Samsung Telecommunications India is hopeful to double its mobile market share in terms of revenue to 14% from the existing 7% in the next few years, according to Samsung Telecommunications India country head Sunil Dutt.
To achieve this growth, Samsung will increase the manufacturing capacity of its Noida factory where 12 models of mobile phones are manufactured. “As and when required, we will increase the capacity of the factory,” he said. But Dutt declined to comment on the time period by which the expansion will be completed and to what extent the capacity to be increased.
“We have the required spaces to increase the capacity by few folds,” said Dutt.
Dutt was in kolkata for the launch of Samsung’s mobile accessories and eight new models in the multimedia and business phone segments.
According to a report on Indian mobile market by ORG, the market research company, in the first quarter of the current calendar year Samsung has clocked a market share of 7% up from 5.7% in 2007.
Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, in the first quarter, had market share of 69%, 8% and 5.7%respectively.
According to industry report, the total mobile market in India was around Rs 32,000 crore for the year 2007-08.
Samsung sells around 30 models in the Indian market out of which 12 are manufactured in India.Dutt said Samsung has started developing the applications software catering to the needs of Indian market. “Already some of the software are in the market and more will come in future,” he added.