Huawei ties up with Flextronics to make smartphones in India
Globally, Huawei sold 30.7 million smartphones, with a total market share of 8.9%, ahead of rivals Oppo and Xiaomi.Photo: ReutersNew Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Huawei said on Friday it will manufacture its smartphones in India through contract manufacturer Flextronics Technologies (India) Pvt.Ltd.Flextronics will start by making 3 million smart phones, with Honor 5A being the first smartphone to be manufactured locally.
Huawei to make smartphones from Chennai plant in October
Chinese telecommunication major Huawei said it will manufacture smartphones in India starting next month in partnership with U.S.-based Flextronics or Flex.Starting from first week of October, Huawei's Honor series of smartphones will be made at Flex manufacturing plant in Chennai with a capacity to make three million units by the end of 2017.The project is likely to generate employment for 1,500 people.
Huawei to make 3m smartphones a year in India amid high demand
Huawei Technologies is gearing up to assemble up to three million smartphones annually in India by the end of next year, as the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ratchets up its expansion in the world's second-biggest market for the devices in terms of users.The Shenzhen-based company said on Friday that its Honor-brand smartphones would be the first line assembled, starting next month, by contract electronics manufacturing partner Flex at its industrial park in Chennai, the capital of the country's southern state of Tamil Nadu."We have been present in India for the last 16 years and as part of our India focus, we have been consistently expanding our footprint in the market," Huawei India chief executive Jay Chen said at a launch ceremony in New Delhi on Friday, according to a company press release.
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