The issue focused on Microsoft's devices such as Windows phones and Surface tablets. Apple devices make up around 75 percent of Microsoft's smartphone sales in China. In addition to iPhones, iPads are sold through Microsoft stores across the country.

Microsoft issued a statement late Thursday afternoon stating that Microsoft did not intend to modify its hardware contracts with carriers or distributors in China to comply with Chinese regulations that prohibit interference with competition in mobile telecommunications devices.Home » INDIAN NEWS HEADLINES » Modi supporter molested by BJP worker