Buoyed by increasing number of mobile phone users, India is expected to see sales of about 220 million mobile handsets in 2011, according to latest estimates from global research group Gartner.
Based on current trends, Gartner has projected that about 220 million handsets are expected to be sold in India in 2011. “Huge growth is expected in terms of mobile phone users in the coming months. The share of low-end devices (in the total handsets sold) is high,” Gartner's Principal Research Analyst, Mr Anshul Gupta, told PTI.
Around 175 million handsets were sold last year in India. As many as 50.7 million mobile devices and three million smartphones were sold during the first three months of 2011, Gartner estimates showed.