{"id":952475,"date":"2025-08-04T17:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=952475"},"modified":"2025-08-04T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:52:28","slug":"phonepes-indus-appstore-to-come-preloaded-on-alcatel-smartphones-as-part-of-new-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/08\/04\/phonepes-indus-appstore-to-come-preloaded-on-alcatel-smartphones-as-part-of-new-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"PhonePe\u2019s Indus Appstore to come preloaded on Alcatel smartphones as part of new partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French consumer technology brand Alcatel&#8217;s smartphone will come pre-loaded with indigenously developed PhonePe&#8217;s Indus Appstore under an agreement signed between the two companies, a joint statement said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>PhonePe&#8217;s Indus Appstore has a catalogue of verified mobile apps and games across 45 categories. It supports 12 Indian languages, enables voice search in 10 regional languages, and features a video-led app discovery experience that allows users to preview apps before downloading them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indus Appstore&#8230; announced a strategic OEM partnership with Alcatel, a French consumer technology brand. As part of this long-term partnership, Indus Appstore will come pre-installed as an app store on all Alcatel smartphones in India,&#8221; the statement said. <\/p>\n<p>Alcatel is a trademark of Nokia used under licence by Chinese firm TCL Communication. NxtCell India holds exclusive brand authorisation from TCL to represent and operate the &#8220;Alcatel&#8221; brand in India and select international markets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collaboration enables Alcatel users to discover and experience apps through a homegrown platform that delivers true localisation and personalisation. This partnership also expands Indus Appstore&#8217;s reach while providing developers and marketers opportunities to showcase their apps and connect with more users across India,&#8221; Indus Appstore,Chief Business Officer, Priya M Narasimhan said. <\/p>\n<p>Alcatel has re-entered India&#8217;s smartphone market after a seven-year hiatus and looks to become one of the top three smartphone brands in the country within the next three years. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we prepare to reintroduce Alcatel smartphones to the Indian market, our focus is on creating meaningful differentiation through localized innovation. Partnering with PhonePe&#8217;s Indus Appstore allows us to deliver a digital experience tailored to Indian preferences right from the first boot. They have been an integral part of our journey since the beginning, and we look forward to a long-term partnership,&#8221; NxtCell India Chief Business Officer Atul Vivek said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French consumer technology brand Alcatel&#8217;s smartphone will come pre-loaded with indigenously developed PhonePe&#8217;s Indus Appstore under an agreement signed between the two companies, a joint statement said on Monday. PhonePe&#8217;s Indus Appstore has a catalogue of verified mobile apps and games across 45 categories. It supports 12 Indian languages, enables voice search in 10 regional languages, and features a video-led app discovery experience that allows users to preview apps before downloading them. &#8220;Indus Appstore&#8230; announced a strategic OEM partnership with Alcatel, a French consumer technology brand. As part of this long-term partnership, Indus Appstore will come pre-installed as an app [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}