Global InformationWishtel information
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Products |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Milind Shah, CEO |
| Products | IRA (tablet) |
| Website | www.wishtel.com |
WishTel is an Indian manufacturing company that produce various IT products, founded in Mumbai[1] by Milind Shah. The manufacturing facilities are currently in Maharashtra and Gujarat.[2]
WishTel is an Indian IT products manufacturing company.[3] On 23 March 2012, it announced the launch of a range of low-cost tablet devices by the name of IRA. The company claims to bring cheap and efficient computing devices in the fields of education where the Indian Government has often made efforts with the OLPC initiative and the Aakash (tablet) project.
The company was also the second lowest bidder for the Aakash project where they lost to DataWind.[4] The CEO of the company Mr. Milind Shah[3] has also claimed that WishTel would be bidding for the Aakash 2 project[5] which was announced by Kapil Sibal who is currently the minister of communications and information technology for India.
- ^ "Tablets that support 23 Indian languages launched". The Hindu, Special Correspondent, 26 March 2012.
- ^ Aulakh, Gulveen (23 March 2012). "Low cost tablets flood market again with Wishtel launching two tabs". Economic Times.
- ^ a b PTI (23 March 2012). "WishTel to bid for Aakash 2; launches tablet at Rs 4,000 – Rs 5,500". Economic Times.
- ^ "Wishtel Ira tablet takes on Aakash with Rs 4,000 price". NDTV Gadgets, Gaurav Shukla , 23 March 2012.
- ^ "WishTel launches Rs 4000 Android tablet in India". Firstpost Technology, FP Staff , 26 March 2012.