Apple gives Tata India iPhone repair business as partnership expands, sources say
As the US tech giant looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has quickly emerged as a key supplier
As Apple looks beyond China for manufacturing, Tata has fast emerged as its key supplier and already assembles iPhones for local and foreign markets at three facilities in south India, with one of them also making some iPhone components.
In its latest partnership expansion, Tata was taking over the mandate from an Indian unit of Taiwan’s Wistron, ICT Service Management Solutions, and would carry out such after-sales repairs from its Karnataka iPhone assembly campus, both sources said.
The market for repairs is going to boom in India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, as iPhone sales skyrocket. Counterpoint Research estimates around 11 million iPhones were sold in India last year, giving Apple a 7 per cent market share, compared to just 1 per cent in 2020.
The latest contract award signals Apple’s growing confidence in Tata as it hopes to win more business from the world’s most valuable smartphone company.