Nokia, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung, LG, Xenitis, Orpat. Who? and Who? Orpat and Xenitis are two new cellphone manufacturers, both out of India, both using NXP chip-sets, both GSM-based and both looking at the low-cost handset market.
Up to now, Orpat has been a retailer of home appliances and describes itself as the 'world's largest clock manufacturer'.
Orpat has 50,000 shops in India which will, obviously, be handling the sales of its cellphone. It says it is expecting to sell two million phones this year. With about six million new users coming on-stream every month in India, that's not to0 tough a target.
Xenitis, of Calcutta, is expected to come onto the market with hand-sets priced at $12. Up to now, Xenitis has been a PC and motorcycle manufacturer. The company says it has already had orders for 160,000 cellphones from operators.
The Indian wireless market has around quarter of a billion subscribers of which the vast majority are for GSM. Although there are CDMA networks in India, they have been priced too high to attract a majority of mobile users.
Up to now, Orpat has been a retailer of home appliances and describes itself as the 'world's largest clock manufacturer'.
Orpat has 50,000 shops in India which will, obviously, be handling the sales of its cellphone. It says it is expecting to sell two million phones this year. With about six million new users coming on-stream every month in India, that's not to0 tough a target.
Xenitis, of Calcutta, is expected to come onto the market with hand-sets priced at $12. Up to now, Xenitis has been a PC and motorcycle manufacturer. The company says it has already had orders for 160,000 cellphones from operators.
The Indian wireless market has around quarter of a billion subscribers of which the vast majority are for GSM. Although there are CDMA networks in India, they have been priced too high to attract a majority of mobile users.
Orpat has 50,000 shops in India which will, obviously, be handling the sales of its cellphone. It says it is expecting to sell two million phones this year. With about six million new users coming on-stream every month in India, that's not to0 tough a target.
Xenitis, of Calcutta, is expected to come onto the market with hand-sets priced at $12. Up to now, Xenitis has been a PC and motorcycle manufacturer. The company says it has already had orders for 160,000 cellphones from operators.
The Indian wireless market has around quarter of a billion subscribers of which the vast majority are for GSM. Although there are CDMA networks in India, they have been priced too high to attract a majority of mobile users.
Up to now, Orpat has been a retailer of home appliances and describes itself as the 'world's largest clock manufacturer'.
Orpat has 50,000 shops in India which will, obviously, be handling the sales of its cellphone. It says it is expecting to sell two million phones this year. With about six million new users coming on-stream every month in India, that's not to0 tough a target.
Xenitis, of Calcutta, is expected to come onto the market with hand-sets priced at $12. Up to now, Xenitis has been a PC and motorcycle manufacturer. The company says it has already had orders for 160,000 cellphones from operators.
The Indian wireless market has around quarter of a billion subscribers of which the vast majority are for GSM. Although there are CDMA networks in India, they have been priced too high to attract a majority of mobile users.
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