HOMTOM Smartphones To Make India Foray; Bullish On Partners

HOMTOM, a smartphone brand of Shenzhen, China is making its foray in India with the inauguration of its India office at Noida. In order to reach out to the masses, the company will roll out an aggressive partner program to recruit, train, certify and support a wider base of partners in India.

“India is a promising market for Mobile industry and we will be investing heavily in the region to achieve robust growth. With our new office now operational in Noida, we are planning to launch mid to high-end segment of Smartphones. We aim to capture a formidable market share within a year,” said Gary Zhang - CEO, HOMTOM.

HOMTOM has further appointed Nikhil Bhutani as the Director for Product & Operations for their India business. Bhutani has a varied and rich experience of more than a decade in the field of business development, distribution management and product development.

Prior to HOMTOM, he worked as the Regional Head of Ziox Mobile and, before that, as Regional Manager at Ingram Micro. Besides this, he was also associated with leading organizations like Hyve Mobiles, and The Princeton Review in the past.

Commenting on the appointment, Zhang said, “We are elated to have Nikhil on board with HOMTOM. He brings in a wealth of experience and we hope to reap the benefits with his expertise.”

Since its inception in 2013, HOMTOM,offers ODM services to various Smartphone companies across the globe and has a huge focus on R&D and holds more than 100 patents. The company is about to manufacture in India in order to endorse ‘Make in India’ and ensure superior quality products being delivered to the Indian customers by understanding local needs and usage pattern.

Bhutani said, “With the advent of Brand HOMTOM in India, we emphasize upon bringing superior quality devices, loaded with latest features, at affordable prices to the Indian market. It falls in line with the brand’s vision of offering Smartphones for a Smarter India. Concomitantly, we are eying to deliver a robust yet smooth distribution network with transparent policies, which will offer win-win propositions for the brand as well as resellers and partners.”