HCL’s Digital Lifestyle Products & Solutions
HCL offers a complete range of Digital Lifestyle Products & Solutions through its various distribution channels and vast warehousing and logistics operations. Our digital lifestyle solutions are perfectly aimed to launch and distribute the best in technology state-of-the-art latest gadgets and gizmos to various retailers.
Our core business activities and achievements:
- 27 Warehouses across 24 states
- Proven ability to manage Large Scale Operations
- 700 plus Re-Distribution Stockists
- 93,000 Outlets
- 11,000 plus Towns
3600 Trade Management:
- Trade Marketing
- Enhanced efficiency through process of rapid induction & training
Our Retail Models
- HCL Digilife Stores
- Direct to Retail / Consumer
- Organized Retail
The range of HCL digital lifestyle products encompass:
Apple
iPod and iPod Accessories
HCL & Apple formed a strategic alliance to address jointly go to market and support strategy for Apple iPods in India on May 29th, 2006. Since then HCL have never looked back. HCL have won the “Best Distributor award” consecutively from last 2 years.
Apple iPod, initially launched in 2001 and followed by several "generation next" avatars, is one of the most successful product launch of recent times. Apple iPod has revolutionized the way people store & listen to their music and has inspired a totally new breed of technologies like 'Podcasting' as well as content development.
For more information on Apple products visit:www.apple.co.in
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HCL IT Peripherals
HCL is into distribution and marketing of its own IT accessories & peripherals through association with its channel partners, catering to retail and wholesale segment. The products primarily include products like TFT monitors, Mouse, Headsets, and Keyboards to name a few.
TFT Monitors – HCL caters to each range of TFT monitors from 15” to 22” having international certifications as RoHS, FCC and CE. The products have comparatively longer life upto 50,000 hours and good response time of 5ms.
All HCL peripherals are RoHS, FCC and CE compliant & these products are based on the latest technology.
HCL IT Peripherals
Kingston
Products: Kingston Memory Cards
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s independent memory leader.
Founded in 1987 with a single product offering, Kingston® now offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and cell phones. In 2007, the company's sales exceeded $4.5 billion.
With global headquarters in Fountain Valley, California, Kingston employs more than 4,500 people worldwide. Regarded as one of the “Best Companies to Work for in America” by Fortune magazine, Kingston’s tenets of respect, loyalty, flexibility and integrity create an exemplary corporate culture. Kingston believes that investing in its people is essential, and each employee is a vital part of Kingston’s success.
Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs.
For more information on Kingston products visit:www.kingston.com/asia/
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Kodak
Products: Digital Cameras and Imaging Solutions
Kodak is worldwide leader in imaging. Kodak India Private Ltd. was established in 1913. Since then it has continued to grow and develop. Today, in India, Kodak is strongly established as the leader in Imaging. It offers a range of digital products and services for both commercial and consumer uses. HCL has partnered with Kodak as an exclusive distribution and marketing partner to manage consumer digital camera business.
For more information on Kodak products visit:www.kodakindia.com
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Nintendo
Products: Nintendo Gaming Hardware and Software Titles
Nintendo is global leader in video games and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It has over the years released world famous products like Gameboy, Nintendo Entertainment System, DS Lite and Nintendo Wii.
HCL is the official partner for distribution of video games and software titles in India.
For more information on Nintendo products visit:www.nintendo.com
Nintendo
ME Gaming Console... India's First Converged Handheld Gaming Devices
Enjoy best in class heart throbbing thrilling games like never before with HCL's range of ME gaming consoles. Benefit from additional features like Plug & Play on TV, wonderful picture quality, in-built cameras and FM radio. For more information on our spectacular range of gaming consoles please click here…
ME Gaming Console
Nokia
Products: Mobile Handsets and Accessories
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging internet and communications industries. Nokia has established itself as the market and brand leader in the mobile devices market in India. The company has built a diverse product portfolio to meet the needs of different consumer segments, ranging from entry level phones for first time subscribers to advanced business devices and high performance multimedia devices for imaging, music and gaming.
India is amongst the top three markets for Nokia globally. Nokia has been working closely with telecom operators in India to increase geographical coverage and lower the total cost of ownership for consumers.
Some firsts for Nokia in India:
1995 – First mobile phone call made in India on a Nokia phone on a Nokia network
1998 - Saare Jahaan Se Acchha, first Indian ringtone in a Nokia 5110
2000 - First phone with Hindi menu (Nokia 3210)
2002 - First Camera phone (Nokia 7650)
2003 - First Made for India phone, Nokia 1100
2004 - Saral Mobile Sandesh, Hindi SMS on a wide range of Nokia phones
2004 - First Wi-fi Phone- Nokia Communicator (N9500)
2005 – Local UI in additional local language
2006 – Nokia manufacturing plant in Chennai
2007 – First vernacular news portal
My Nokia
Nokia has a free service for Nokia phone owners where they can sign and receive tailored communication for their Nokia device. The information includes:
• Tips and tricks via sms
• Interactive demos via email
• Latest products and services
• My Nokia back up - HCL is in relationship with Nokia for distribution of GSM handsets and Mobile accessories.
For more information on Nokia products visit: www.nokia.co.in
Services
HCL Nokia Care
• HCL is the single largest service provider for the repair of Nokia Mobile Phones in India.
• Pan India service network in 21 L3 locations
• All centres equipped with state of art equipments
• Mobile care vans across the country to increase remote coverage
• Nokia repair facility
o 100+ repair benches
o 75K handsets / month repair capacity
o L4 repair capability
HCL Digi Care
• Multi brand / multi product walk in service chain
• 21 such outlets across 20 locations
Nokia
Plantronics
Plantronics, Inc. introduced the first lightweight communications headset in 1962 and is today the world's leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lightweight communications headset products.
Plantronics headsets are widely used in many Fortune 500 corporations and have been featured in numerous films and high profile events, including the historic "One small step for man" transmission from the moon in 1969.
HCL is the distribution partner for Plantronics headsets in India and sells these products through its vast channel base.
For more information on Plantronics products visit:www.plantronics.com/
Plantronics
Sandisk
Products: Sandisk Memory Devices
Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, an internationally recognised authority on non-volatile memory technology, SanDisk has grown to become the world's largest supplier of innovative flash memory data storage products.
Serving both consumers (with more than 200,000 retail storefronts worldwide) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures and markets flash storage card products for a wide variety of electronic systems and digital devices. SanDisk also licenses its technology to a number of other industry-leading companies.
With flash memory's capability for storing large amounts of data in a compact, removable format, SanDisk's products have helped drive the exponential growth in sales of digital cameras, multi-function mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video players and other digital consumer devices.
SanDisk currently has more than 860 U.S. patents, more than 550 foreign patents, and more than 1440 patent applications pending in the U.S. SanDisk is the only company, worldwide, that has the rights to both manufacture and sell every major flash card format, including CompactFlash®, SD™, miniSD™, microSD™, MultiMediaCard™, Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC™ ), Memory Stick PRO™ and related Memory Stick® products, xD-Picture Card™ and USB flash drives.
SanDisk became a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:SNDK) in November 1995, and in 2007 revenues grew to $3.9 billion. With more than 3000 employees, worldwide, SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
For more information on Sandisk products visit:http://in.sandisk.com/
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