China's Oppo smartphones to debut in Japan next spring

TOKYO -- Consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo, the company holding the largest share of China's smartphone market, will start selling SIM-free phones in Japan in the spring.

Oppo recently set up a Japanese unit with a view to selling midrange smartphones for mobile virtual network operators, which mainly sell low-end handsets, by April.

The company's phones will be sold online and at home appliance retailers. The Chinese company will enhance marketing activities in the hope of pitching to NTT Docomo and other major telecom companies.

 

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