China-based
global Smartphone manufacturer Oppo launches its tenth factory in Bangladesh.
The company will manufacture 1 million mobile phones written 'Made in
Bangladesh' from this factory which is located in Gazipur. For the first time,
the company has released two Smartphone models Oppo A5S and Oppo A1K, which
were launched on 1 November 2019 in Bangladesh. Another two new models which
are currently available on China market, Oppo A9-2020 and A5-2020 have been
preparing to be launched in the country within next December.
In addition, to
start motherboard manufacturing setup using SMT machine is currently in
progress in the factory which will be start in January 2019. After meet the
demand of the country, the company has plans to export Oppo ‘Made in Bangladesh’
Smartphone.
Oppo
Bangladesh office said that with the Smartphone manufacturing facility inside
the country, customers will get more models of Oppo Smartphone in the market at
more affordable price. At present Made in Bangladesh models A1K Smartphone is
selling at 10,990 Taka which was previously 12,990 Taka, and the A5S model is
selling at 13,990 Taka only which was 16,990 Taka. This Oppo factory unit will
manufacture several models of Smartphone. Customers will get new handset easily
with new and advanced features.
By the name Benli
Electronic Enterprise Company Limited, this Smartphone factory has created
employment opportunities for more than 200 people, which will increase further.
Demo Young,
Managing Director of Oppo Bangladesh told that “Bangladesh is the country of
the fastest growing economy. The country is also in the lead in terms of
digitization. Bangladesh wants to be the first in line with the technology of 5G.
By setting up a smartphone factory here, Oppo will be able to deliver its
products to customers at more affordable price, which will play a vital role in
providing high-speed Internet services to people across the country. Apart from
these investments, employment opportunities will be created here, as will the
skilled technicians in the country”.
He said the
factory was set up in accordance with Oppo's global standard. As this
investment will brighten the image of Bangladesh, it will also create
employment opportunities in the technology sector. This factory is going to be
the tenth smartphone factory of Oppo in the world.
Oppo has been
operating in Bangladesh for 2014. After five years of working in the local
market, the company has started the operation of this smartphone manufacturing
here to hand over at more affordable prices to customers.
At present,
there are 162 million mobile phone users in Bangladesh and among them 93
million are mobile internet users. There is a demand for more than one million
new handsets every month in the country market. Keeping in view this growing
demand, the Oppo has decided to set up a Smartphone factory in the country.
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