"Lenovo Mobile Business Group has appointed Sudhin Mathur as Managing Director - Motorola Mobility India. He has been inducted as a full-time director on the Motorola Mobility Board in India," Motorola said in statement.
This will be Motorola's first device to be launched on an e-commerce platform other than Flipkart since its re-entry into the Indian market in February 2014.
Now, according to our source with information on the Moto X Force India launch plans, the phone wouldn't be launched in January but is scheduled for February 2. A Motorola India spokesperson has previously confirmed to IBNLive that the launch would happen in the first week of February, but refused to reveal the exact date.
Motorola re-entered the Indian market last year in partnership with Flipkart to sell its portfolio of devices that includes Moto G, Moto E, Moto X and Moto 360 smartwatch.
The US-based company, which re-entered the Indian market in February last year, has also launched a new smartphone -- Moto X Play in the Indian market for Rs 18,499.
Technology major Motorola, maker of Moto G handset, is evaluating options to set up a manufacturing facility in India to cash in on the burgeoning demand for smartphones in the country.
Motorola has an assembly, packaging unit in Chennai but operations are suspended and the unit is now lying idle
Motorola, which was acquired by Chinese technology giant Lenovo from Google last year, sells its devices in India through e-commerce firm Flipkart.