New Delhi: Third generation (3G)
Service in the country, as well as the availability of touch
Screen phones will drive growth in the mobile phone market this year.
Touch screen phones are expected to grow by nearly 50% this year to 12 lakh phones.
Most companies have started to produce 3g phones.
A few months before the launch of the service by all telecom companies, mobile phones were activated in the country.
"The launch of 3g services in the coming weeks will trigger the next phase of growth in the market.
Samsung India, head of Sunil Dutt's national mobile business, said: "It is expected that the Touch story will become stronger with global trends in 2009 . ".
Globally, the growth of touch screen phones is expected to reach 0. 114 billion units this year, up nearly five times.
The price of Samsung's touch screen products is RS 17,790-
32,200, the company expects multimedia phones to account for about 40% of its total sales.
Samsung sold 0. 115 billion phones last year and is expected to grow by 12-15% this year.
It cooperates with the state
Operate telecom companies BSNL and MTNL to provide high
Terminal mobile phone for 3g service, expected 40-
45% of its total sales come from multimedia and touch screen phones.
"We have partnered with BSNL and MTNL to promote 3g services in India.
Jung Shin, President and CEO of Samsung India Electronics, said here on Wednesday: "We are currently offering a special bundled offer for BSNL consumers for specific phones with 3g services . ", After launching the 8 megapixel touch screen, 3g enabled the phone "super" for RS 27,500 ".
The phone offers fast internet access, video telephony, streaming media and multimedia services.