canvas 2 a110 be merged into this article . discuss proposed since july 2013 . micromax informatics.ltd type private industry telecommunications consumer electronics founded 29 march 2000 ; 16 years ago founders rahul sharma vikas jain sumeet arora rajesh agarwal headquarters gurgaon haryana india area served selected markets list india russia bangladesh nepal sri lanka romania pakistan malaysia uae products mobile phones laptops smartphones tablet computers 3g datacards led television revenue us 2.1 billion 2015 net income us 100 million 2014 website www.micromaxinfo.com micromax is an indian consumer electronics company headquartered in gurgaon haryana . 1 the company was established as an it software company operating in the embedded devices domain ; it later entered the mobile handset business . by 2010 it was one of the largest domestic companies making handsets in the low cost feature phone segment in india . 2 as of q3 2014 micromax is the tenth largest smartphone vendor in the world . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 manufacturing 4 endorsements 5 controversies 5.1 bribery case 5.2 antitrust and patent litigation 5.3 stealthy installation of adware 6 see also 7 references history edit micromax was incorporated as micromax informatics ltd. on 29 march 2000 . 4 it started selling mobile telephones in 2008 5 focusing on low pricing to compete with international brands . 6 micromax s co founder rahul sharma once saw a public call office being powered by a truck battery because of frequent power cuts in its locale . it prompted him to launch a feature telephone with an extended battery life . 7 micromax launched x1i its first telephone with a month long battery back up . 8 in 2014 micromax s sales exceeded those of samsung to become the mobile telephone manufacturer shipping the most telephones in one quarter in india . 9 on 24 january 2014 micromax became the first indian mobile company to start sales in russia . 10 as on 10 april 2016 micromax announced a strategic partnership with digital payments company transerv and global payments technology major visa to offer the next generation of payments solutions in india . 11 products edit in 2010 micromax entered the tablet computer market with the funbook series . 12 micromax launched its first eight core flagship smartphone canvas knight a350 in january 2014 in russia . in the same year micromax launched the android one smartphone canvas a1 . in november 2014 micromax partnered with cyanogen inc. to provide cyanogen based smartphones in india under the brand name yu . 13 14 15 on 17 june 2015 micromax launched micromax canvas sliver 5 which it claimed was the slimmest telephone in the world . 16 while most of micromax s smartphones run the android os the company also markets smartphones that operate microsoft s windows phone 8.1 . the company is an official windows phone 8.1 hardware partner ; 17 it launched two windows phone handsets the micromax canvas win w092 and the micromax canvas win w121 in june 2014 . 18 on 8 june 2015 micromax announced the launch of micromax amaze 2 . 19 the device has a 5 inch ips display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels . the smartphone is powered by a 1.4 ghz quad core snapdragon processor with 2 gb of ram and 16 gb of internal storage . on 27 june 2016 micromax announced the launch of micromax canvas unite 4 and canvas unite 4 pro . 20 both these smartphones run on indus os 2.0 . the canvas unite 4 is powered by a 1.0 ghz quad core processor which is coupled with 1 gb ram . coming to the micromax canvas unite 4 pro it has a 1.3 ghz quad core processor under the hood which is paired with 2 gb ram . on 5 august 2016 micromax launched the canvas unite 4 plus in india . 21 the device is powered by mediatek mt6735p quad core processor which is clocked at 1.1 ghz . the processor is paired with 2 gb ram and is backed by mali t720 gpu . other specifications include 5 inch hd display 8 mp rear camera 5 mp front camera 2500 mah battery and android 6.0 marshmallow . manufacturing edit micromax started manufacturing led televisions and tablets at its factory in rudrapur sidcul uttarakhand in april 2014 . 22 as of august 2015 update micromax was set to start a 500 crore us 74 million manufacturing plant in rajasthan s alwar district after the signing of a memorandum of understanding mou between the rajasthan government and bhagwati products ltd. 23 the company also plans to set up a manufacturing plant in hyderabad with an investment of about 400 crore us 59 million to 500 crore us 74 million . 24 endorsements edit actors akshay kumar and twinkle khanna were the first celebrities to endorse micromax mobiles . 25 hugh jackman is the brand ambassador of micromax and appeared in a commercial in 2013 for its first flagship smartphone the canvas turbo a250 26 and for the canvas 4 and canvas sliver 5 . in july 2013 actor chitrangada singh posed for the canvas 4 smartphone in new delhi . 27 controversies edit bribery case edit micromax co founder rajesh agarwal and his associate manish tuli were caught bribing officials of the north delhi municipal corporation with 30 lakh us 45 000 for regularising an unauthorised property . 28 this forced agarwal to step down as the ceo of micromax ; he remained in the cbi s custody for seven days . 29 antitrust and patent litigation edit in march 2013 ericsson sued micromax for infringement of ericsson s eight patents registered in india that were essential to the 2g and 3g standards . the delhi high court ordered micromax to pay royalty amounts to ericsson based on the percentages of the net selling prices of the devices incorporating 2g and 3g standards . around the time that ericsson filed its patent infringement suit micromax filed a concurrent complaint with the competition commission of india cci alleging that ericsson had abused its allegedly dominant position by imposing exorbitant royalties for the use of its seps thus violating the competition act 2002 . 30 as of february 2016 the cci had yet to issue a final determinative ruling on the basis of micromax s allegations . in late 2014 new delhi high court ruled that sales of the oneplus one smartphone are blocked in india because cyanogen os signed an exclusive deal to sell micromax mobile telephones only in india although one plus one had a worldwide licensing deal . this move was seen as a monopoly to stem the sales of one plus one and other smartphone brands . 31 however the high court lifted the ban allowing one plus one to be sold in india as the licensing deals with cyanogen are different for both parties . 32 stealthy installation of adware edit in early 2015 a reddit user 33 found adware installing itself stealthily on his her micromax a093 canvas fire telephone without permission . the adware was also using excess telephone resources such as data memory storage and battery life . further investigations by the xda community 34 found the advertisements were created by adups an adpush company based in china . 35 see also edit micromax moulsari avenue references edit micromax becomes number one mobile phone company in india . patrika group 5 august 2014 . retrieved 5 august 2014 . joseph lison 27 june 2011 we never thought we would sell 1.8 million handsets a month micromax co founder money dna . dnaindia.com . retrieved on 28 november 2013 . pti . micromax world s 10th largest mobile phone brand in q1 gartner . livemint . retrieved 17 september 2015 . micromax informatics ltd. . tofler.in . limaye jayesh 13 february 2013 . micromax an indian mobile phone company that got it right . techtree . retrieved 17 march 2015 . singh a. micromax capitalising on innovation and pricing . retrieved 1 november 2013 . iq india 2012 speakers and panelists . fonearena.com . retrieved on 28 november 2013 . dharmakumar rohin 27 february 2010 . micromax mobile advantage . forbesindia.com . forbesindia.com . mobile phones . 8 august 2014 . satpathy sambit 23 january 2014 . indian mobile phone brand micromax launches in russia aims to release 14 smartphones in 2014 . bgr . retrieved 1 may 2016 . micromax transerv visa form strategic partnership . abp live . 10 april 2016 . retrieved 20 april 2016 . khurana rohit 27 august 2013 . micromax canvas series india evolution and how it affected indian smartphone market . intellectdigest.in . intellectdigest.in . cyanogen inc announces micromax partnership in india forming the yu smartphone brand . micromax co. retrieved 14 dec 2014 . micromax s yu brand handset to be launched next month . the hindu . retrieved 16 december 2014 . micromax launches new phone brand yu powered by cyanogen os . micromax co. 19 november 2014 . retrieved 14 dec 2014 . micromax canvas sliver 5 launched world slimmest phone news exprezz 19 june 2015 . microsoft announces windows phone 8.1 micromax new hardware partner . the times of india . retrieved 17 september 2015 . micromax introduces canvas win series ; 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