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Nadine Freischlad · · 1 min read‘Local manufacturing law’ for smartphones in Indonesia is now official
Indonesia wants to rely less on smartphone imports and spur more local design and manufacturing.
After a lot of speculation and frustration, the so-called “local content rule” was signed by three ministers earlier today, local media reported. It mandates that smartphones and their software sold in the country incorporate elements of local hardware and software manufacturing and R&D.
The minister of communication and information technology, Rudiantara; the minister of trade Rachmat Gobel; and the minister of industry, Saleh Husin, today signed the “local content regulation” on smartphones. Photo credit: Detik.
Come January 2017, all 4G LTE FDD devices need to contain 30 percent “local content” – a figure which is composed of various factors such as software, hardware components, and assembly.
In anticipation of this pending regulation, Samsung already invested in additional manufacturing facilities in Indonesia.
How Apple and other global brands pushing into the Indonesian market with 4G phones are going to deal with this remains to be seen.
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