Oppo established an R&D (Research and Development) centre in India a year ago. Now, in an interview with Gadgets Now, Tasleem Arif, the Vice President and Head of this centre shares the achievements they have accomplished so far.
The Oppo R&D centre located in India’s Hyderabad is the company’s largest centre with 350 employees. Also, it is the firm’s only R&D centre outside mainland China. According to Mr Arif, this centre played a key role in many of the new Oppo technologies including VOOC 3.0, globalization of ColorOS 7, and the brand’s F17 smartphone, which was launched in January.
He also revealed that they have filed over 50 patents this year, out of which, 30% are in imaging and 20% are in the network space. Further, he also mentioned some of the areas they have filed a patent for, which include camera and image processing, battery, 5G networks, system performance, payments, AI and gaming.
Additionally, Oppo has announced a $7 billion global investment in R&D over the next three years. This investment will be used to develop core technologies in hardware, software, and systems. The company will also work in 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and other similar techs. Plus the company has allocated $143 million in 2020 to support developers across the globe to boost its operating ecosystem.
Lastly, Mr Tasleem Arif expects the Hyderabad Oppo R&D center to be 500 strong by the end of 2020 as they have been hiring skilled people from prestigious Indian institutions like IIT, IIIT, and NIT.
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