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Processor performance to drive next phase of smartphone growth in India: R
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
With over 100 crore mobile handsets in use across India, the country is poised for the next wave of smartphone growth, driven increasingly by performance, efficiency and premium user experience, according to a study by data analytics firm Techarc.
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Centre withdraws mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app after op
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The decision came after widespread criticism, with opponents arguing that mandatory pre-installation could enable unchecked state surveillance and infringe on consumer choice. The government maintained that the app is secure and meant to protect citizens from cyber threats, but ultimately
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Government revokes mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on mob
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The Ministry of Communications on Thursday removed mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile handsets imported or manufactured in India, days after proposing to mandate it.
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Do not go on rumours: Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sanchar Saathi row
Updated : 6 months ago IST
As a furore erupted over Centre's decision to mandate pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones, Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday urged everyone not to go on rumours.
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Not a snooping tool, 'Sanchar Saathi' app aims to curb cyber fraud: MoS Co
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Communications, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, on Thursday reiterated the government's stance on the 'Sanchar Saathi' app on mobile handsets, noting that the app is to prevent cyber frauds.
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"Baseless controversy is being created": BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad on 'sur
Updated : 6 months ago IST
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday defended the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) directive to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi App on mobile handsets, likening it to a 'suraksha kawach' (protection shield).
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Apple to resist India government order to preload Sanchar Saathi app on mo
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Apple does not plan to comply with the mandate to preload mobile handsets with the 'Sanchar Saathi' app and will convey its concerns before the Indian government, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three unnamed sources.
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"Sanchar Saathi app voluntary, activation not mandatory; opposition unnece
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday asserted that activation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile handsets is not mandatory and it is fully up to the consumers to use it or delete it like any other app.
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"Govt will pry into citizens' lives, replicating Russia": Congress MP Kart
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Department of Telecommunications' directive to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all new mobile handsets, calling it "Orwellian" and warning that the government will now "pry into the private lives of every citizen" and is "replicat
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"Attack on privacy of common people": KC Venugopal slams Centre over Sanch
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi application on all mobile handsets manufactured or imported in India has sparked political controversy. Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday criticised the government's directive, calling
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Govt mandates 'Sanchar Saathi App' on all mobile handsets used in India
Updated : 6 months ago IST
To safeguard the citizens from buying the non-genuine handsets, enabling easy reporting of suspected misuse of telecom resources and to increase the effectiveness of the Sanchar Saathi initiative, the DoT has mandated some norms for the manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets that are
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"Big Brother cannot watch us": KC Venugopal opposes move mandating pre-ins
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Congress MP KC Venugopal termed the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) directions mandating the pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi application for mobile handsets, as a "dystopian tool" for surveillance.
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