Tony Navin, SVP, Snapdeal -Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head, Mobile, Intex Technologies - Keshav Bansal, Director Marketing, Intex Technologies and Jane Hsu, Director Product Marketing, Mozilla Corp at the launch of Intex Cloud FX in August.Written byDebashis Sarkar| New Delhi |Updated: January 3, 2015 6:08 pmIntex Technologies, a less talked about brand in the Indian smartphone market, has been growing silently and is eyeing a strong position in the top three brands in India. The company claims to have sold 3.5 million smartphones (within April-December, 2014 period) and is confident it will leave other local competitors behind.Overall, 2014 was good for us. We have exceeded our targets and expect to close our financial year, which ends in March 2015, with a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore. Last financial year, our turnover was Rs 2,000 crore, thus, we are aiming to achieve 100 per cent growth, said Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head-Mobile, Intex Technologies in an exclusive interaction with IndianExpress.com.In the smartphone market, it was the stellar performance of Aqua series of smartphones that helped Intex Technologies grow significantly. While the sale of feature phones got saturated, our Aqua series of smartphones gave us a boost, which was followed by the launch of the Aqua Star series, said Kalirona.By December 2014, we sold around 3.5 million smartphones. We also sold around a million feature phones per month. We expect our mobile business turnover to touch Rs 2,800 crore by March 2015 and grab around 6 to 7 per cent of the mobile market share.The mobile business, which includes smartphones and feature phones, has already achieved a turnover of Rs 1,900 crore. The company claims to have sold 5.25 lakh smartphones per month, on an average, in the festive months of October, November and December 2014.Intex has a strong market presence in North India followed by West and East. Jammu andKashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan are our strongholds, adds Karilona.After marking seven years in the mobile market, Intex Technologies has a very clear strategy and looks to have a good understanding of the mobile market. While other players might believe in creating a hype in the market, Intex shuns that and believes in traditional marketing and actual sales figures. The brand struggled initially and barely made it among the top 10 mobile businesses sometime back but the sudden growth indicates Intex is on the right track.To achieve this kind of strong growth, Intex has implemented an old school strategy. While others diverted their focus to boost sales on the online medium, the New Delhi-headquartered company has focused more on its distribution network and service centres. Given the market scenario, over 95 per cent of our sales come from retail stores. Customers of most Indian smartphone brands shop offline. We are preparing ourselves to boost online sales but our focus is more on strengthening our channel sales. We are increasing our retail presence. Currently, Intex smartphones are present in around 35,000 retail stores in the country and we are looking forward to take it to 80,000 multi-branded retail stores.Another interesting aspect is that Intex Technologies in a way believes in first mover disadvantage. When asked about the companys plans to venture into wearables, Kalirona replied, We will bring products only after observing market trends. As of now, we dont find enough traction for fitness bands or smartwatches in India. If the demand is established, we will surely step in.Even in smartphones, Intex has carefully launched products according to consumer trends. When the demand for selfies was established, we launched our Aqua Star series. When smartphones with larger batteries started to trend, we introduced the Aqua Power smartphone. We are not too keen to bring something first and then test the market. Going forward we will introduce more smartphones with high end specs at an affordable price with 4G connectivity, adds Kalirona.Apart from smartphones, consumer electronics business, especially LCD/LED TVs, speakers and computer peripherals has also contributed to the Intex Technologies growth story.- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-others/after-selling-3-5-mn-smartphones-intex-eyes-top-3-spot-in-india/#sthash.fdIgyCKu.dpuf