Apple understands that developing countries are the next best thing for the mobile industry, and Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting India to secure a foothold in the land.
Cook is meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during this trip, and Apple has some new developments in store for the nation.
The business trip to India follows closely after Cook closed a deal in China. The Apple CEO signed a beefy investment contract of $1 billion with Didi Chuxing, Uber's main rival.
The Apple CEO officially announced a startup accelerator program in India, which should put the development of iOS apps in the country on double-speed.
"[By] opening this new facility in Bengaluru, we're giving developers access to tools which will help them create innovative apps for customers around the world," Cook notes.
Indian developers will get full support at the Bengaluru Centre, including weekly discussions with Apple specialists and reviews of the designed apps. The company also wants to help coders familiarize themselves with Swift, Apple's programming language that is being used to build apps iOS, Mac OS, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Multiple job openings appeared on Apple's official page, ranging from Maps engineers to Sale Consultants. This showed even before the official announcement that the company was indeed looking to expand its presence in the country, for both software and hardware support.
This is not the first time Cook and Modi met.
A few months ago, Modi visited the Silicon Valley where he had talks with multiple high-ranking tech executives. Among them was Cook, and their discussions centered on the Make in India program.
Make in India is an action that aims to convince global OEMs to choose the country for their manufacturing businesses.
Apple already filed in applications to open up stores in India, as the company recognizes the growth potential of the nation. Reports indicate that iPhone maker asked for permission to sell refurbished iPhone handsets in the country, but the authorities declined. Apple sits at under 5 percent market share in India, as the devices manufactured by the company are considerably expensive in the country.
According to Gartner, the overall Indian smartphone market bloomed by 29 percent in 2015, whereas the global increase was of only 7 percent.
Apple sent out 800,000 devices in India during the last three months of the year.
