DataWind maker of the Aakash and Ubislate tablets, and a leading provider of wireless web access products and services in India, announced that it has partnered with Spice Retail, the largest mobile device retail chain in Northern India. Adding this distribution partner increases DataWind’s reach to customers in Northern India and expands its national retail footprint to more than 1000 sales locations.
In the first phase of the roll out, Spice Retail will make DataWind products available in the National Capital Territory of New Delhi and soon thereafter expand the distribution to cover its entire chain of 320+ stores spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
This new partnership comes close on the heels of DataWind’s partnership with another major retail chain in southern India and is expected to deliver significant growth to the company’s overall sales volume in India. Since its product launch in India in mid-2012, DataWind has consistently ranked as one of the top players in the tablet PC segment in India
DataWindwill now offer its entire product range of UbiSlate Tablet PCs and PocketSurfer Smartphones available off-the-shelf at Spice Retail’s HotSpots.