Samsung opens its largest store in India

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has opened its biggest mobile store in the world in India as the part of strategy to take lead position in the world's second-biggest smartphone market amid fierce competition from Chinese brands.

The South Korean tech giant's roughly 33,000 square foot (3,000 square metre) store in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru will help it extend its lead in India over global rival Apple Inc, which has yet to open any flagship stores in the country.

India, which boasts more than a billion wireless connections, presents a lucrative opportunity for smartphone makers to expand beyond China and the United States where growth has slowed.

Samsung opened the world's biggest smartphone plant outside Indian capital New Delhi just two months ago.

(Source: REUTERS)