Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer has postponed his first official visit to Bangalore, India that was originally scheduled for April to September 2006. Recruiting for the Apple’s “R&D center” and technical support facility are currently ongoing. Jobs is said to want Apple’s “R&D center” in Bangalore to be functional visiting the facilities, according to a report from CyberMedia News.

Apple has plans to hire approximately 3,000 people in India by 2007.

MacDailyNews Note: “R&D center” is CyberMedia News’ term, not ours. It is our understanding that the Bangalore project is a “technical support facility” and have not heard of any “R&D center” component outside of this CyberMedia News report.

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