Indonesia is World's 4th Biggest Mobile Phone Consumer
10 July 2014 19:36 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia is the world's fourth biggest consumer of mobile phone products. Indonesia produces six million units of local cell phones per year. Meanwhile, the year-to-date volume of mobile phone imports has reached more than 27 million units.
As of 2013, the Indonesia Ministry of Industry noted that the country has 15 factories that manufacture cellular phone components, including shells, keypads, batteries, chargers, and LCDs. These components are expected to be installed on local brand devices by 2016.
"The electronics and components industry is expected to grow by 10 percent in 2014, absorbing 378,000 people of new work force," Budi Darmadi, director general of the of High Technology-Based Industry, told reporters in Jakarta, July 7, 2014.
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