Five Apple executives met last Wednesday with the president of the Federal Telecommunications Institute of Mexico Gabriel Contreras and other commissioners to "discuss advances in health care devices," according to an agenda posted on the website broadcast regulator yesterday by Bloomberg .
Not only does the sign of meeting planned clock available internationally, but also highlights efforts to ensure the ability of the clock to collect health data complies with local regulations.
Bloomberg has identified Apple executives who met with Mexican regulators as Afshad Mistri, a manager of global market for health services, and Kalinda Raina a senior manager of global privacy.
Mexican regulator Neither Apple nor reviewed the news.
In December 2013, Apple met with the Food and Drug Administration of the United States on medical devices and last year with the Federal Trade Commission of the United States to demonstrate the device and its applications for health.
The Wall Street Journal earlier this week said that the clock will not be the digital doctor that could have been because Apple removed a number of functions related to the health of the first generation model stringent FDA requirements.
From $ 349 for the base model (prices of other editions clock still unknown), clock Apple will go on sale in April.
Sources reported that the company ordered six million watches provider based in Taiwan Quanta, responsible for mounting the device.
According to JP Morgan, by the time the watch launches have 400 million potential customers. The investment firm has projected that five percent of iPhone owners compatible potentially could purchase the device before the end of 2015.
The wristwatch is not a standalone device and requires an iPhone for GPS and Wi-Fi, limiting its appeal to the Apple faithful.
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