Celkon

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Celkon
Company type Private
Industry Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics
Founded2009
Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Y Guru(Chairman)
Products Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Tablets
RevenueIncrease2.svg925 crore (US$120 million)
Website www.celkonmobiles.com

Celkon was a mobile phone manufacturing company in India based at Hyderabad. It manufactured dual-sim and single sim, VoLTE and LTE smartphones, feature phones and Android and Windows tablets. [1] Its smartphones were sold under two brands: CAMPUS and a high-end series MILLENNIA.

Celkon Manufacturing plant at Tirupati CELKON Manifacturing plant at Tirupati.jpg
Celkon Manufacturing plant at Tirupati

Initially its mobiles and tablet PCs were assembled in Taiwan and China. [2] Celkon [3] started its assembly line in Medchal, Hyderabad with a capacity of 200,000 mobile phones and later set up two more units – one in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and other in Hyderabad, Telangana. [4] [5] However, the company ended up for lack of innovation and funding and now does not produce dual-sim and single sim, VoLTE and LTE smartphones, feature phones and Android and Windows tablets.

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References

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  2. "Celkon eyes over Rs 700 crore sales from smartphones next year". Economic Times. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. Bureau, Our. "Celkon to manufacture Covid protection gear". @businessline.
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