The new iPhone 7 smartphone goes on sale inside an Apple Inc. store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
JAKARTA: Apple Inc has committed to invest around US$44mil (RM197.01mil) in a research and development centre in Indonesia over the next three years, a senior government official said, enabling it to start selling its latest iPhone 7 in the South-East Asian nation.
Indonesia, a promising smartphone market where Apple has trailed some rivals, has stipulated that starting from January 2017, all 4G handsets sold there must have a local content of at least 30%. That rule can be met in terms of hardware, software or an investment commitment.
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