Vivo (technology company)

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Not to be confused with Vivo (telecommunications company), Asus Vivo, VIVO (software), or Vevo.

For other uses, see Vivo (disambiguation).

Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology company headquartered
in Dongguan, Guangdong that designs and develops smartphones, smartphone accessories, software
and online services. The company develops software for its phones, distributed through its V-Appstore,
with iManager included in their proprietary, Android-based operating system, Origin OS in Mainland
China, and Funtouch OS elsewhere. It has 10,000 employees, with 10 R&D centers in Shenzhen,
Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xi’an, Taipei, Tokyo, and San Diego. [3][4]

Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd.

Vivo building in Nanjing, Jiangsu

Native name

维沃移动通信有限公司

Company type

Private

Industry

Consumer electronics

Predecessor
 BBK Electronics

Founded

May 22, 2009; 14 years ago

Founder

Shen Wei (沈炜)

Headquarters

Dongguan, Guangdong

, China

Area served

Worldwide[a]

Key people

Shen Wei (Founder & CEO)

Baishan Hu (Executive Vice President & COO)

Spark Ni (Senior Vice President & CMO)

Yujian Shi (Senior Vice President & CTO)

Products

Smartphones

Hi-Fi

Software and Online services

Number of employees

40,000[2] (2022)

Subsidiaries
 iQOO

Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

维沃移动通信有限公司

Traditional Chinese

維沃移動通信有限公司

Literal meaning

Vivo Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin

Hanyu Pinyin Wéiwò Yídòng Tōngxìn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

Website

vivo.com

History edit

Since its founding in 2009, Vivo has expanded its global market, serving over 400 million users with its
mobile products and services, to over 60 countries and regions. [5]

In 2017, Vivo entered the smartphone market in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Brunei, Cambodia,
Laos, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal.[6][7][8][9] In June 2017, it entered the Pakistan smartphone
market and the Vivo brand is currently experiencing rapid growth and popularity in the country.[10] In
October 2020, vivo announced that it would begin to sell its products also in Europe.

Vivo X60 featured the Zeiss co-engineered imaging system.

On 17 December 2020, Vivo and Zeiss announced a long-term strategic partnership to jointly promote
and develop breakthrough innovations in mobile imaging technology. The first "Vivo Zeiss co-engineered
imaging system" will be featured in the Vivo X60 series. As part of the collaboration agreement, Vivo and
Zeiss will establish the Vivo Zeiss Imaging Lab, a joint R&D program to innovate mobile imaging
technology for Vivo's flagship smartphones.[11]
In 2021, Vivo was ranked among the top 5 smartphone makers, achieving a global market share of 8%.”
[12]

In April 2021, three pallets of Vivo phones[13] caught fire at Hong Kong International Airport, prompting
a ban on air freight of Vivo phones through Hong Kong.[14]

In June 2022, Vivo entered the world-famous Guinness Book of Records.[15] It achieved the record for
the "Longest Video" in which its flagship device Vivo X Fold happened to be folded over 300,000 times
for a total length of 270 hours or 11 days and 6 hours.[16]

In November 2023, Vivo announced BlueOS, a open-source distributed operating system for Internet of
things of smart devices and Wearables with Vivo Watch 3 featuring the new operating system.[17]

Marketing edit

In October 2015, Vivo became the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) under a two-year deal
starting in the 2016 season.[18][19] In July 2017, the deal was extended until 2022.[20] However, in
response to the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes between India and China, the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) was criticised in India for allowing a Chinese company to be the title sponsor of
the league. Vivo and BCCI mutually agreed to suspend the deal for the 2020 season, with a clause to
resume it next season.[21]

In June 2017, Vivo reached a sponsorship deal with FIFA to become the official smartphone brand of the
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.[22] The company also signed a deal with UEFA as an official partner of
the UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024,[23] and became a title sponsor of India's Pro Kabaddi League.
[24]

Vivo has a sponsorship deal with the NBA in China, with Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry. He
endorses the brand in China and the Philippines.[25]