Reuters: Technology News: Hon Hai says to focus on content creation to drive value

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Hon Hai says to focus on content creation to drive value Oct 31st 2013, 11:50 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints The shrouded structure in San Francisco Bay.   Slideshow  A security guard patrols at Hong Hai headquarters in Tucheng, Taipei county, June 8, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Pichi Chuang KAOHSIUNG | Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:50am EDT KAOHSIUNG (Reuters) - The world's largest electronics assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry said on Thursday it will turn new software development centers in southern Taiwan into a data and cloud power base to focus on content creation. It is Hon Hai's latest effort to climb up the value business chain, after winning local 4G licenses the previous day. "Integration of software and hardware is the future," company chairman Terry Gou told reporters at Kaohsiung Software Technology Park in southern Taiwan. "Taiwan is our first step (for 4G business ). We will work with global operators in the future, and this will also help our design in the next generation smartphone." Hon Hai, better known by its trading name Foxconn, announced its partnership with Mozilla in June to launch devices run on the U.S. company's Firefox operating system, as it looks to reduce its reliance on making products for Apple Inc. Gou said future content will focus on graphic and video, and the company is planning to launch a gaming app and surveillance service through the cloud. It will hire around 3,000 people. He said in June the company would focus on developing new technologies, intellectual property rights and e-commerce, in a bid to move away from the its core contract manufacturing business that yields low margins, with research and development, software and patent rights the focal points. It won a license for two bands in Taiwan's domestic fourth-generation (4G) mobile spectrum on Wednesday for a total bidding price of T$9.18 billion ($312.19 million), a deal which a fund manager said was good for the company to diversify into a high-margin business. ($1 = 29.4050 Taiwan dollars) (Reporting by Clare Jim; editing by David Evans) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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