Samsung will only launch 4G LTE smartphones in India

As millions of Indians embark on 4G network for the first time, smartphone makers in the country are increasingly trickling down the fast network support across their affordable range of smartphones. 

On that front, Samsung, the largest smartphone manufacturer in India by volume and value, said it will now only launch 4G supported smartphones in India. Because of its dominance in the country, the move is likely to force incumbent players to follow the suit as well — though many are already selling low-cost LTE smartphones. India has over 250 million smartphone users, but not even 100 million of those handsets support 4G LTE, according to Counterpoint Research.  Read more...