The Broadband India Forum (BIF) has gone a step further, calling the DoT directive a case of jurisdictional spill-over and ...

Instead of the government and telecom operators solving the mess of their own creation, they're telling us we need to give access to our phones perpetually.' ...

Security: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has lauded this decisive move, calling it both timely and ...

Many fear the rule will disrupt everyday communication patterns, especially for those who use WhatsApp Web or Telegram across ...

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked to keep SMS OTP as the primary authentication factor for ...

Sanchar Saathi was supposedly a lost phone tracker, but if it was embedded on your device it became the Sanchar Snoop. Next ...

Indian government wants Sanchar Saathi app installed on all phones in the country. This is mandatory and users will not be able to delete it. At the same time when we look at the information that ...

Industry body COAI on Monday said Telecom Department's move mandating that messaging apps like WhatsApp will work only with an active SIM would bolster national security and safeguard citizens, as it ...

The Indian government’s increased push for sovereign control over digital infrastructure has already curtailed individual ...

The DoT has mandated the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on all smartphones sold in India. While the government ...

India has joined a small group of countries mandating pre-installed government applications on smartphones. Apple’s manufacturing operations in India now account for more than 14% of the company’s ...

Government’s decision to mandate Sanchar Saathi on every smartphone raises strong privacy concerns due to the app’s extensive ...