Qualcomm is partnering with Indian firms like Lenskart to make smart glasses nearly as affordable as regular eyewear.
It can offer internet access and the user would also be able to make phone calls.
China's Xiaomi unveiled on Tuesday its new flagship Mi 4 smartphone, aimed squarely at the premium handset market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
It has much better display and is slimmer than the previous device.
Google is planning to sell the next-generation Nexus 7 tablet from July that will feature Qualcomm Inc's Snapdragon processor. It is expected to retain the aggressive pricing.
The move is being considered after growing clamour from competing 4G operators for a level playing field in relation to Qualcomm.
The partnership will also see the two parties cooperate on technology initiatives, including development of affordable smartphones.
In a move that could bring down prices of CDMA handsets further, Qualcomm Inc has licensed Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd to manufacture 3G CDMA2000 mobile handsets, fixed-wireless phones and line modem cards.
Code Division Multiple Access technology major Qualcomm Inc on Friday announced the opening of a research and development in Hyderabad, to support its chipset development activities.
Reliance Infocomm Ltd is expected to enter into a technical collaboration with US-based Qualcomm Inc by August this year for usage of its CDMA-based evolution data optimised (EvDO) technology in the latter's telephony operations.
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's top telecommunications carrier, said on Friday it had bought out Qualcomm Inc's stake from a fourth-generation (4G) broadband joint venture in the country, taking full ownership of the business more than a year earlier than planned.
Betting big on India, the United States-based telecom technology major Qualcomm Inc on Friday said it would open a research and development centre in the country this year to write software for code division multiple access-based technology.
Apple is expected to introduce its first new product since the iPad in 2010, a smartwatch, later on Tuesday.
While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each.
Pantech, South Korea's No.3 smartphone maker, has been under a debt-restructuring programme after suffering six consecutive quarters of losses.
"We are delighted to welcome Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. We have signed a binding partnership and an investment agreement under which Google will invest Rs 33,737 crores for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms," Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting.
India was the second largest filer of international trademark applications among the BRICS nations in 2014.
Apple has said the watch will launch in April
Shares of the company rose more than 1 percent to $99.44 in heavy trading.
The addition of a mobile payments service to Apple Inc's next iPhone could help to boost sales of the larger-screen phones and claw back market share lost to mobiles running on Google Inc's Android platform.
Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation.
Apple Inc's embrace of wireless charging for its new Watch may be a defining moment for a technology that's languished for years amid competing standards and consumer confusion.
Users seem to like the idea too: in a recent survey by technology consultancy IHS, 83 per cent were interested in wireless charging; in China, the figure was 91 per cent.
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