Gionee To ‘Make In India’ Smartphones For Domestic Market

Smartphone maker Gionee on Thursday said it plans to start assembling all mobile phones in India by March, 2016, which will be sold exclusively in the domestic market.

“By March, 2016 we expect to assemble all phones that will be sold in India at two outsourced locations in the country. So, we will be selling all ‘Made in India’ phones in India. We will have first such phone before Diwali,” Gionee India Country CEO and MD Arvind R Vohra said here.

The company has partnered with Dixon Technologies and Foxconn for making phones in the country, with an investment of over Rs 300 crore in next three years. Read More…