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China’s infrastructure and handset maker, ZTE, is going to start assembling devices in Ethiopia, after signing a $5.2mn with the “Organization for Rehabilitation and Development of Amhara (TIRET)”
This new plant will apparently be able to produce 3000-4500 mobile devices per day – or around 1.5m units per year, for those of you who prefer annual figures. It would seem that there is a real demand for Mobiles in Ethiopia, with recent shortages and planned upgrades pointing to a serious requirement from those that live there.
In a world where every bit of “industrialization” news features development inside China, it’s interesting to see an operation being set up by the Chinese, in another country that is looking to modernise.
[Via: Cellular News]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
