Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and stated that they’re committed to investing in India.
“Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi for the warm welcome. We share your vision of the positive impact technology can make on India’s future — from education and developers to manufacturing and the environment, we’re committed to growing and investing across the country,” Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted.
After assembly Cook, PM Modi additionally tweeted, “An absolute delight to meet you, @tim_cook! Glad to exchange views on diverse topics and highlight the tech-powered transformations taking place in India.”
Tim’s assembly with the Prime Minister has come forward of Apple second India’s personal retail retailer opening in New Delhi. The new retailer constructed at Saket’s Select City Walk mall might be opened for public on Thursday.
Apple opened its first India retailer retail in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex on Tuesday.
Tim Cook welcomed the very first prospects on the Mumbai retailer. Several Bollywood celebrities had been additionally current on the inauguration.
Tim Cook additionally met Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw in Delhi and mentioned Apple’s engagement in India throughout manufacturing, electronics exports and different points.
“Met with @tim_cook, CEO, Apple. Discussed deepening Apple’s engagement in India across manufacturing, electronics exports, app economy, skilling, sustainability and job creation especially for women. Jointly charting a long-term and strong relationship,” Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted.
The iPhone remains to be an aspirational product in the price-sensitive Indian market, the place greater than 95 per cent of smartphones run on rival Google’s Android platform. Cook had met Modi on the earlier go to in 2016 as properly.
Apple is wooing the Indian market with a promise to double the employment base in the nation by means of its distributors to round 2 lakh step by step. For this, Cook sought authorities assist to widen its parts provider base in India, a authorities supply stated.
The supply stated that Cook has long-term coverage stability to foster investments in the nation.
“He has also asked support to skill Indian manpower to suit the company’s requirement,” the supply stated.
The authorities has provided Apple to outline the ability set and it’ll assist them in facilitating it as it’s doing for creating expertise at Gatishakti Vishwavidyalaya in collaboration with Boeing and Siemens.
Apple instructions a small base of simply 4 per cent of India’s practically 700 million smartphone customers, which is presently dominated by cheaper native manufacturers, in addition to Chinese and South Korean producers.
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