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NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has announced plans to setup its handset assembly unit in India by August focusing on the domestic market.Oppo entered the Indian market in January 2014 and says it is aiming for rapid growth and expansion across target markets in India. The company will focus on setting up a state of the art facility to assemble smartphones for the Indian audience as well as key markets overseas.Oppo claims to have sold around 400,000 devices in India and is targeting for 1.5 million units this year (2015). Oppo India says it has plans to expand more service centres this year. As of now, it has 120 service centres across India and is targeting to open 200 service centres by end of 2015.According to Sky Li, vice president, Oppo “India is the top priority in our expansion plans in South Asia this year. We have received tremendous support and appreciation from the customers and it is now time to reciprocate the feeling. The smartphone boom in India indicates the time is just right to focus on expansion plans and increasing volume in India to a comparable level with the China market in the next five years.”“2015 will be a year of expansion for us. We are already among the “top three” players in Indonesia, with more than 11% market share. Similarly we have 13% in Vietnam and almost 11% in Malaysia. Globally, we plan to sell more that 15 million units this year”, he added.