Celkon Mobiles has launched a 7-inch SIM-based tablet that works on
Android Ice Cream Sandwich Operating System. The Hyderabad-based mobile
handset company forayed into the tablet business last month with an
e-tab.
The sim-based CELTAB comes with 1 GHz Processor, 512 RAM and a provision
for 3G dongle to access the Internet. ‘We have priced this tab at Rs
7,499. We will be coming out with two more tablets, including a 9-inch
one, next week,” Y. Guru, Managing Director of Celkon Mobiles, said.
The company is offering in-built courseware for engineering and
management graduates. “We are planning to add additional material to
address the needs of students in other streams,” he told Business Line.
Overseas expansion
Celkon’s Executive Director, R. Murali, said the company plans to expand
the business abroad in the fourth quarter of this financial year. “We
are in talks with channel partners in Africa. We have started selling
the handsets in Singapore in a small way. We will also be looking at Sri
Lanka and Bangladesh,” he said.
He said the company would roll out a smartphone with dual-core processor
in October, along with C-Note, both under Rs 10,000. “We are selling
five lakh handsets a month. Of this, smartphones and tablets contribute
20 per cent. We expect the contribution from the latter segment to grow
in the remaining two quarters as we launch new models and expand to new
States,” he said.
In 2011-12, the company registered a turnover of Rs 326 crore. “With new
smartphone range and tablets and expansion to new States would help us
cross Rs 1,000-crore this financial year,” he said.
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