“We are the No. 1 seller of 4G Wi-Fi set top boxes”: P Sanjeev

In a one on one with PC Quest, P Sanjeev of Huawei shares the value of Huawei products in the market and tells us about the consumer business group of Huawei.

P Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India - Consumer Business Group

Please elaborate on how Huawei operates business in India?

Huawei India operates business through 3 divisions. First is e-commerce; through which we sell smartphones. And of course it is attracts youngsters so we have circumstances styles of operating in terms of specialities. Second division is business through distributors. We have open market business where our handsets are being distributed through strong disti ecosystem. Our third division is B2B, which is basically the carrier operators of device. I would like to add that we are no. 1 seller for 4G Wi-Fi set top box.

Tell us more about your Consumer Business Group?

Huawei has a separate unit called the Consumer Business Group (CBG) which is being operated in China. Under this we have two different brands Huawei and Honor. We represent both the brands

in India and they all together have very different product lines under its umbrella. Mid entry to mid premium is categorized as Honor. Under this we have phones upto 25K to 30K. We have recently collaborated with German camera brand Lyka for introducing dual camera lens for ultimate photography experience with our brand. And if you look at Huawei brand, its all fractional.

What are the products you are focusing on?

We are also working on tablets as it also has a quite good market in India. Right now, we are working on very basic models of tablets. for this we are also doing partnerships with many technology vendors for multiple experience in terms of performance of the screens and battery. We want to launch them more as entertainment device.

The series of tablet will be launched at the price of 7 to 10K, 10 to 15K, 15 to 20K. 7 to 10K will be very basic. you will find these devices very chic in terms of design, with metallic finish and great battery power. Apart from this, we have also launched one bestseller

watch with Swiss technology priced at 27,999.