Forced to suspend sales of its devices in India post directions of the Delhi High Court, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has said it is “assessing legal options” to continue operations.
The order restraining the company to sell its products in India comes after telecom equipment maker Ericsson accused Xiaomi of infringements on its patents.
Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra in a post on social networking site said, “We have been forced to suspend sales in India until further notice due to an order passed by the Delhi High Court. As a law abiding company, we are investigating the matter carefully and assessing our legal options.”
He added, “Our sincere apologies to all Indian Mi fans! Please rest assured that we’re doing all we can to revert the situation.”
Xiaomi, which entered India in July, has been facing major roadblocks in the market. In October, the Indian Air Force had asked its personnel and their families to desist from using Xiaomi phones as these are believed to be transferring data to their servers in China and could be a security risk.
Also, security solutions provider F-Secure had, in a report, claimed that Xiaomi Redmi 1S phone was sending data, including the user's IMEI, phone number, and phone numbers of contacts added to the phone book to a remote server.
Since then, the company has announced migration of data of its international users (non-Chinese) to data centres in the US and Singapore. The company is also exploring options of setting up a data centre in India to benefit users in the country.
