OnePlus to set up its largest global R&D unit in Hyderabad for Rs 1,000 cr

The Chinese premium smartphone maker will export India-made InePlus products to US and EU from Noida this year.

Chinese premium smart phone maker OnePlus has announced a Rs 1,000-crore investment plan to develop its biggest global R&D Centre in Hyderabad over a period of next three years.

Formally inaugurated today in an owned premises at a tech park close to the Financial District, the unit will gradually increase its headcount to 1,500 people from the present 200, while undertaking core innovative work across different technology components, besides leading the development of the Oxygen OS platform that runs OnePlus phones.

OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau, who came down to Hyderabad for the launch of the R&D facility, also said that