Sony Ericsson has decided to make mobile phones in India. The initial focus will be to make basic color phones and mid-level music-enabled phones with some customized features like local content for the Indian market.
The handset maker plans to manufacture 10 million phones in India every year by 2009. Currently, SE makes about one third of its phones in China, while the remainder are manufactured in Brazil, Japan and Malaysia. Sony Ericsson plans to set up shop in the sourthern city of Chennai.
Source: MarketWatch
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