Huawei Announces Expansion of India Mobile Phone Capacity | Target 10% Market Share

According to the “Economic Times” of India, reported on March 15, Huawei will significantly increase its mobile phone production capacity at the Chennai plant in India, while increasing its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners to promote local mobile phone manufacturing and bring Huawei’s market in India. The share increased from the current 2% to more than 10%.

Peter Zhai, president of Huawei India Consumer Business Group, said, 'We have promised to India's telecommunications minister Manoj Sinha to deepen 'Made in India' and build local production capacity in India. India will also help us to become the third largest smartphone brand in the world in the next five years. . '

Huawei plans to produce glory series locally in India and some high-end Huawei models. At present, 80% of glory phones, including the Glory 7X, Glory 9Lite, Glory Holly3 and Glory 6X, are produced in India. Once the goal of expanding production capacity is realized, this will be achieved. A proportion will increase rapidly in the short term.

According to Zhai, Huawei currently has only a single original equipment manufacturer in India. As business needs increase, the scale of benefits and production capacity increase, Huawei's original equipment manufacturers will also increase. Accordingly, Huawei’s investment in India will also increase.

Huawei announced the world's first commercial 5G chipset Balong 5G01 at the Mobile World Congress. Huawei's consumer business group CEO Yu Chengdong said in Barcelona last month that Huawei will launch its first 5G smartphone in the third or fourth quarter.