Conclave and Awards Night. I would like to thank the organizers for their remarkable efforts in hosting this prestigious event, and genuinely recognizing the efforts of Xiaomi India wherein we strive each day to bring Innovation to everyone through our incredible products and services.”

Mr. Nipun Marya, DirectorBrand Strategy, Vivo India “The Mobility Conclave & Award Night, 2018 was a great event, packed with insights and knowledge with a great set of speakers. We are elated to be part of the prestigious awards which recognizes the efforts of mobile industry ecosystem and look forward to winning more awards every year.” -

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Excellence Award

Best Camera Phone of the Year: Google Pixel3xl

Emerging Brand of the Year: Tambo

Best Progressive Brand of the Year : Vivo

Affordable Smartphone brand of the Year : Honor

Mr. Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India.

“We are honoured and excited to receive this prestigious award and such recognition helps validate the product and further motivates us towards sharing the best technology with the world.” Mr. Madhav Sheth, CEO, Realme India “We feel honoured to have won Mobility Excellence Award for Best Budget Smartphone of the year for Realme2 and Best Designed Smartphone of the year for Realme 2 Pro. We would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to our valued customer for supporting and loving us since the inception. We will continue to strengthen our commitment towards providing the best combination of power and style in our products at a value for money price.”

Mr. M S Malik oppo “It was a great Award night.

I feel it’s a wonderful platform for mobile industries to show their excellence and get recognition which is a great initiative by Mobility India. My best wishes to Mobility India and everyone”.Mr Arijeet Talapatra, CEO, Transsion India, “We sincerely thank Mobility Excellence Awards for awarding itel with ‘Best Progressive Smartphone brand of the year’. This is a remarkable win for us, and we are extremely overwhelmed with this huge recognition. Since the very onset, at itel, we have endeavoured in democratizing the best of smartphone offerings at a very aggressive price. We have always strived for presenting devices that are equipped with the latest technology in the budget friendly price segment, starting from face recognition to full-screen display to dual rear camera to name a few. Along the way, we recently reached a milestone of having 4 crore+ loyal consumers in India in less than 3-years’ time.

Mr. Saket Choudhary, Panasonic India “We sincerely thank Mobility Excellence Awards for awarding Panasonic X1 Pro with ‘Best Smartphone in Price Range 23K’ in Special Award category. This is a remarkable win for us, and we are extremely overwhelmed with this huge recognition.”

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Excellence Award Best Selfie Phone of the Year : Oppo F5

Mr. Mandeep Arora COFounder, UBON “I sincerely thank Mobility team on behalf of UBON family for the honour bestowed on us.

The work they are doing in empowering people like us is

Best online mobile Brand of the year : OnePlus

beyond explanations. This wouldn’t have been possible without the vibrant Indian market which is always growing and demanding new era products. We strive to be the change as we like to anticipate the future technology for the dynamic Indian consumer. Mobility Conclave 2018 was the night to cherish these hardships & we are very optimistic for 2019. We wish 2019 turns out to be a golden year in the pages of Indian economy and we all partner in the growth for the same. “ Mr. Arjun Bajaj, Director, Videotex International Pvt. Ltd.

Most popular Brand of the Year : MI

“ Thank you for honoring Daiwa with the Award for the “Affordable Led TV Brand of The year” at the Mobility Excellence Award. Our Team has been working very hard considering Daiwa is only 2 years old and has managed to back such an award.

We are glad you recognised us and gave us an opportunity to be a part of Mobility India.

The Award ceremony was indeed organised in a very prestigious style and would like to congratulate you and the entire team of Mobility India for the success and wish Mobility all the best for the upcoming events in the

Mr. Sudhir Kumar, CEO, Tambo Mobiles Best Fitness Band of the Year : Huawei 2 Pro

“As always, the Mobility awards and panel discussions was very well organized and represented the industry’s voice. It was even more special for Tambo, as a brand to be recognized as the Most promising brand of the year, in its first year of operations. And even more so to have received it from the industry. The programmes organized by Mobility are always insightful and a place to exchange knowledge. We wish Mobility continued success in all its endeavours.”-

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Best Power bank of the Year : Ambrane

Affordable LED TV Brand of the Year : DAIWA

Most Innovative Mobile Accessories of the Year : Ubon

Mr. Varun Bapna, VP-Products at Amkette The 5th Mobility Conclave & Award Night 2018 was a great occasion and the Amkette team really enjoyed the evening. The Panel talks were both passionate, relevant and insightful. Specially the discussion about Online vs Offline was very enlightening, since all the members of the panel were directly representing our offline channel partners and the discussion was very passionate. Specially for us Brands, who are also understanding how to navigate this new landscape, this is a great opportunity to engage directly with the community in an informal setting. Above all, we thank the excellent team, led by Mr Swapan Roy and Mr Manoj Jha for a successful event, for inviting us, and recognising our efforts over this past year. We wish the team and community a great 2019 and look forward to a deeper and stronger association.Mr. Sandeep Kumar Arora, Vice President at ERD GLOBAL

Moreover, it was like a Feather in the cap, when “ERD Brand “ was awarded the Most Wide Ranging Mobile Accessories Brand of the year !!! I, on behalf of the entire ERD Group, would like to extend my thanks & gratitude to the whole ‘Mobility team’ for bestowing this Award on the ERD Group. It was Best After Sales Service Provider of the year : RV Solution a remarkable achievement for us.I presume that Mobility group will successfully keep organising more & more Award Ceremonies for different product ranges’ from time to time, which prove quite motivating and inspiring for the companies to excel in their respective fields. Once again, thanks to Mr. Swapan Roy, Mr. ManojJha and to the Entire Mobility team for making this Night a Grand Success !!! -

Best Mobile Distributor of the Year : Ingram Micro

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Mr. Aman Pratap Singh,Head Brand & Marketing, Infocus “Mobility Awards” is a great platform for industry veterans to come together and deliberate on the environment and policies affecting course of the industry, this forum connects reps from various organizations and acts as a unifying voice of the mobile handset industry.”

sPECIAL Award

Winners for Special Awards are selected after a jury of technical and industry-experts rate individuals, organizations, brands and products based on different parameters.

Mobility Entrepreneur of the Year : Mr. Manu Jain, MI Manu Kumar Jain is a leading Indian entrepreneur

and the Global Vice President of Xiaomi and the Managing Director of Xiaomi India. Jain is a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, New Delhi and MBA from the IIM Calcutta and he worked across several sectors such as sales and marketing, retail, FMCG in several reputed companies before he joined Xiaomi Major Contributor to the Indian Mobile Industry : Mr. Bhupesh Raseen Bhupesh Raseen has 28 years of experience in the

Indian Mobile industry. He lead business to new growth

Mr Deepak Kabu - CEO ZIOX Mobile “I would like to express my Gratitude to Mobility India Team for the wonderful work they are doing to appreciate the Telecom brands. I would like to thank for excellent management of Mobility Team of what has turned out to be a highly stimulating and successful event . Such events involved enormous amount of energy and time. It was fruitful and amazing time for all of us.

I am pleased, honoured and humble for the nomination and The award too.Such appreciations are motivations for all of us.”

Mr. Puneet Gupta, Business Head, oraimo Accessories India “We are extremely delighted about this win. Mobility Excellence Awards, owing to its eminence in the techindustry, is an entity that needs no introduction. Hence, being recognized as the best emerging lifestyle accessories brand of the year brings a lot of pride for all of us at oraimo. At oraimo, we have always endeavored in bringing trendy, multifunctional smart accessories to our consumers that not only satiate their latest technology needs but also make them stand out amidst a sea of gadget-users when it comes to design and performance.”

Mr. Dev Kumar, CTO, VOIC Networks Really VOIC Networks feel honoured to receive the prestigious award ‘Leading VOIP & CTI Technology Distributor’ in Special Award category. We are also very thankful you recognised us and gave us an opportunity to be a part of Mobility India. The Award ceremony was indeed organised in a very prestigious style and would like to congratulate you and the entire team of Mobility India for the success and wish Mobility all the best for the upcoming events in the future.”

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level and profitability; Build trust and strengthen professional relationship with partners; Secure capable leadership for the business; Empowerment; Process integrity; Transparency and Ability to make strategy to achieve the goal Most Economical LED TV Brand : DETEL Detel is a prominent and economical brand of LED

Mr. Sarabjeet Singh, CEO. GIGIL Resources Pvt. Ltd. We want to take a moment to extent our sincere thanks for the award you have presented us.

Receiving this award is a great honour. Its an amazing feeling of getting acknowledged for our efforts we put in our work. We would certainly make sure that we’ll keep on working the same way. We hope we will maintain the same level of diligence in our work in the forth coming years. Mobility India is the best choice to everyone.

There’s So Much Great Reading Available Out There When It Comes To Magazines, But For Anyone Who Loves The Technology, You’d Be Hard Pressed To Find More Interesting And Resourceful Magazine To Subscribe To Than MOBILITY Magazine.”

Mr. Vinay Dixit , Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association

TVs, mobile phones, mobile accessories, car chargers, power banks, cables, Bluetooth speakers and headphones and so on. Detel is a brand of S.G. Corporate Mobility Pvt Ltd. Detel TVs offer the best definition and picture clarity.

Leading VOIP & CTI Technology Distributor: VOIC Network VoIC Networks Pvt Ltd, involved in the sales and

“ Mobility Conclave is a platform to bring all Dealers, Distributors and mobility Brands of India to come under one roof, to share views and most importantly a healthy discussion on taking forward this industry to another level. We are really grateful to Organizers for giving us opportunity to be a part of this. Rewards and recognization are most motivating factors to give best performance throughout the year. I wish all a great success in 2019.”Mr. Rajesh Chopra, Director Bluei

distribution of Voice, Video and Data IP products, also provides contemporary IP based solutions in the fields of communication and security. VoIC Networks is backed a team with vast experience and knowledge in providing Voice, video and data technology solutions. VoIC networks has in-depth expertise in running its distribution business locally and acquiring the customer base globally by providing value addition to their channel partners and solution partners.

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“The 5th Mobility Conclave and Excellence Awards Night 2018 event has been very exciting and inspiring. We are honored to receive the NexGen Mobile Accessories Brand Award for our Bluei brand.

Such awards, besides giving us recognition, motivate us to perform better and work towards excellence. It is great to see the representatives of several big brands assembling under one roof at the Awards Night event. We wish you will continue to conduct this event every year to act as a driving force behind the mobility industry,”

special Award Leading telecom service provider : Vodafone Vodafone, as a leading telecom service provider, is committed to enable people and technology to drive

innovation, disseminate knowledge, and create shared value to improve lives. All Vodafone’s programs, services and solutions focus on harnessing relevant technology for greater productivity and impact.

Best Smartphone in Price Range 23K : Panasonic X1 Pro The Panasonic Eluga X1 Pro has InfraRed Face

Unlock feature that lets you unlock even in darkness and [Source: Allied Market Research: has wireless charging, which is not usually seen in this https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/ price segment. The Eluga X1 Pro has a lot of AI features.

The Arbomobile-accessories-market] Hub provides access to multiple apps on just one platform. It has services such as cab bookings, bill payments, news, sports, and more. Panasonic has partnered with multiple apps to ensure a better experience.

World’s smallest wallet SSD : Pincoy Pincoy is the brand name of East of Technologies.

The Pincoy MobiStor Wallet SSD range of products are external storage drives primarily focused on Mobile phones but can also be used with desktops and laptops.

The Pincoy Wallet SSD connects to Android mobile

Mr. Bhupesh Raseen, Chairman, Mobile Advisory Committee, TMA , Board Member, Ghana-India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC) “I congratulate Swapan Roy and the Mobility team for conducting 5th Mobility Conclave and Excellence Awards Night 2018 event in a grand and successful manner.

The whole event has been very exciting and inspiring.

Such events, besides giving recognition, motivate to various mobile industry stakeholders & mobile brands to work towards excellence for Mobile Handset & Telecom industry to the next level. I wish best of luck to the Mobility team in all their future undertakings and events.....”

Mr. Ganesh Aditya Padman Head – Business Development, RV Solution “First we, the RV team, would like to congratulate the team 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 Fourth consecutive year. This award [Source: Market Research] makes us realiseAllied 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. ” .Mr. Saurabh Bhattacharya, aimda “Thank you Team for an informative session. Am honoured and felt proud to be a part of the mobility Awards night.

The panel discussion regarding upcoming challenges was an eye opener and we discussed on how to overcome these challenges.

This special occasion covered the best products across all categories.”

Mr. Gaurav Kanodia, AIMDA “ It was pleasure to be one of the speaker on The Mobility Awards.

The Mobility Magazine is taking Great Initiative to keep update telecom industry together and updated on behalf of AIMDA we are very happy on getting award for most progressive Organization for the year. This award not only increase our confidence on what we are doing to uplift the telecom industry but also help us to take this organization forward more rapidly and fast in the industry.”

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special Award The InFocus Vision 3 Pro is a mid-range smartphone with excellent camera features. Apart from the supreme set of the cameras, the battery backup of the device is also amazing. With the kind of processing it features, it is a phone that offers top class performance.

Best Thinner, Lighter & Faster Smartphone of the Year: Moto Z2 Play The Moto Z2 Play is thinner, at just 5.99mm. Moto’s

phones (OTG-enabled phones) seamlessly under native file system support (no third party app required). Once formatted on Android environment the data copied on this can be shared across all other possible environments Reliable Mobile Accessories Brand : Pebble

choice of metal for the back instead of glass makes it look quite premium. To ensure support for last year’s Mods, Moto has retained the 16-pin connector at the back. These pins are made with 23-karat gold to prevent corrosion and are scratch-resistant to some extent. The height, width and overall shape of the phone remain unchanged so that existing Mods fit.

Emerging Lifestyle Mobile Accessories Brand of the Year: Oraimo Pebble is a prominent mobile accessories brand in India and a leader that has set new benchmarks in quality and functionality in the India’s mobile accessories market. Today, Pebble is well-placed and established across all the possible channels including General Trade (Retail stores), Modern Trade (Retail Chains), Online, In-Flight & Corporate Gifting. As a brand, the key philosophy of Pebble is ‘Convenience with Quality’ which is well reflected across all its products such as power banks, USB cables, Bluetooth speakers and others.

Oraimo, the brand of Transsion Holdings, offers top

Best-in-class Features Smartphone: Vision3 Pro quality Bluetooth-enabled headphones, chargers, data cables, smartwatches, selfie sticks, power banks, earphones, speakers, memory banks and chargers.

Best Powerpack Smartphone in Affordable price: Axon Mini (ZTE) ZTE Axon Mini comes with an octa-core Snapdragon 616 chip with the maximum clock speeds of 1.5GHz, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. The chipset

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special Award Testing and compliance checking company for mobiles phone standards, which is recognized and respected throughout the world for its expertise in approving products and systems for the Telecom and IT Sectors.

MSAI is following a quality management system which fulfills all the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 Standard.

MSAI is committed to provide delightful services to the esteemed clients with timely services.

Progressive Mobile Association of the Year: AIMDA All India Mobile Distributors [AIDMA], a new association to address the interests of mobile phone may be showing its age but it can still handle a lot of stuff.

Best Growing Company of the Year : Agaston Mobile Pvt. Ltd. Tambo, the brand name of Agaston Mobile Pvt. Ltd,

distributors, aims to coordinate with the vendors and brands on behalf of mobile distributors to represent and resolve the issues related to distribution, promotion support, incentive schemes, region-specific issues and so on. The slogan of the event was ‘Unity is Strength.’ has a product portfolio of Superphones and Powerphones to enable greater flexibility and mobility in people’s lives. Tambo aims to deliver delight, durability and design with a goal to to enrich the lives of users by bringing in innovative products and superior technology.

The core of Tambo’s business philosophy is transparency, humility, honesty and care, which it envisions will help lead the charge towards progress.

Active Mobile Association in West Bengal : Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association

Best Recognized Testing and compliance for mobiles phone standards : MSAI MSAI is an independent and the world’s leading

Kolkata Mobile Retailers Welfare Association mission is to strengthen the business environment for mobile retailers by unifying our actions that supports mobile retail industr y needs through teamwork at the state .

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editor’s choice Award

Winners for Editor’s Choice Awards are selected after a jury of Editors and industry-experts rate individuals, organizations, brands and products based on different parameters.

Popular Mobile Accessories brand of the year: Toreto

Best Premium smart phone of the year : Nokia 8.1

From developing and manufacturing the gadget supports

The Nokia 8.1 is powered by 2.2GHz octa-core processor

for the huge market of mobile users, Toreto has created a benchmark for a blend of design and intelligence and has come up with award-worthy and user-friendly designs. The brand’s products are a perfect combination of cutting-edge technology and sleek design. Toreto strives to push the boundaries of innovation to ensure greater user experience.

and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 400GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Nokia 8.1 packs a 12-megapixel (f/1.8, 1.4-micron) primary camera and a 13-megapixel secondary camera on the rear and a 20-megapixel front shooter for selfies.

Most wide-ranging Mobile Accessories brand of the year: ERD

Most Innovative Lifestyle Brand of the year: Astrum

ERD Group, under the brand name ERD, provides Mobile Phone Batteries, Travel Chargers, Car Chargers, LED Lights

and CCTV Power Supplies, to mention a few. ED has a stateof-the-art manufacturing facility that operates under strict quality control standards. Every manufacturing process is well institutionalized and equipped with highly precise testing instruments to control the production and product quality.

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Astrum Holdings is an energetic and dynamic company that combines technology with human-centered efforts with

focus on products and accessories related to IT and the mobile phone market. Astrum strongly believes in breaking down the barriers between people and technology. Astrum is one of the most reliable brands in providing innovative technology, designs and high quality products assuring to meet and satisfy the ever-changing market needs.

editor’s choice Award Best Rewritable LCD Notepad: Ruffpad 12 PLUS (Portronics) RUFFPAD 12 PLUS is a digital re-writable LCD pad cum electronic tablet with a content safety feature and a smooth

Ziox Mobiles, a provider of smartphones and feature phones, has been incepted with a motto of offering technologically superior products without compromising on quality. Ziox has built up an impressive product portfolio of more than 40 distinguished products, 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.

Innovative Speaker Brand: Corseca (Damson) Damson Technologies Private Limited is a leading manufacturer of Computer Peripherals, Mobile Accessories

stylus. RuffPad 12 Plus is ideal for sketching, drawing, note taking,calligraphy,writingpractice,messaging,learningmath or setting up reminders. You can take picture of the content on RuffPad 12 Plus with your smartphone and store it. This product brings in a new and innovative way of implementing technology in education sector too. This paperless LCD notepad with one-touch Value for Money Consumer Durable Brand: Intex Intex, the leading provider of mobile handsets, consumer durables and mobile &IT accessories, exhibits an exhaustive portfolio of more than 15 product categories ranging from

and Lifestyle products. CORSECA is one of the flagship brands of Damson. Damson Technologies designs, produces, and supplies electronic connectivity accessory solutions for mobile phones, MP3 devices and computers.

Best Designed Smartphone of the year: Realme 2 Pro The specifications of the Realme 2 Pro are pretty solid.

All variants get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC, which is a powerful octa-core chip. The phone is available in three

mobile handsets, multimedia speakers, LED TVs to washing machines. Intex is a trusted name in the mobility industry and is one of the fastest growing brands. The company has stateof-the-art R&D and manufacturing facilities in India and China which are well-equipped with the latest infrastructure headed by highly qualified and experienced professionals.

Fastest Growing Mobile brand: Ziox

RAM and storage configurations to suit your budget. In addition to the fingerprint sensor, the phone also supports face recognition. It’s really quick at authentication, and works only when your eyes are open so it’s more secure than some of the other implementations. The screen lights up for assistance in dark environments. You can enable face recognition for securing apps and a private space within the phone’s storage, as well as unlocking the phone itself.

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Charger & Adaptor Indian Manufacturer of the year: HGD

NexGen Mobile Accessories Brand: Bluei

HGD India is a leading manufacturer and provider of mobile chargers for the prominent OEMs like Lava,

Micromax, Intex, etc in India. HGD India, with its mobile charger manufacturing units in UP and Haryana, is a professional mobile phone charger manufacturer specialized in development, manufacturing, sales and service, with plans to add more accessories.

Innovative Charging Technology Brand of the year: Anker Anker Innovations is an Umbrella brand that houses Anker, Eufy, Sound core among others, Anker is a global leader in charging technology and is America’s leading charging brand. Eufy specializes in creating connected devices and applications for smart household solutions. Soundcore

Bluei is a provider of a wide range of high quality mobile phones, accessories & parts including power banks, superior crystal clear sound stereo headphones etc. The team of experienced and qualifies professionals in Bluei’s purchase and manufacturing departments ensure that their products maintain high quality at affordable prices.

Best Affordable Earphone of the year : DOEL (RESONANCE) DOEL INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD was founded in 2015 to provide trusted and innovative ICT, Mobility & CE products & services to the organizations and end users. DOEL has its R&D

Center in Taiwan and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in China and India. reinvents traditional audio devices with AI embedded products that are to make to facilitate smart Homes.

Emerging Accessories brand of the year: Glorious Glorious Electronics (India) Pvt Ltd was established 30 years back. Headquarter & manufacturing unit is located at Faridabad and corporate office is in Gurgaon. The mission of the company is to create a company that offers superior design, quality and value to the customers. The company will accomplish this by being committed to offering great service and real value to business partners and customers.

Progressive Smartphone Brand of the year: itel itel Mobile, established in 2007 in Hong Kong, is a major player in mobile handsets worldwide. Over the past decade,

the brand has specialized in mobility solutions. Since its inception, the brand has spread its presence in more than 45 countries across the globe. In 2016, itel sold a landmark of 40 million handsets, keeping the NO.1 sales volume in Africa for the second year and claiming the top 3 mobile brands in Africa.

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Most Economical Brand of the Year: Detel Detel is a prominent brand that provides premium quality

LED TVs, mobile phones, mobile accessories, car chargers, power banks, cables, Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and so on with a passion to meet the latest lifestyle needs of the end users.

Make in India Award: UR Distree UR DISTREE is a distributor and manufacturer of memory products, which include USB drives, SSDs, DRAM modules,

Best Consumer Satisfactory Product of the Year: GIGIL SAVER PACK (GSP) The Gigil Saver Pack (GSP) phone repair and other value addedservicestoprotectyourphonefromunforeseenincidents

for all mobile devices. With this pack the users can save up to 30% on their phone’s repair as compared to any other service center they avail. The GSP offers you the convenience and flexibility of covering multiple phone needs through a single purchase decision in a simple and transparent manner. This smart decision not only saves valuable capital but also helps avoid the hassle of dealing with multiple providers.

New Arrival Brand of the Year : IGATS The main aim of IGATS brand is to provide Innovative products at an affordable cost. IGATS believe that there

etc for OEMs. UR DISTREE PVT LTD has its state-of-the-art assembling and manufacturing unit in New Delhi aimed at assembling & manufacturing DRAM and Flash products for OEMs. UR DISTREE has acquired all the necessary certifications and has already established the tie-ups with national and international players, needed in the industry.

The company also has plans to assemble and manufacture computer and mobile accessories.

Innovative Smartphone Gaming Console: Evo Gamepad (Amkette)

are better ways of doing marketing and believe in earning customers rather than buying them. The company always provide amazing quality and stand by it. The company is backed by group of Industry Professionals having a combined experience of 60+ years in IT and Telecom Industry. IGATS are passionate about innovation and customization of the products as per customers’ needs.

Best Affordable Camera Centric Brand of the Year: Techo

The Evo Gamepad features an ergonomically designed body for a full grip and maximum comfort. The controller

TECNO Mobile is the premium mobile phone brand of TRANSSION Holdings with a comprehensive mobile devices

features with dedicated controls – 2 analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, bumper buttons, and a D-Pad to give a full-blown console like experience.

portfolio across feature phones, smartphones, and tablets.

As a brand, TECNO is dedicated to transforming state-of-art technologies into localised products under the guideline of “Think Globally, Act Locally”. Established in 2006, TECNO has presence in more than 40 countries across the globe.

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Under this category different mobile associations from different regions in India are recognized for their performances.

Mumbai

Chandigarh

Delhi

Pinjab

West Bengal

West UP

Uttarakhand

Gurgaon At last

Himachal Pradesh

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The successful conclusion of the 5th Mobility Excellence Awards Night 2018 has been another milestone for us and also tothemobilityindustry.Thiseventhasbeenoneofourplatforms to effective serve the mobility industry by recognizing the best performers including individuals, organizations, brands and products. Roy Mediative and Mobility will continue to celebrate the Mobility Awards Nights every year with the invaluable support and blessings of our esteemed partners and well-wishers. We aim the that each awards event would be better than the previous one in terms of presentations, brand participation and support to the channel. We hope, if we all work together, we can collectively take the Indian mobility industry to the next level of excellence.

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