Mobile phone users looking to upgrade to Smartphones will have plenty of options this festive season with Idea Cellular and Vodafone India set to join Bharti Airtel in offering 4G phones at effective price of around or less than Rs 1,500.
Both Vodafone and Kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Idea are in talks with domestic handset makers including Lava and Karbonn to jointly roll out a new set of Smartphones in the Rs 1,500 range to take on Sunil Mittal-owned Airtel and Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Airtel has announced the launch of an entry-level 4G Smartphone at an 'effective price' of Rs 1,399 in tie up with handset maker Karbonn while newcomer Jio offers its 4G feature phone Jio Phone at a security deposit of Rs 1,500.
Now, Idea and Vodafone, which are in the process of a mega merger to create the country's largest telco, are set to join the race to woo the pool of 500 million mobile users who do not have Smartphones.
Both Vodafone and Kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Idea are in talks with domestic handset makers including Lava and Karbonn to jointly roll out a new set of Smartphones in the Rs 1,500 range to take on Sunil Mittal-owned Airtel and Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Airtel has announced the launch of an entry-level 4G Smartphone at an 'effective price' of Rs 1,399 in tie up with handset maker Karbonn while newcomer Jio offers its 4G feature phone Jio Phone at a security deposit of Rs 1,500.
Now, Idea and Vodafone, which are in the process of a mega merger to create the country's largest telco, are set to join the race to woo the pool of 500 million mobile users who do not have Smartphones.
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