Champion to start manufacturing mobile devices

New Delhi: Champion, an IT and Communications company, will be setting up its manufacturing facility for Mobile devices in Himachal Pradesh, India. The company will initially start manufacturing mobile phones and subsequently will concentrate on Tablet PCs. Champion entered a strategic alliance with BSNL last year to introduce series of new mobile computing devices including smart phones, tablets, data cards and wireless networking products.

Commenting on the new development, Mr. Kapil Wadhwa, Champion Computers Pvt. Ltd. Said “With the growing demands and constantly evolving market, commencing of our own facility will assist us to have an edge over the competitors. Post our association with BSNL this would be another step ahead to establish ourselves further in the country. Our facility will be operational from June end and we expect to manufacture 1lakh units per month in the initial phase. We are targeting to triple it by the end of the year.”

 The company has a network of about 3,000 dealers across country and a nationwide distribution network of 14 branch offices and 400 service centers. Champion Computers plan to launch 3 to 4 devices every month after the commencement of the manufacturing unit.

 The recently launched DM6513phablet with 6.5-inch display and Android 4.2 is priced at Rs 6,999. The range would also include Champion Wtab-704 Calling Tablet and Champion Wconnect – HSUPA-Wireless Data Card-3.5Gwith a download speed of 7.2mbps.