Foxconn, one of the largest Apple suppliers, has just announced a new manufacturing site in the South Indian city of Hyderabad. This new production facility will be create a large number of new jobs in the region, so here are all the details.

For those unaware, the Taiwanese manufacturing giant is the largest iPhone maker and a major supplier of Apple. Now, it is setting up a new manufacturing site in the Indian state of Telangana. This new site is expected to create over 100,000 new jobs. This follows a year after the company announced that it will be investing 500 million US Dollars in the country. The announcement was made after Foxconn Chairman Yopung Liu and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao signed an agreement at the Chief Miniter’s official residence.

"Besides Information Technology, in my mind, IT also stands for India and Taiwan. India is a powerhouse in software and Taiwan in hardware. If we can synergize, the collaboration can bring out some world class products." @KTRBRS pic.twitter.com/LNS6CSVr5r

— Minister for IT, Industries, MA & UD, Telangana (@MinisterKTR) March 2, 2023

Thanks to the new agreement, Foxconn can possibly bring in a large number of employees over the course of the next 10 years. But unfortunately, the exact amount of investment being for this new project is still unclear. Furthermore, Chairman Young Liu also announced that Foxconn will be donating an Foxconn hire over 100,000 people in India, which is the largest prototyping center in India that spans across a 78,000 sq ft building.

Liu also praised the friendly industrial development ecosystem that has been created in Telangana. According to an Indian minister, “One of our slogans during the statehood fight was employment. With the mega investment coming our way in the form of Foxconn, and the huge employment opportunities it brings, youngsters of Telangana state will truly be happy.”

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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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