Lava International (4.4) operating system. In December 2014, the company launched its first smartphone running on the Windows Phone operating system, the Iris Win1. The Xolo X50 smartphone, which runs on the Android Lollipop (5.1) operating system, was launched in July 2016. In February 2017, Lava launched 4G Connect M14, what it claims is India's first 4G enabled feature phone. Lava is headquartered in Noida sector 64, Uttar Pradesh, India. The company maintains 6 offices and 3 manufacturing and service facilities throughout India. According to the IDC Asia Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker 2014, Lava's market share in India was 8%. In
Market share adjustments. Firms with market shares below a certain level may not be viable. Similarly, within a firm’s product line, market share trends for individual products are considered early indicators of future opportunities or problems." Research has also shown that market share is a desired asset among competing firms. Experts, however, discourage making market share an objective and criterion upon which to base economic policies. The aforementioned usage of market share as a basis for gauging the performance of competing firms has fostered a system in which firms make decisions with regard to their operation with careful consideration of the impact