The “Sanchar Saathi” app was designed to let users block and track lost or stolen phones and to identify and shut down ...

India will no longer require smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi "security" app. After blowback from Apple, Samsung and opposition leaders, the Modi government issued a statement saying ...

After facing backlash, the Centre has withdrawn its mandate asking smartphone makers to pre-load the Sanchar Saathi app on ...

The Indian government on Wednesday reversed an order that required all new mobile phones to have a tracking app after ...

According to a recent report, Apple was planning to oppose the government's instructions to install the Sanchar Saathi app on ...

Amid a political storm over the government's directive to pre-install the ‘Sanchar Saathi’ cybersecurity app on all smartphones, the Centre today clarified the requirement is not mandatory for mobile ...

El Ministerio indio de Telecomunicaciones revocó el miércoles su orden de que los fabricantes de smartphones preinstalen una aplicación de ...

India on Wednesday withdrew a mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app called Sanchar ...

India's government, amid an uproar over privacy, has revoked an order quietly issued to smartphone makers to pre-install a ...

The Centre's push to make the Sanchar Saathi app mandatory triggered a swift political firestorm, forcing a dramatic U-turn ...

India's mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on all new devices has triggered a ...

Amid a growing public outcry over the potential for surveillance, newspaper editorials joined privacy advocates in denouncing the move ...