Coronavirus impact: Apple India shuts down four sales offices and map development centre

KOLKATA: Apple India is shutting down its four sales offices in India and the development centre for maps in Hyderabad as part of the global step which the iPhone maker has taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus amongst its employees and associates.

As per two industry executives aware of the plans, over 5,000 employees and associates of Apple in India will be largely working from home. Apple has four sales offices in India located at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Gurgaon. An email sent to Apple India is yet to elicit any response.

The status of Apple’s local manufacturing operation with two partners – Foxconn and Wistron – will be decided by the partners as per their protocol, an executive said.