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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
|name = WishTel
|caption =
|type = Private
|location = [[Mumbai, India]]
|slogan =
|key_people = Milind Shah, CEO
|shareholder =
|num_employees =
|industry = [[IT Products]]
|products = [[IRA (tablet)]]
|revenue =
|net_income =
|parent =
|homepage = [http://www.wishtel.com/ www.wishtel.com]
}}

'''WishTel''' is an Indian manufacturing company that produce various IT products, founded in Mumbai<ref name="Hindu">{{cite web
| title = Tablets that support 23 Indian languages launched
| publisher = The Hindu, Special Correspondent, 26 March 2012
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/article3224209.ece}}</ref> by Milind Shah. The manufacturing facilities are currently in [[Maharashtra]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Econ2">{{cite web
| title = Low cost tablets flood market again with Wishtel launching two tabs
| newspaper = Economic Times
| first=Gulveen | last=Aulakh | date=23 March 2012
| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news/31230060_1_android-tablet-ice-cream-sandwich-abi-research}}</ref>

WishTel is an Indian IT products manufacturing company.<ref name="Econ">{{cite web
| title = WishTel to bid for Aakash 2; launches tablet at Rs 4,000 – Rs 5,500
| newspaper = Economic Times
| author=PTI | date=23 March 2012
| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news/31230390_1_aakash2-tablet-datawind}}</ref> On 23 March 2012, it announced the launch of a range of low-cost tablet devices by the name of [[IRA (WishTel)|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]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web
| title = Wishtel Ira tablet takes on Aakash with Rs 4,000 price
| publisher = NDTV Gadgets, Gaurav Shukla , 23 March 2012
| url = http://gadgets.ndtv.com/shownews.aspx?Sec=NEWS&id=GADEN20120197536}}</ref> The CEO of the company Mr. Milind Shah<ref name="Econ"/> has also claimed that WishTel would be bidding for the Aakash 2 project<ref name="FirstPost">{{cite web
| title = WishTel launches Rs 4000 Android tablet in India
| publisher = Firstpost Technology, FP Staff , 26 March 2012
| url = http://www.firstpost.com/tech/wishtel-launches-rs-4000-android-tablet-in-india-255369.html}}</ref> which was announced by [[Kapil Sibal]] who is currently the minister of communications and information technology for [[India]].

==IRA Tablets==
[[File:Wishtel IRA Thing Tablet - Front.jpg|thumb|Wishtel IRA Thing Tablet.|upright]]
The idea of producing these [[tablet computers]] is partly inspired by the fact that there is a big gap between technology and education,<ref name="bgr">{{cite web
| title = WishTel launches Rs 4000 Android tablet in India
| publisher = BGR, Sahil 'Bones' Gupta , 20 March 2012
| url = http://www.firstpost.com/tech/wishtel-launches-rs-4000-android-tablet-in-india-255369.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120830131452/http://www.firstpost.com/tech/wishtel-launches-rs-4000-android-tablet-in-india-255369.html
| archive-date = 2012-08-30 }}</ref> and partly by the introduction of another series of low-cost tablets – Aakash tablets – in 2010.

Wishtel designed its tablets according to the required specifications from [[Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan]]<ref name="Hindu"/> under the National Mission on Education, and are being funded by the Ministry of Human Resource.

The seven-inch tablets<ref name="TOI">{{cite web
| title = Wishtel launches Android tablet Ira @ Rs 4,000
| publisher = Times of India, ET Bureau, Gulveen Aulakh, 23 March 2012
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/gadgets-special/Wishtel-launches-low-cost-Android-tablet-Ira/articleshow/12389565.cms}}</ref> would be the first such devices to support 23 Indian regional languages.<ref name="Bworld">{{cite web
| title = WishTel To Bid For Aakash 2; Launches Tablet At Rs 4k-5.5k
| publisher = Business World, PTI, 23 March 2012
| url = http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/WishTel-Bid-Aakash-2-Launches-Tablet-Rs-4k-55k.html}}</ref> They operate on [[Android (operating system)]], and additional applications can be downloaded from the [[Android Market]].

These tablets will be distributed by Wishtel’s 350 distributors nationwide<ref name="Econ2"/> at Rs. 4,000 (for Ira) and Rs. 5,500 (for Ira Thing).<ref name="TechTree">{{cite web
| title = Wishtel Launches Two Cheap Android Tablets
| publisher = TechTree, Kamakshi S, 26 March 2012
| url = http://www.techtree.com/content/news/878/wishtel-launches-two-cheap-android-tablets.html}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wishtel.com/ WishTel Official Site]

[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Computer hardware companies]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Technology companies established in 2012]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2012]]

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