Vivo
Chinese technology company
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| April 2025 | Vivo entered the Brazilian market under the brand name Jovi due to a pre-existing telecommunications company named Vivo in the country. |
| December 2024 | Dixon Technologies announced plans to establish a joint venture with Vivo. |
| March 2024 | Vivo became the main sponsor for Nepal Idol, becoming the official smartphone brand for the television series. |
| 2023 | Vivo was ranked among the top 5 smartphone makers, achieving a global market share of 10%. |
| November 2023 | Vivo announced BlueOS, an open-source distributed operating system for IoT devices and wearables, with Vivo Watch 3 featuring the new operating system. |
| November 21 2023 | The Vivo X100 series smartphones became available for purchase, marking the official market release of the three flagship models. |
| November 13 2023 | Vivo announced the X100 series, which includes three flagship smartphones: X100, X100 Pro, and X100 Ultra. |
| October 2023 | Enforcement Directorate arrested the head of administration of Vivo India on money laundering charges. |
| July 2022 | Directorate of Revenue Intelligence of India (DRI) raided Vivo offices, alleging tax evasion and discovering the company had remitted almost 50% of its turnover out of India. |
| June 2022 | Vivo entered the Guinness Book of Records by folding its Vivo X Fold device over 300,000 times in 270 hours (11 days and 6 hours). |
| April 2021 | Three pallets of Vivo phones caught fire at Hong Kong International Airport, resulting in a ban on air freight of Vivo phones through Hong Kong. |
| October 17 2020 | Vivo and Zeiss announced a long-term strategic partnership to jointly develop mobile imaging technology, establishing the Vivo Zeiss Imaging Lab. |
| June 2020 | Meerut Police's cybercrime unit discovered over 13,500 Vivo smartphones in India were using the same IMEI number, potentially hampering criminal tracking and violating telecom regulations. |
| 2017 | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a statement requiring all mobile devices to have a unique IMEI number, with potential fines or imprisonment for non-compliance. |
| July 2017 | Vivo extended its Indian Premier League sponsorship deal until 2022. |
| June 2017 | Vivo reached a sponsorship deal with FIFA to become the official smartphone brand of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. |
| June 2017 | Vivo entered multiple smartphone markets including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. |
| October 2015 | Vivo became the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) under a two-year deal starting in the 2016 season. |
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