当时有消息称印度塔塔集团正在洽谈收购 vivo 印度子公司的多数股权。据称，在印度政府推动国内公司参与其运营后，vivo 就一直在寻找当地合作伙伴，而塔塔集团对这笔交易很感兴趣，但尚未最终敲定。

　　消息人士表示，苹果的反对正是扼[*]该计划的关键原因之一。“对于苹果来说，其关键合作伙伴塔塔集团与 vivo 的任何交易都意味着与竞争对手合作。这可能导致塔塔和 vivo 之间的谈判破裂。目前看来，重新考虑的可能性极低”。

　　However, Apple was not comfortable with the transaction as its devices are being manufactured by the Tata group in Bangalore. “This has been one of the key reasons that scuttled the plan,” a source said. “For Apple, any deal of the Tata group, its key manufacturing ally, with vivo would have meant a partnership with a competitor. This perhaps led to the talks breaking down between Tatas and vivo,” the source said, adding that a “re-think looks highly unlikely ‘as of now’.”

　　简单来说，塔塔集团属于苹果在印度的合作伙伴，负责为印度产品进行组装制造。因此，如果塔塔集团执意收购苹果竞争对手 vivo 印度子公司的多数股权，就会对苹果产生明显的利益冲突。因此，由于苹果的原因，印度政府未能实现其愿望，vivo 将继续以中国公司的身份在印度运营。