\"\"NEW DELHI: Foxconn<\/a>’s handset brand, InFocus<\/a>, is planning to hire 5,000 employees in India next year and invest $20 million (Rs 128 crore) in marketing and branding, as it aims to expand operations by covering more small cities and towns.
\n
The handset brand of the world’s largest contract manufacturer is looking to sell 10 million feature and smartphones by the end of next fiscal year to grab an around 5% market share. It is hopeful of selling 6 million
devices<\/a> by the end of this fiscal year through March 2018, backed up by a $10 million investment. The company claims to have an around 2% share in the overall handset market.
\n
\n“We have brought big changes and we have a new team in place. The plan is to be more aggressive in the market,” Luo Zhongsheng, the global CEO for Sharp and InFocus Mobile, told ET. He is also a senior vice president at FIH Mobile, the mobile phone arm of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Foxconn looks to drop a Rs 6000 crore anchor at JNPT<\/a><\/strong>
\n
Outlining the ‘
InFocus 2.0<\/a>’ strategy, Zhongsheng said the brand will hire people to support its handset manufacturing with Foxconn and expand the sales and marketing team. InFocus will also hire brand promoters who will be deployed at retail outlets.
\n
\nInFocus-branded handsets are currently being made through third-party companies in India. Piyush Puri, its vice president of sales and marketing in India, said manufacturing of InFocus handsets through Foxconn would start later next year.
\n
\n“Our factory team is working on the same,” Zhongsheng said, who added that Foxconn would launch smartphones from Sharp — the Japanese company’s business it acquired last year — by next quarter. It is currently in talks with ecommerce major Amazon to sell the phones online.
\n
\nSharp-branded smartphones will be positioned in the Rs 20,000 price category in India, while InFocus smartphones will be priced Rs 8,000-15,000.
\n
\nMost of the fresh investment will be made towards the online segment in the country, Puri said. Smartphones currently make around 75% of its overall handset sales in value terms.
\n
\nInFocus brand had entered the Indian mobile phone market through Snapdeal in March 2015, but saw limited success amid hyper competition — it sold only 2 million phones until December 2016. claims to have around 2% handset market share.
\n
\n“2018 will be an important year for us. We have brought big changes and we have a new team in place. The plan is to be more aggressive in the market, Dr Luo Zhongsheng, global CEO for Sharp and InFocus Mobile, who is also senior VP at FIH Mobile, the mobile phone arm of Foxconn Technology Group, told ET.
\n
\nZhongsheng said that the brand will hire people to support its handset manufacturing with Foxconn, besides expanding the sales and marketing team. Infocus will also hire brand promoters that will be deployed across retail outlets in India.
\n
\nInFocus branded handsets are currently being made through third party vendors in India. Piyush Puri, vice president of sales and marketing said that manufacturing of InFocus handsets through Foxconn will start later next year.
\n
\n“Our factory team is working on the same,” Zhongsheng said, who added that Foxconn will smartphones from Sharp – the Japanese company’s business it acquired last year – by next quarter. It is currently in talks with ecommerce major Amazon.
\n
\nSharp-branded smartphones will be positioned in Rs 20,000 price category in India, while InFocus-branded smartphones are positioned between Rs 8000-Rs 15,000 price category.
\n
\nInFocus’ vice president of sales and marketing in India, Piyush Puri, said that most the investment will be made towards the online segment in the country. Smartphones currently make around 75% of overall sales in value terms.
\n
\nInFocus brand had first entered the Indian mobile phone market through Snapdeal in March 2015, but saw limited success amid hyper competition – it sold only 2 million phones as of December 2016.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Foxconn India eyes space in Nokia SEZ to boost production<\/a><\/strong>
On competition, Puri said the handset market is very big and offers space to everyone despite an onslaught from Chinese handset makers like
Xiaomi<\/a>, Oppo<\/a> and Vivo<\/a>.
\n
\nXiaomi joined Korean major Samsung as the No 1 smartphone company in India for the quarter through September, according to research firm IDC.
\n
\nInFocus on Tuesday launched is Vision 3 smartphone at Rs 6,999. Zhongsheng said that InFocus will launch a new smartphone with Face ID feature. “Next year, there will be more smartphones with feature like Face ID, full screen display and artificial intelligence,” he added.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62131024,"title":"Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular drag BSE Telecom index down","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/bharti-airtel-idea-cellular-drag-bse-telecom-index-down\/62131024","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62132012,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Foxconn\u2019s handset brand InFocus to hire 5000 employees next year; to invest $20 million in India","synopsis":"InFocus claims to have around 2% handset market share.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/foxconns-handset-brand-infocus-to-hire-5000-employees-next-year-to-invest-20-million-in-india","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Danish Khan","author_link":"\/author\/479206691\/danish-khan","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479206691.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":479206691,"author_name":"Danish Khan","author_seo_name":"danish-khan","designation":"Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":152,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":603000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2017-12-19 13:05:02","lastupd":"2017-12-19 15:24:58","breadcrumbTags":["Foxconn","InFocus 2.0","Xiaomi","Oppo","Devices","InFocus","Vivo"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/foxconns-handset-brand-infocus-to-hire-5000-employees-next-year-to-invest-20-million-in-india"}}" data-authors="[" danish khan"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-12-19" data-index="article_1">

富士康手机品牌明年富可视雇佣5000名员工;在印度投资2000万美元

富可视声称手机市场份额的2%左右。

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新德里消息:富士康的手机品牌,富可视计划明年在印度雇用5000名员工,投资2000万美元(128卢比)的营销和品牌,因为它的目的是扩大业务覆盖更多的小城市和城镇。

手机品牌的世界上最大的合同制造商正寻求出售1000万功能和智能手机下个财年年底抓住5%左右的市场份额。希望销售600万设备本财年年底到2018年3月,支持了一项1000万美元的投资。该公司声称有一个整体手机市场约2%的份额。

“我们带来了巨大的变化,我们有一个新的团队。计划更积极地市场,”罗每时,全球首席执行官夏普和富可视移动,告诉等。他也是一个高级副总裁富士康手机、台湾的手机子公司富士康科技集团。

还读:富士康看起来下降6000卢比在JNPT锚

概述了“富可视2.0”战略,中升说,品牌将雇佣人来支持其与富士康手机制造和扩大销售和营销团队。富可视也会雇佣品牌推广者将被部署在零售商店。

InFocus-branded手机目前正在通过第三方公司在印度。总裁宫,其在印度的销售和营销副总裁,表示通过富士康制造富可视手机将明年晚些时候开始。

“我们工厂团队正致力于相同,“中升说,他补充说,富士康将推出智能手机从锋利——去年收购日本公司的业务——下个季度。目前与电子商务主要亚马逊网上销售的手机。

Sharp-branded智能手机将定位在Rs 20000价格类别在印度,尽管富可视智能手机价格将Rs 8000 - 15000。

大部分的新投资将对在线旅游行业,普里说。目前智能手机让手机总销量75%的金额。

富可视品牌已进入印度手机市场通过Snapdeal 2015年3月,但看到有限的成功在超竞争——它仅售出200万部手机,直到2016年12月。声称手机市场份额的2%左右。

“2018年将是一个重要的一年。我们带来了巨大的变化,我们有一个新团队。计划更积极地市场,罗博士每时,全球首席执行官夏普和富可视移动,世卫组织还在富士康移动高级副总裁,富士康科技集团的手机的胳膊,告诉等。

中升说,该品牌将雇佣人们支持与富士康手机制造,除了扩大销售和营销团队。富可视还会雇佣品牌推广者,将被安置在零售商店在印度。

富可视品牌手机目前正在通过第三方供应商在印度。销售和营销的副总裁总裁宫说,富可视手机制造业通过富士康将明年晚些时候开始。

“我们工厂团队正致力于相同,“中升说,他补充说,富士康将从锋利的智能手机——去年收购日本公司的业务——下个季度。目前与亚马逊电子商务专业。

Sharp-branded智能手机将定位在Rs 20000价格类别在印度,尽管InFocus-branded智能手机定位之间Rs 8000 - 15000卢比的价格类别。

富可视”在印度销售和营销的副总裁,总裁宫殿,曾说过,大多数的投资将对在线旅游行业。目前智能手机使整体销售金额的75%左右。

富可视品牌首次进入印度手机市场通过Snapdeal 2015年3月,但看到有限的成功在超竞争——2016年12月只卖出了200万部。

还读:富士康印度的眼睛在诺基亚特区来提高产量
在竞争,普里说手机市场是非常大的,并提供空间每个人尽管中国手机制造商的冲击小米,相对应的人体内

小米加入韩国主要三星排名第一的智能手机公司在印度的第三季度,据研究公司国际数据公司(IDC)。

富可视周二推出了视觉3 Rs 6999智能手机。中升说,富可视将推出一款新的智能手机脸ID特性。“明年,将会有更多的智能手机,功能就像面对ID,全屏显示和人工智能,”他补充道。
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\"\"NEW DELHI: Foxconn<\/a>’s handset brand, InFocus<\/a>, is planning to hire 5,000 employees in India next year and invest $20 million (Rs 128 crore) in marketing and branding, as it aims to expand operations by covering more small cities and towns.
\n
The handset brand of the world’s largest contract manufacturer is looking to sell 10 million feature and smartphones by the end of next fiscal year to grab an around 5% market share. It is hopeful of selling 6 million
devices<\/a> by the end of this fiscal year through March 2018, backed up by a $10 million investment. The company claims to have an around 2% share in the overall handset market.
\n
\n“We have brought big changes and we have a new team in place. The plan is to be more aggressive in the market,” Luo Zhongsheng, the global CEO for Sharp and InFocus Mobile, told ET. He is also a senior vice president at FIH Mobile, the mobile phone arm of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Foxconn looks to drop a Rs 6000 crore anchor at JNPT<\/a><\/strong>
\n
Outlining the ‘
InFocus 2.0<\/a>’ strategy, Zhongsheng said the brand will hire people to support its handset manufacturing with Foxconn and expand the sales and marketing team. InFocus will also hire brand promoters who will be deployed at retail outlets.
\n
\nInFocus-branded handsets are currently being made through third-party companies in India. Piyush Puri, its vice president of sales and marketing in India, said manufacturing of InFocus handsets through Foxconn would start later next year.
\n
\n“Our factory team is working on the same,” Zhongsheng said, who added that Foxconn would launch smartphones from Sharp — the Japanese company’s business it acquired last year — by next quarter. It is currently in talks with ecommerce major Amazon to sell the phones online.
\n
\nSharp-branded smartphones will be positioned in the Rs 20,000 price category in India, while InFocus smartphones will be priced Rs 8,000-15,000.
\n
\nMost of the fresh investment will be made towards the online segment in the country, Puri said. Smartphones currently make around 75% of its overall handset sales in value terms.
\n
\nInFocus brand had entered the Indian mobile phone market through Snapdeal in March 2015, but saw limited success amid hyper competition — it sold only 2 million phones until December 2016. claims to have around 2% handset market share.
\n
\n“2018 will be an important year for us. We have brought big changes and we have a new team in place. The plan is to be more aggressive in the market, Dr Luo Zhongsheng, global CEO for Sharp and InFocus Mobile, who is also senior VP at FIH Mobile, the mobile phone arm of Foxconn Technology Group, told ET.
\n
\nZhongsheng said that the brand will hire people to support its handset manufacturing with Foxconn, besides expanding the sales and marketing team. Infocus will also hire brand promoters that will be deployed across retail outlets in India.
\n
\nInFocus branded handsets are currently being made through third party vendors in India. Piyush Puri, vice president of sales and marketing said that manufacturing of InFocus handsets through Foxconn will start later next year.
\n
\n“Our factory team is working on the same,” Zhongsheng said, who added that Foxconn will smartphones from Sharp – the Japanese company’s business it acquired last year – by next quarter. It is currently in talks with ecommerce major Amazon.
\n
\nSharp-branded smartphones will be positioned in Rs 20,000 price category in India, while InFocus-branded smartphones are positioned between Rs 8000-Rs 15,000 price category.
\n
\nInFocus’ vice president of sales and marketing in India, Piyush Puri, said that most the investment will be made towards the online segment in the country. Smartphones currently make around 75% of overall sales in value terms.
\n
\nInFocus brand had first entered the Indian mobile phone market through Snapdeal in March 2015, but saw limited success amid hyper competition – it sold only 2 million phones as of December 2016.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Foxconn India eyes space in Nokia SEZ to boost production<\/a><\/strong>
On competition, Puri said the handset market is very big and offers space to everyone despite an onslaught from Chinese handset makers like
Xiaomi<\/a>, Oppo<\/a> and Vivo<\/a>.
\n
\nXiaomi joined Korean major Samsung as the No 1 smartphone company in India for the quarter through September, according to research firm IDC.
\n
\nInFocus on Tuesday launched is Vision 3 smartphone at Rs 6,999. Zhongsheng said that InFocus will launch a new smartphone with Face ID feature. “Next year, there will be more smartphones with feature like Face ID, full screen display and artificial intelligence,” he added.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62131024,"title":"Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular drag BSE Telecom index down","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/bharti-airtel-idea-cellular-drag-bse-telecom-index-down\/62131024","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62132012,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Foxconn\u2019s handset brand InFocus to hire 5000 employees next year; to invest $20 million in India","synopsis":"InFocus claims to have around 2% handset market share.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/foxconns-handset-brand-infocus-to-hire-5000-employees-next-year-to-invest-20-million-in-india","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Danish Khan","author_link":"\/author\/479206691\/danish-khan","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479206691.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":479206691,"author_name":"Danish Khan","author_seo_name":"danish-khan","designation":"Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":152,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":603000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2017-12-19 13:05:02","lastupd":"2017-12-19 15:24:58","breadcrumbTags":["Foxconn","InFocus 2.0","Xiaomi","Oppo","Devices","InFocus","Vivo"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/foxconns-handset-brand-infocus-to-hire-5000-employees-next-year-to-invest-20-million-in-india"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/foxconns-handset-brand-infocus-to-hire-5000-employees-next-year-to-invest-20-million-in-india/62132012">