THE NEXT STEP: Foxconn's BlackBerry Ltd deal marks the Taiwanese firm's biggest step up the value chain — a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but help design them, too. — Reuters
TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO: Foxconn's BlackBerry Ltd deal marks the Taiwanese firm's biggest step up the value chain — a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but help design them, too.
The agreement to design and market phones starting in Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country but an under-penetrated market, is a boon to a mega-manufacturer trying to grow its margins while making a play for a bigger slice of the global mobile devices market.
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