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Samsung R&D team to hire 5,000
Updated:2008/9/8 11:47
Samsung Electronics has decided to significantly ramp up its research activities in India. The Korean consumer electronics major plans to increase its Indian R&D headcount from the present 3,000-odd engineers to more than 5,000 by 2010. Samsung is also working towards driving intellectual property from its Indian research operations. The latest thrust on research in India comes from the realisation that product innovation has been key to the company’s competitive edge in the market. Samsung has three R&D facilities in India: Samsung India Software Centre (SISC), Software Engineering Lab (SEL) at Noida and Samsung India Software Operations unit (SISO) in Bangalore. “R&D is a key focus area for Samsung in India. We are looking at our R&D operations in India not only for supporting the local operations but taking a lead role in our global projects. Hence, we plan to employ an additional 2,000 people by 2010,” Samsung Southwest Asia regional headquarters president and CEO H B Lee told ET. Samsung Electronics invests around 8-9 per cent of its global sales turnover in R&D every year. The focus of research is also changing in India. While previously the Indian R&D used to focus on project delivery for global headquarters, Samsung is now looking at developing latest technology independently in India. “SISC has already filed 60 patents and another 10 more will be filed by December. We have also started collaboration for joint research with leading engineering institutes like the IITs and more such partnerships are planned to grow the R&D base in India,” said Lee. SISC is into developing software solutions for Plasma, LCD TV and digital media products like camcorder, DVD and Blue Ray player. It is also involved in software development for Samsung’s global TV solutions for the hospitality industry. SISC’s future areas of work include WiMax and IPTV. Samsung is also carrying out hardware R&D in India to customise products for the Indian market. On the other hand, SISO is working on major telecom projects in the areas of wireless terminals, networking and application software. SEL’s main focus area is to support Samsung’s telecom operations in the country.
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