BBK Electronics

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BBK Electronics

Chinese technology group

BBK Electronics Corp. Ltd. is a Chinese manufacturer of electronic goods, mainly smartphones. BBK Electronics is one of the five largest manufacturers of smartphones in the world and sells its mobile devices under the brand names OPPO, VIVO, OnePlus, imoo and Realme.

In 2017, the company, founded in 1995, achieved a global smartphone market share of 15 per cent. In 2019, the company achieved a combined market share of 18 per cent with all its brands, leaving it just two percentage points behind class leader Samsung.

Three of the individual brands were among the global top ten in smartphone sales in 2019. Market researchers at Counterpointresearch even expect the company to become the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker in the medium term. BKK employs a total of around 17,000 people.