Electronics - consumer
Xerox weighs $27 billion takeover of HP: report
06 Nov 2019
Both Xerox and HP have been struggling with the printer business and Xerox expects a combination of the two would be able to better manage the market
Apple to acquire most of Intel’s smartphone modem business
26 Jul 2019
Almost 2,200 employees from Intel will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases as Intel shifts focus on 5G technologies that will enable disruptive innovation in the network infrastructure
Apple to pull low-cost iPhones out of market as iPhone 6 catches fire
15 Jul 2019
Apple has stopped selling the iPhone SE, iPhone 6, 6s and 6s Plus in India and the iPhone SE will now be the entry-level model, say reports
CCI gives conditional nod for Schneider’s acquisition of L&T unit
07 Jun 2019
CCI has approved Schneider Electric’s acquisition of the electrical and automation business of Larsen & Toubro Limited on condition that the acquirers reserve a part of L&T’s installed capacity to offer white labelling services to third party competitors
Huawei gets 90-day reprieve from US ban
21 May 2019
Google curbs Huawei’s use of Android after Trump’s blacklist
20 May 2019
While Google’s decision will hurt Huawei’s 5G rollout plans and growth outside China, the exact effect of US blacklisting on Huawei will be known only after the company assesses the impact on its global supply chain
BEL under scanner over Rs7,900-cr IACCS project: report
02 Apr 2019
Reports citing an internal enquiry report by Bharat Electronics Ltd said the consultant, RD Konsultants, was paid Rs13.5 lakh to prepare the initial PPR but Rs15.94 crore for the DPR of all 10 Integrated Air Command and Control Systems and that the consultants’ status was wrongly verified by the chartered accountants
BHEL in talks with Libcoin to build India’s first lithium-ion battery plant
18 Jan 2019
The plant, with an initial capacity of 1GWh, will be scaled up to 30GWh in due course, helping the country reduce India’s dependence on other countries for Lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles
Apple acknowledges waning demand for iPads and iPhones
03 Jan 2019
Hit by falling Chinese sales, Apple on Wednesday revised its revenue guidance for its fiscal 2019 first quarter ended on 29 December to approximately $84 billion, with other income of approximately $550 million
China's Vivo plans new Rs4,000-cr facility in India
13 Dec 2018
Vivo, which competes with the likes of Samsung and Xiaomi in the Indian market, has acquired 169 acres of land in Noida and the investment will be made over a period of four years
India hikes import duty on select electronic, telecom equipment to 20%
12 Oct 2018
Besides curbing imports, the duty hike on some electronic items and telecom equipment such as smartwatches, Voice over Internet Protocol equipment, phones, and Ethernet switches will also help boost domestic manufacture of such items
Trump asks Apple to pull out of China as trade war escalates
10 Sep 2018
US President Donald Trump called for Apple to make its products in the US instead of China, even as he threatened to impose levies on all of Chinese goods imported to the United States
BEL order book crosses Rs50,000 crore mark
05 Sep 2018
Apple reports $53.3 billion Q3 revenue boosted by global iPhone sales
02 Aug 2018
For fiscal fourth quarter, Apple expects revenue to be between $60 billion and $62 billion as the company races towards the trillion-dollar valuation mark with iPhone and services providing fuel
Amazon set to challenge Apple with $900-bn market cap
20 Jul 2018
Amazon.com's stock market value reached $900 billion on Wednesday for the first time in 21 years as a listed company, bringing it closer to Apple, Wall Street's most valuable jewel
Foxconn likely to sign deal for manufacturing plant in Maharashtra
16 Jul 2018
Foxconn, which manufactures electronic products for major American, Canadian, Chinese, Finnish and Japanese companies, including the makers of BlackBerry, iPad and iPhone, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation, Wii U, and Xbox One, manufactured an estimated 40 per cent of all consumer electronics sold worldwide
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