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'''Jeotex, Inc.''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=JTX.H:NEX|title=Jeotex Inc, JTX.H:NEX profile - FT.com|website=markets.ft.com}}</ref> known as '''Datawind, Inc until 2019 .''' and founded in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada, is a developer and manufacturer of low-cost tablet computers and smartphones.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mims|first=Christopher|title=$25 tablets, $2 mobile data plans, and zero margins–-how the internet is about to gain 3 billion new users|url=http://qz.com/32125/25-tablets-2-mobile-data-plans-and-zero-margins-how-the-internet-is-about-to-gain-3-billion-new-users/|work=qz.com|publisher=quartz|access-date=November 29, 2012}}</ref> Datawind manufactures low cost tablets and sells these primarily in India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The company is known for its development of the [[Aakash (tablet)|Aakash]] [[tablet computer]], which is the “world's cheapest tablet” at US$37.99/unit.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-06-25 |title=India upgrades 'world's cheapest tablet' Aakash |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18580131 |access-date=2022-05-28}}</ref> The [[Aakash (tablet)|Aakash]] tablet was developed for India's [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD)]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/meet-aakash-indias-35-laptop/?scp=1&sq=Aakash&st=cse&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first1=Pamposh | last1=Raina | first2=Heather | last2=Timmons | title=Meet Aakash, India's $35 'Laptop' | date=5 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=b|first=a|title=Aakash: World's cheapest tablet launched; to be sold for $60 in retail|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-05/news/30246812_1_tablet-mobile-phones-sim|publisher=Economic Times(India)|access-date=October 5, 2011|date=5 October 2011}}</ref>
 
Datawind manufactures a series of mobile, internet devices, such as PocketSurferPocket Surfer smartphones, UbiSurfer netbooks, and Ubislate tablets, and formerly the [[Aakash]] tablets on behalf of the Government of India. The company's devices use a patented web-delivery platform for low-cost internet access on mobile networks. Datawind was listed on the [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] from 2014 to October 2018 when it was relisted to the TSX Venture Exchange after failing to meet listing requirements.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/datawind-to-delist-from-tsx-and-transfer-listing-to-nex-2018-10-10|title=Datawind to Delist from TSX and Transfer Listing to NEX|work=MarketWatch|access-date=2018-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> It was delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange in 2021.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
 
Datawind has offices in [[Montreal]], [[Mississauga]], [[London]], [[Delhi]] and [[Amritsar]].<ref name="gazette" />