India made Truecaller a tech behemoth. Now it is slowly stifling the company

For over a decade, the Swedish caller ID company thrived on India’s lightly regulated digital ecosystem. Now, it faces some existential questions in its largest market.

9 December, 202512 min
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India made Truecaller a tech behemoth. Now it is slowly stifling the company

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