Huawei, Oppo woo developers for localised mobile services

NEW DELHI: Chinese handset makers Huawei and Oppo have started engaging with Indian developers to build localised mobile services that can be offered with their smartphones, wooing them with lucrative incentives under their global funds.

Charles Peng, CEO of Huawei and Honor India, consumer business group, told ET that Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is in talks with some 150 top mobile application makers in India to get them on its Huawei Media Services (HMS). “We have our own HMS and are trying to build a mobile ecosystem. Most of the key apps, such as navigation, payments, gaming and messaging will be ready by Decemberend,” he said.