Motorola ponders relocating production base into Thailand

BANGKOK, June 19 (TNA) – Motorola Inc Co, one of the world’s giant phone makers, has expressed interest to relocate its mobile and fixed-line phone production base into Thailand because it views there is much more rooms for the market to grow.

Deputy Prime Minister and Information and Communication Technology Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul revealed on Sunday that he met and discussed with Ed Sander, President and CEO of Motorola Inc, last week and took the opportunity to invite the company to moving up it production base in Thailand.

He said it is likely that Motorola will relocate its manufacturing base as proposed since there are a large number of phone users in Thailand.

The company views there is much more rooms for the mobile phone market to grow given th fact that Thailand has the total population of up to around 65 million.

At present, the number of existing mobile phones in the country total more than 30 million and that of fixed-line phones 8.5 million.

As well, Thailand could become the phone distribution center for Indochina and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) because of its geographical advantage, he noted.

He said the government would attempt to boost investment sentiment so that Motorola would have confidence and certainly move the production base into Thailand.

The Motorola president said Thailand is a country where total sales of mobile phones have grown significantly and there is a lot of demand for various mobile phones.

TNA