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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: HMD Global<\/a>, the maker of Nokia-branded phones, said that the Indian mobile manufacturing<\/a> ecosystem has to go beyond local sourcing of batteries, chargers and cables to become competitive in the global market.

The company is engaging with its global OEM partners and suppliers to further deepen the manufacturing ecosystem in India for its export ambitions, besides serving the local market.

“We have a robust global supply chain team which operates out of various parts of the world. And the idea in India is how do we strengthen that? An ecosystem exists outside India, and unless you can match or beat that benchmark at the global scale, you will never get the efficiency right,”
Ravi Kunwar<\/a>, vice president of India and APAC at HMD Global, told ET.

Kunwar, previously the vice president of Asia Pacific and China who took the new role on May 1, said that the Indian mobile manufacturing ecosystem has to go beyond local sourcing of batteries, chargers and cables. “Once that happens, the scale will come in terms of localisation,” he said, adding the focus is to engage with the company’s global OEMs and suppliers to further drive the make-in-India mission.

With this initiative of local sourcing and making India, the company is also looking at pushing the price down for its
devices<\/a> to make them more affordable to a larger mass.

Most of HMD’s features and smartphones are now made in India through contract manufacturers like
Dixon<\/a> and Lava<\/a>, approved under the production-linked incentive scheme.

“...the idea is how do we use India as a competitive hub, which is of global scale in nature, and hence, we can export out of India,” he said.

Under the new leadership, HMD is focusing on bringing
5G devices<\/a> to affordable prices besides further looking at driving the volume market share of its feature phones.

The executive said much juice is still left in India's feature phone segment.

Kunwar said that HMD’s 5G strategy would be executed over the next 2-3 years, adding that the industry has to develop the local supply chain around 5G to massify the high-speed technology.

He suggested that a joint effort is needed to develop various use cases involving telecom operators and multiple industries, adding that 5G smartphones could be used as terminals to enable those use cases.
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Nokia phone maker HMD appoints Ravi Kunwar to run India operations<\/a><\/h2>

Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, Vice President, HMD Global, however, is still involved in Indian operations looking after the exports from India as it is a part of the handset maker's global operations. He looks after these markets from HMD's Dubai office.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: HMD Global<\/a>, the maker of Nokia-branded phones, said that the Indian mobile manufacturing<\/a> ecosystem has to go beyond local sourcing of batteries, chargers and cables to become competitive in the global market.

The company is engaging with its global OEM partners and suppliers to further deepen the manufacturing ecosystem in India for its export ambitions, besides serving the local market.

“We have a robust global supply chain team which operates out of various parts of the world. And the idea in India is how do we strengthen that? An ecosystem exists outside India, and unless you can match or beat that benchmark at the global scale, you will never get the efficiency right,”
Ravi Kunwar<\/a>, vice president of India and APAC at HMD Global, told ET.

Kunwar, previously the vice president of Asia Pacific and China who took the new role on May 1, said that the Indian mobile manufacturing ecosystem has to go beyond local sourcing of batteries, chargers and cables. “Once that happens, the scale will come in terms of localisation,” he said, adding the focus is to engage with the company’s global OEMs and suppliers to further drive the make-in-India mission.

With this initiative of local sourcing and making India, the company is also looking at pushing the price down for its
devices<\/a> to make them more affordable to a larger mass.

Most of HMD’s features and smartphones are now made in India through contract manufacturers like
Dixon<\/a> and Lava<\/a>, approved under the production-linked incentive scheme.

“...the idea is how do we use India as a competitive hub, which is of global scale in nature, and hence, we can export out of India,” he said.

Under the new leadership, HMD is focusing on bringing
5G devices<\/a> to affordable prices besides further looking at driving the volume market share of its feature phones.

The executive said much juice is still left in India's feature phone segment.

Kunwar said that HMD’s 5G strategy would be executed over the next 2-3 years, adding that the industry has to develop the local supply chain around 5G to massify the high-speed technology.

He suggested that a joint effort is needed to develop various use cases involving telecom operators and multiple industries, adding that 5G smartphones could be used as terminals to enable those use cases.
\"Nokia<\/a><\/figure>

Nokia phone maker HMD appoints Ravi Kunwar to run India operations<\/a><\/h2>

Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, Vice President, HMD Global, however, is still involved in Indian operations looking after the exports from India as it is a part of the handset maker's global operations. He looks after these markets from HMD's Dubai office.<\/p><\/div>