Oppo’s R&D facility at Hyderabad working on India-specific 5G solutions

Arif also said the current headcount of the facility would be doubled from the existing 150 in the next two to three years, depending on the business.

“India is an emerging market. We have more commitment to the Indian market and we want to come out with more innovation which is specific to the Indian consumer and for that we have established the Indian R&D centre last year in December in Hyderabad.

“The main purpose of setting this R&D centre is to come up with more innovative products which will solve Indian consumer problems,” he told PTI without specifically confirming if it is a mobile phone.

Besides, Indian specific products and solutions, the Hyderabad facility was also working on 5G solutions for overseas market requirements, he said in Mumbai recently during a companys product launch programme.