Chinese firm ZTE to enter Indian smartphone market

Chinese telecom major ZTE announced a tie-up with city-based firm Calyx to launch its smartphones in India.Calyx, a real estate player will be responsible for distribution, sales and marketing of ZTE phones in India

ZTE, which supplies handsets to Indian handset-makers such as Micromax and Karbonn and telecom operators Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular, has set a target of selling one million smartphones in the first year.

ZTE is introducing five models, priced between Rs 5,799 and Rs 14,999, followed by the introduction of tablet PCs by Diwali 2013