Celkon

Celkon
Type	Private
Industry	Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Y Guru(Chairman)
Products	Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Tablets
Revenue	₹925 crore (US$130 million)
Website	www.celkonmobiles.com

Short description: Indian manufacturer of smartphones and accessories

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

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.

References

↑ "Celkon Mobiles - About Us". Celkon Mobiles. http://www.celkonmobiles.com/about-celkon. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ "Celkon eyes over Rs 700 crore sales from smartphones next year". Economic Times. 24 February 2013. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/news/37270201_1_smart-phones-celkon-mobiles-high-end-tablet. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ Bureau, Our. "Celkon to manufacture Covid protection gear" (in en). @businessline. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/celkon-to-manufacture-covid-protection-gear/article31566285.ece.
↑ "Celkon Mobiles set to invest Rs.200 crore on Medchal plant". The Hindu. 26 June 2015. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/telangana-celkon-mobiles-set-to-invest-200-crore-on-medchal-plant/article7358591.ece.
↑ "Celkon opens mobile handsets manufacturing unit". Economic Times. 27 June 2015. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/make-in-telangana-celkon-opens-mobile-handsets-manufacturing-unit/articleshow/47830152.cms.

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[AboutUS-1] "Celkon Mobiles - About Us". Celkon Mobiles. http://www.celkonmobiles.com/about-celkon. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[ET1-2] "Celkon eyes over Rs 700 crore sales from smartphones next year". Economic Times. 24 February 2013. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/news/37270201_1_smart-phones-celkon-mobiles-high-end-tablet. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[3] Bureau, Our. "Celkon to manufacture Covid protection gear" (in en). @businessline. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/celkon-to-manufacture-covid-protection-gear/article31566285.ece.

[4] "Celkon Mobiles set to invest Rs.200 crore on Medchal plant". The Hindu. 26 June 2015. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/telangana-celkon-mobiles-set-to-invest-200-crore-on-medchal-plant/article7358591.ece.

[5] "Celkon opens mobile handsets manufacturing unit". Economic Times. 27 June 2015. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/make-in-telangana-celkon-opens-mobile-handsets-manufacturing-unit/articleshow/47830152.cms.