{{Short description|Indian manufacturer of smartphones and accessories}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox company | name = Celkon | logo = Celkon.svg | type = Private | subsid = | foundation = 2009 | founders = | area_served = Worldwide | location = Hyderabad, Telangana, India | key_people = Y Guru(Chairman) | industry = Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics | products = Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Tablets | revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|925|c}} | net_income = | operating_income = | market cap = | equity = | assets = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.celkonmobiles.com/}} }} '''Celkon''' was a mobile phone manufacturing company in India based at Hyderabad. It manufactured dual-sim and single sim, VoLTE and LTE smartphones, feature phones and Android and Windows tablets.<ref name=AboutUS>{{cite web|title=Celkon Mobiles – About Us|url=http://www.celkonmobiles.com/about-celkon|publisher=Celkon Mobiles|accessdate=30 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326213646/http://www.celkonmobiles.com/about-celkon|archive-date=26 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its smartphones were sold under two brands: CAMPUS and a high-end series MILLENNIA.
thumb|Celkon Manufacturing plant at Tirupati
The founder and CMD of Celkon group is Y. Guru. Initially its mobiles and tablet PCs were assembled in Taiwan and China.<ref name="ET1">{{cite news|title=Celkon eyes over Rs 700 crore sales from smartphones next year|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/news/37270201_1_smart-phones-celkon-mobiles-high-end-tablet|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701061207/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-24/news/37270201_1_smart-phones-celkon-mobiles-high-end-tablet|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|accessdate=30 June 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=24 February 2013}}</ref> Celkon<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bureau |first1=Our |title=Celkon to manufacture Covid protection gear |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/celkon-to-manufacture-covid-protection-gear/article31566285.ece |work=@businessline |language=en}}</ref> started its assembly line in Medchal, Hyderabad with a capacity of 200,000 mobile phones and later set up two more units – one in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and other in Hyderabad, Telangana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/telangana-celkon-mobiles-set-to-invest-200-crore-on-medchal-plant/article7358591.ece|title=Celkon Mobiles set to invest Rs. 200 crore on Medchal plant|work=The Hindu|date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/make-in-telangana-celkon-opens-mobile-handsets-manufacturing-unit/articleshow/47830152.cms|title=Celkon opens mobile handsets manufacturing unit|work=The Economic Times|date=27 June 2015}}</ref> However, the company ended up for lack of innovation and funding and now does not produce dual-sim and single sim, VoLTE and LTE smartphones, feature phones and Android and Windows tablets.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Electronics industry in India}}
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