All feature Phones will be Converted into Smartphones

plan would take another two months to prepare, 60 percent of the country's population will have smartphones by 2022
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Image Credit: Dataquest

Mobile phone companies are working on a plan to replace the feature phones used by the lower strata in the country with smartphones. This information was given on Thursday by a member of ICEA, the apex organization of the mobile phone industry.

Another two months to prepare a plan

Hari Om Rai, chairman and managing director of Lava International, said that it would take another two months to prepare a plan to extend the smartphone to the people using feature phones. He was addressing a webinar with the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA). During this time a report was also released on the role of smartphones in governance operations.

Rai said: "We are working on a plan to replace all feature phones in the country with smartphones. It will not only bring changes to the country from that end, but it will also ensure the delivery of the app ecosystem and basic software. Asked to pay attention to.  He said that the country should also start working on the software used in smartphones.

822 million smartphones to be in the country by 2022

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Image Credit: India Today

Sahani said, "An equally big challenge (smartphones instead of feature phones) is also about the software parts of mobile phones such as the operating system and the apps used daily. We have the ability to create a new app. Today any type of technology can be worked on in India. "He said the industry should also focus on developing software that contains Indian DNA. 

While releasing this report, Sahni said that the country is moving towards digitization. Various government services are being made available to the citizens through a digital medium.

He said that the government is providing civic amenities through more than 300 apps. ICEA has prepared this report in collaboration with KPMG. It is estimated to have a total of 82.9 million smartphones in the country by 2022. This is equivalent to about 60 percent of the country's population.

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