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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The Department of Telecommunications’ directive that every smartphone come pre-installed with the app follows a familiar pattern of ‘optional’ tools that turn mandatory in practice.
On Monday, the government disclosed a directive issued by the Department of Telecommunications on 28 November, instructing smartphone manufacturers and importers to preload its Sanchar Saathi app on every new device. It’s a decision that has drawn criticism from various quarters and set off a number of concerns.
This app was originally launched in January this year as a voluntary fraud-reporting and device-verification tool, but the new mandate will require it to be installed on all new phones before users even switch them on. While the stated aim is to curb cyber fraud and crimes involving devices whose International Mobile …
Even though the government of India did a U-turn on the mandatory pre-installation of the anti-fraud app on all mobile phones sold or imported in the country, the larger problem of petty cybercrime remains grim.
As growth flatlines, acquisition of the government-controlled lender may be the only way out for the Uday Kotak-promoted bank to stay relevant.
The Zoho co-founder’s attempt to build a WhatsApp competitor has captured the imagination of the nationalist Indian. Emotions aside, the most likely outcome is that Zoho’s other products will start selling more.
