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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During the recent OPPO launch event where the OPPO Reno models were unveiled, OPPO’s CEO Bryan Chen also revealed the company’s plans for the future. He hinted that the company will be channelling more energy in three directions; deepening the mobile phone business, exerting its presence in IoT, and attaching importance to technological innovation and brand building.

Chen disclosed that OPPO has been in the mobile phone business for 10 years and that the market outlook last year wasn’t very good. Despite the challenges, OPPO was able to pull some amazing results. First, the company made its entry back into the high-end market with the launch of the Find X. Chen also hinted that OPPO made an entry into the Japanese and European markets. The company’s global sales continued to grow and the olorOS users even exceeded 250 million. He showered accolades on all OPPO’s partners who made the achievements possible.

Going forward,  the CEO acknowledged the fierce and rapidly increasing competition among OEMs in the mobile phone industry. As a result, he stated that OPPO will continue to deepen its core mobile phone business as well as strive to be among the first set of OEM to launch a 5G phone. The company will also aspire to lead the high-end market in the future. Bryan Chen also disclosed that OPPO will increase its investment and attach importance to technological innovation and brand building. To this end, he hinted that the company has set aside a 10 billion yuan budget for research and development (R&D) this year.  The budget will be increased each year. The company’s R&D team will also be expanded to more than 10,000 persons in order to comprehensively enhance the scientific and technological strength of OPPO. At the same time, OPPO says it will promote brand upgrades and build world-class brands.

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OPPO also plans to expand its business concerns and should be heading in the direction of the Internet of Things (IoT). The CEO revealed that OPPO plans to develop more IoT products in sports, health, home, entertainment and in other vital aspects.

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo has announced its first Research & Development unit in India, located in Hyderabad. The company has also announced the appointment of former Samsung India executive Tasleem Arif to head this research and development centre.

However, the Chinese firm has not yet disclosed information related to the investment for the new Research & Development centre in India. This will be the company’s seventh such facility globally. It already has four such centres across China in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Dongguan, one each in Japan (Yokohama) and the USA.

The upcoming R&D centre in Hyderabad, India, will work towards gaining deeper insights about Indian consumers and market, and thereby help in building India-centric innovations and customised product offerings, OPPO said in a statement.

Charles Wong, OPPO India President, said, “We are focused towards offering unique experiences to our consumers in India through our innovations and technological capabilities. The opening of our first R&D Centre in Hyderabad is a step in that direction and strengthens our commitment to the Indian consumers.”

As the Vice President and Head of R&D at Oppo India, Tasleem Arif will be leading the team which will focus on software localisation for Indian consumers as well as device quality. He brings to the new role almost 15 years of experience in mobile software, design and development.

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The company has already acquired land and has started work to establish operations for its upcoming bigger facility “Industry Park”, and is planned to go into operations next year.

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