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For
over a decade, China has been seeking to reduce reliance on
foreign technologies, asking state-affiliated firms such as
banks to switch to local software and promoting domestic
semiconductor chip manufacturing.
Multiple state firms and government departments across at least
eight provinces have instructed employees in the past month or
two to start carrying local brands, the Bloomberg News report
said.
Apple did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a
comment.
In December, smaller firms and agencies in lower-tier cities
from provinces including Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning and
central Hebei, which houses the world's largest iPhone factory,
issued their own verbal directives, the Bloomberg News report
said.
Reuters reported in September that staff in at least three
ministries and government bodies were told not to use iPhones at
work.
Apple's shares were marginally down at $196.50 in extended
trading.
(Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini
Ganguli)
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