Xiaomi Banned From Importing and Selling Handsets in India: Reports

[xunzi]

This is the typical jungle law that exist in poor country. It is not international norm to ban a firm due to dispute between third party. India need to understand that they must abide by WTO or get the hell out of it. In fact, it is better if you are not a member of WTO consider you are one of the most anti-foreign company in the world in your market.

 

[Agent Smith]

For over years that you Indians like to brag of stopping buying Chinese products, but funny thing is that we earn our trade surplus by load up junk to India...there must be a rational explaination

winds of change have started to blow. wait and watch, in few years your surplus will vanish like anything.

I'm posting from there Phone. Xiaomi, Phones are value for money & Good. Also, all Chinese products are not Crap. You get what you pay.

never used any chinese brand till date. beard trimmers and other cheap shit that you may get for Rs 200-300 are exception being a nationalist i wont buy any chinese brand in future also.

 

[GeHAC]

winds of change have started to blow. wait and watch, in few years your surplus will vanish like anything.



never used any chinese brand till date. beard trimmers and other cheap shit that you may get for Rs 200-300 are exception being a nationalist i wont buy any chinese brand in future also.

Sadly,we don't even need to refuse Indian product on purpose because we can't even see them in the market.
Instead of talking about when the surplus will vanish,let's make a prediction how much the surplus will grow this year.



Whatever huge surplus is a burden for us

 

[Agent Smith]

Sadly,we don't even need to refuse Indian product on purpose because we can't even see them in the market.
Instead of talking about when the surplus will vanish,let's make a prediction how much the surplus will grow this year.



Whatever huge surplus is a burden for us

like i said, wait and watch.

 

[Edison Chen]

If you can't beat them, you ban them.

 

[Echo_419]

If you can't beat them, you ban them.

Bullshit Xiaomi violated the Laws & used someone's property for their own benefit without their approval you cannot ask us to give you special
privileges

 

[Edison Chen]

Bullshit Xiaomi violated the Laws & used someone's property for their own benefit without their approval you cannot ask us to give you special
privileges

Do you really believe this excuse?

 

[Echo_419]

Do you really believe this excuse?

so you are insinuating that this was some sinister plot to ban & deny Chinese products & protect the Indian Market
Correct me if i am wrong

 

[Keel]

Xiaomi Vows to Overcome India Halt After Ericsson Lawsuit
By Bloomberg News Dec 12, 2014 3:29 PM GMT+0800

Xiaomi Corp. pledged to continue its India expansion after a patent lawsuit by Ericsson AB forced the Chinese smartphone maker to halt sales in the world’s second-most-populous country.

Xiaomi suspended all sales in India “until further notice” to comply with a Dec. 8 ruling from the Delhi High Court and is considering its legal options, Hugo Barra, a vice president for global operations, said in a note posted last night on Xiaomi’s Indian website. The order blocks Xiaomi and its e-commerce partner Flipkart.com from making, selling, or importing devices that Ericsson says infringe its wireless technology patents, according to court papers.

“Our sincere apologies to all Indian Mi fans!,” Barra wrote. “We have greatly enjoyed our journey with you in India over the last 5 months and we firmly intend to continue it!”

Xiaomi’s sales suspension comes less than five months after it debuted its phones in India, targeting the country as its largest market outside of China. The four-year-old company vaulted to third place in the smartphone market last quarter by selling low-cost devices running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android system.

The court order is in effect until a Feb. 5 hearing.

Three Years

The lawsuit follows more than three years of attempts to negotiate licensing for patents with Xiaomi, Ericsson said in an e-mail yesterday.

“It is unfair for Xiaomi to benefit from our substantial R&D investment without paying a reasonable licensee fee for our technology,” the company said. “We look forward to working with Xiaomi to reach a mutually fair and reasonable conclusion, just as we do with all of our licensees.”

Ericsson owns eight patents pertaining to wireless technology used in second- and third-generation devices, according to the order. The injunction covers any Xiaomi devices using those technologies, Justice G.P. Mittal said, without identifying the specific models included.

According to Xiaomi’s Indian website, smartphones currently offered in the country include the Mi 3, Redmi 1S, Redmi Note and Redmi Note 4G. According to technical specifications supplied on the site, each appears to draw on either 2G or 3G technology. Flipkart lists the Redmi 1S for sale at 5,999 rupees ($96) on its website.

Xiaomi is open to working with Ericsson to resolve the matter, spokesman Tony Wei said in an e-mail yesterday.

Flipkart hasn’t received official communication and will work with Xiaomi and authorities as required, Camille Gonsalves, a spokeswoman for the e-commerce company, said by e-mail yesterday.

Lei Jun, the founder and chief executive officer of Xiaomi, has set a goal of passing Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. in the global smartphone market within a decade.

For Related News and Information: Xiaomi Delays Overseas Push Amid Talks With Foxconn on Output Xiaomi Becomes No. 3 Smartphone Maker After Just Three Years Xiaomi to Enter 10 New Countries as Expansion Accelerates

To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Edmond Lococo in Beijing atelococo@bloomberg.net; Bianca Vázquez Toness in New Delhi at btoness@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Michael Tighe at mtighe4@bloomberg.net Suresh Seshadri, Brendan Scot

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

An unprofessional kangaroo court that doesn't even state what models are covered by the injunction. Xiaomi should withdraw from India and China should ban Indian imports of equal value.

Indians need to understand: You earn, not obtain, respect, or disrespect.

 

[NKVD]

An unprofessional kangaroo court that doesn't even state what models are covered by the injunction. Xiaomi should withdraw from India and China should ban Indian imports of equal value.

Indians need to understand: You earn, not obtain, respect, or disrespect.

Fool read full article before comments

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Fool read full article before comments

I read the article - the court didn't say which models were covered. They said "models using this technology are banned" - but is it all Xiaomi models or a certain subset?

This is why it is a joke kangaroo court that deserves only recipricol disrespect.

 

[Areesh]

Yeah it confuses me when Indians bring this up, can the average Indian afford a mid-to-high end Lenovo laptop? That will cost over a thousand USD easily.

But I guess Indians know that, since Lenovo is the number 1 in the Indian PC market (and also the largest PC maker in the world).

Obviously Indians can afford any such laptop since they are citizen of supa puva India. A country of richie rich Indians.

 

[Steakhouse]

US bribe the Indian judge, no doubt about it.

Which nation dumb enough to cut down lower price competition from buying consumer good? Ban China phone only for the Indian to pay more for iPhone.

 

[mike2000]

I do use PH for Financial Transactions and also use MI Cloud Services and don't see any harm in it. Once's personal and financial information can be used by Apple or Samsung or etc.

Its far better for us in the U.S/west and South Korea to spy on you/Indians than the red Chinese.........

I do use PH for Financial Transactions and also use MI Cloud Services and don't see any harm in it. Once's personal and financial information can be used by Apple or Samsung or etc.

You seem to be quite frank/honest in your assessment, while avoiding being overtly nationalistic(unlike most members on here) to the point of losing reason/being irrational. I like/admire that in people.
and.........hmmmmmmm.....seems you are a woman?