Published on Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 08:11 | Source : Moneycontrol.com
Updated at Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 08:46
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Sony Ericsson to make mobiles near Chennai
Sony Ericsson will manufacture mobile phones at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, through its global outsourcing manufacturing partners, Flextronics and Foxconn.
Sony Ericsson will manufacture mobile phones at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, through its global outsourcing manufacturing partners, Flextronics and Foxconn.
Flextronics has a facility at Sriperumbudur and the construction of Foxconn's is progressing.
The first "Made in India" Sony Ericsson phone would be out in June. Annual production capacity for the company in India is expected to reach 10 million by 2009, according to Mr Miles Flint, President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Ericsson AB.
Declining to give the split in manufacturing between the two contract manufacturers, Mr Flint said the company's relationship with Flextronics was longer than that with Foxconn. Sony Ericsson would provide the designs and the two partners would manufacture the handsets.
In India, Sony Ericsson would focus only on GSM phones. Other than Japan, the company does not contemplate entry into CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) markets, he told newspersons in the presence of Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
Flextronics has a facility at Sriperumbudur and the construction of Foxconn's is progressing. 
