Apple closes Indian support center
By agencies   |   Tuesday, 06 June 2006, 19:30 IST
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BANGALORE: Apple closes Indian support centerA month after it started a support center in India, Apple has decided to shut it down, a local report said. According to a report published in the Times of India paper, Apple informed its employees on May 29 of the decision to lay off all 30 staff. The center, intended as offshore technical support for worldwide customers, began operations in April. Officials at Apple India were not immediately available for comment. The company’s sales and marketing operations in the country will remain intact, the report said. Though no reasons were given for the closure, it is speculated that poor infrastructure was the reasons that forced Apple to take the decision. Apple’s decision to close its India technical support center comes at a time when some of its competitors like Dell are expanding rapidly in India.

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