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Tata Electronics is making the most of Apple’s push in India amid a surge in high-end smartphone sales and geopolitical pressures.

After a year of big investments, growing capabilities and uneven adoption, how companies use artificial intelligence will be a key focus in 2026.
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
The Department of Telecommunications’ directive that every smartphone come pre-installed with the app follows a familiar pattern of ‘optional’ tools that turn mandatory in practice.