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☆ Tata to make iPhones in India after buying Wistron business
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The logo of Tata Group is seen at a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Tata Group is set to start assembling Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones in India after Wistron Corp (3231.TW) approved the sale of its Indian manufacturing unit to the salt-to-software conglomerate, a minister said on Friday. A Tata company will start making iPhones in India for domestic and global markets, Deputy Minister for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on social media platform X. The Wistron board approved the sale of Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing India Private Limited to Tata Electronics Private Limited for an estimated $125 million, according to a statement from the Taiwan-based supplier shared by the minister. Apple has been touting India as its next big growth driver as it looks to move some production away from China.

Persons: Vijay Mathur, Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Wistron, Narasapura, Munsif Vengattil, Blassy Boben, Alexander Smith Organizations: Tata Group, Confederation of Indian Industry, REUTERS, Apple, Wistron Corp, Tata, Information Technology, India, Limited, Tata Electronics Private Limited, Wistron, Pegatron Corp, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, DELHI, iPhones, India, Taiwan, China, Karnataka

☆ India's Tata Group mulls $1 bln infusion into super-app venture - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of Tata Group is seen at a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Oct 19 (Reuters) - India's Tata Group is considering a $1 billion capital infusion into its super app Tata Neu to improve its digital business, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Tata may provide the capital in 2024, the report said, adding talks are ongoing and details of the deal could change. A super app combines multiple services onto one platform. Tata Neu was launched in April 2022 and offers products ranging from apparel to airline tickets, and aims to compete with a fast-growing market dominated by Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Walmart's (WMT.N) Flipkart.

Persons: Vijay Mathur, Tata Neu, Ashna Teresa Britto, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Tata Group, Confederation of Indian Industry, REUTERS, Rights, India's Tata Group, Bloomberg, Tata, Reuters, Amazon.com, Thomson Locations: New Delhi

☆ India's Tata Group in talks with Temasek to buy back stake in Tata Play, Bloomberg reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of Tata Group is seen at a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Oct 5 (Reuters) - India's Tata Group is in advanced talks with Temasek Holdings [RIC:RIC:TEM.UL] to buy back about 20% stake in its entertainment content distribution platform, Tata Play, at a valuation of more than $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Tata Group didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation, and Temasek declined to comment. Bloomberg News had in July reported that Tata Group is considering making an offer to buy back Temasek's stake as the conglomerate was weighing delaying a potential initial public offering for Tata Play. Tata Play is a subscription-based video streaming service for television and over-the-top apps.

Persons: Vijay Mathur, Tata Group didn't, Ashish Chandra, Kashish Tandon, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Dhanya Ann Thoppil Organizations: Tata Group, Confederation of Indian Industry, REUTERS, Rights, India's Tata Group, Temasek Holdings, Tata, Bloomberg, Temasek, Bloomberg News, Tata Play, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, Bengaluru

☆ India's Tata Group set to announce AI partnership with Nvidia - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] The logo of Tata Group is seen at a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - India's Tata Group is set to announce an AI partnership with U.S. chip firm Nvidia (NVDA.O), a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. An announcement is expected later in the day, the source added. Meanwhile, India's Reliance and Nvidia said on Friday they have formed a partnership to create AI language models and generative apps for millions of telecom users of the Indian company. Reporting by Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Saumyadeb ChakrabartyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vijay Mathur, India's, Aditya Kalra, Saumyadeb Organizations: Tata Group, Confederation of Indian Industry, REUTERS, India's Tata, U.S, Nvidia, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, DELHI

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