Devices & Platforms

Zong 4G has collaborated with LePhone to launch affordable 4G handsets in Pakistan.

Samsung is aiming to double the amount of handsets it manufactures in India to ten million units a month with a KRW700 billion ($623 million) investment.

Apple has begun manufacturing iPhone SE handsets in India, and will begin selling them in the market as early as this month.

Indian newcomer Reliance Jio is collaborating with Google to develop a low-cost 4G smartphone that can only be used on its network.

Pakistan’s leading 4G network, Zong (CMPak) has joined forces with Chinese device maker Xiaomi to launch the latter’s products in Pakistan.

Russian technology and AI firm Yandex has launched a global partnership programme for Android handset manufacturers and telecom operators.

Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) is launching its flagship M40 and M50 smartphones using WCDMA//HSPA (+) chipsets from Spreadtrum.

Google’s Android is by far the most popular smartphone OS in India, with a record 97% market share at the end of Q2.

Intex Technologies has begun sales of the first device to license Jolla’s Sailfish OS.

Chinese device manufacturer Huawei is developing a bespoke operating system to decrease its dependency on Google’s Android OS.

MTN South Africa has bundled World Panel’s SunStream as part of a promotional package.

Telefónica and China Unicom are launching Chinese vendor Phicomm’s C630 smartphone in key Telefónica markets in Latin America later this year.

Thai market leader AIS has formed a new partnership with BaseKit to offer the latter’s website building platform to SMB clients.

Apple has established a new unit in Vietnam to facilitate imports and distribution in the market, which is seeing a huge increase in demand for smartphones.

India’s leading handset player Micromax has partnered fabless semiconductor design firm MediaTek in a bid to accelerate 4G accessibility and fuel faster smartphone adoption in the country.

Google is relaunching its Android One project in order to strengthen its position in the Indian smartphone market.

Finnish mobile manufacturer Jolla has announced that the first licensing partner for its Sailfish OS is Intex Technologies, the second largest smartphone maker in India.

Following significant successes in Latin America, the US-based device brand Yezz is expanding its footprint to Africa.

Jolla has announced that it is set to build a Sailfish OS ecosystem in Africa, beginning with South Africa.

Telecom Namibia has partnered with Finnish smartphone firm Jolla to launch the latter’s device, Jolla smartphone.

Finnish smartphone firm Jolla has partnered with the Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal.com to form the Sailfish OS Alliance. 

Ooredoo’s Indosat and Ericsson have launched a cloud-based Machine-to-Machine platform in Indonesia.