Noida is emerging as a hub for smartphone makers. While the city earlier housed assembly and manufacturing facilities, a number of mobile handset makers are setting up offices and research units there.
Chinese handset manufacturer Vivo leased 250,000 sq ft in the World Trade Centre at Greater Noida for its office, R&D centre and manufacturing unit this year, according to a US-based real estate services firm.
Another Chinese smartphone maker Oppo Mobile has leased 160,000 sq ft in Noida while homegrown company Lava, which recently inaugurated its second facility in the city, took up another 100,000 sq ft office space there.
Read more: Business Standard
