India is targeting Apple with investigations and governmental pressure after the company revealed the country's use of Pegasus spyware against journalists and opposition parties.
The Indian government announced this week approval of Foxconn's plan to invest an additional $1 billion in a manufacturing plant expected to produce the iPhone.
As its latest step in cutting its reliance on China, Apple has reportedly asked its battery suppliers to scale up production in India, in time for manufacturing of the iPhone 16.
Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India's manufacturing and export laws.
Apple supplier Foxconn is struggling to get its factories in India to operate efficiently, with employees citing language barriers, culture clashes, and difficulty adapting to strenuous schedules.
Foxconn is doubling its investment in India with a further $1.54 billion going to a further manufacturing plant that is expected to produce iPhone.
India's tax authorities are investigating Apple, Google, and Amazon, over accounting practices, and is considering a $600 million demand for each.
Select iPhone users in Armenia have been sent notifications by Apple that say "state-sponsored attackers" may be targeting them.
Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Wednesday that Apple will double iPhone production in India through 2024.
Apple is among the firms India will allow to bring into the country laptops, tablets, and computers under a newly implemented import monitoring and management system.
Apple has sent notifications to members of India's opposition politicians, warning that "state-sponsored attackers" could be targeting their iPhones.
Tata Group will start making iPhones in India, according to a statement from the nation's Deputy IT minister, as the Mumbai-based international conglomerate has acquired Taiwanese firm Wistron's iPhone manufacturing facility in the southwestern state of Karnataka.
India's Competition Commission is investigating Google and Apple for alleged unfair business practices as the the global discourse on market dominance of major tech companies continues to ramp up.
A profile of Apple's major iPhone factory in India's Sriperumbudur shows the rapid expansion of the facility, and despite recovering from one set of problems, there are still poor working conditions that need to be addressed.
Production at an iPhone assembly facility in Chennai, India has not started back up again on the third day of a shutdown following a factory fire, and may not open this week at all.
Apple plans to increase iPhone production considerably in India over the next five years, according to a government official, with a five-fold increase in manufacturing anticipated by 2028.
Pegatron suspended assembly of iPhones at its Chennai, India plant on Sunday, September 24, 2023, following what's been described as a "fire incident."
Apple TV+ will soon be available as one of the approximately 630 channels showing in India via the Tata Play subscription bundle.
In a milestone for Apple's expansion in the country, a number of iPhone 15 devices sold on launch day will have been made in India.
In a sketchy report, an Indian publication is claiming that after abuse in the US and other countries, the first-ever case of stalking with AirTags in India has been found.
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