OnePlus Starts Exporting ‘Made in India’ 5G Smartphones
Dec. 9, 2019OnePlus counts India as one of its most lucrative markets. It’s the only country where the company has launched its first Android smart TV –OnePlus TV Q1 and Q1 Pro– earlier this year. Now,a report in The Economic Timessuggests that OnePlus is furthering its“Make in India”commitment and driving investments byexporting 5G phones made in the countryon a pilot basis.
The Chinese phone maker is working towards building India into its global export hub and is alreadyexporting ‘Made in India’ 5G phones to markets like North America. Our country is fast emerging as a regional headquarter for OnePlus and will act as the hub for its expansion to global markets 5 years down the road.
“As part of the business focus in India for the coming years, OnePlus is building India as a global export hub for the brand and is already manufacturing 5G devices and exporting to overseas markets, such as North America,”Vikas Agarwal, head of operations in India for OnePlus told The Economic Times.
In partnership with its rival Oppo, OnePlus hasset up manufacturing facilities in Noida to make 5G devices. Both phone makers currently share‘some common investments’on the manufacturing front, reveals Agarwal. Oppo also makes 4G phones for the company.
If you are not already aware, both of these brands are part of BBK Electronics, which also owns other phone makers such as Realme and Vivo. We recently made an explainer video on BBK Electronics on YouTube, so go ahead and check it out if you want to know in-depth about OnePlus’ parent company.
Apart from manufacturing and exporting 5G phones from India, OnePlus has set up a 5G simulator at its research and development (R&D) center in Hyderabad. The company has started exploring 5G cloud computing solutions and running test trials with leading Indian telcos like Airtel and Reliance Jio.
