India asks MediaTek to stop favoring Chinese handset brands

India has asked Taiwan’s MediaTek to increase chipset supplies to Indian handset makers like Micromax, Karbonn and Lava International to maintain parity in the market. Indian handset makers had alleged that the Taiwanese chipmaker was diverting a major portion of chipsets to Chinese smartphone makers at a time when there is a global shortage of components, impacting their local operations. Indian handset makers said that the chipset shortage is as severe as over 95% of their overall requirements. Interestingly, all three Indian brands are trying to make a comeback in India’s smartphone market having lost to Chinese brands two years back. India’s ambitious production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is already running delayed by two months as the previous plan was to start benefits by August 2020.

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