Hyderabad: Indian government orders telecom industry to install state-owned cyber security app to all new devices that cannot be deleted.
India is one of the world’s largest telephone markets, with more than 1.2 billion subscribers.
Apple opens new tab, which has previously locked horns with the telecoms regulator over development of a government anti-spam mobile app, is among the companies, such as Samsung, opens new tab, Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi, opens new tab bound by the new order.
The November 28 order, seen by Reuters, gives major smartphone companies 90 days to ensure that the government’s Sanchar Saathi app is pre-installed on new mobile phones, with a provision that users cannot disable it.
For devices already in the supply chain, manufacturers should push the app to phones via software updates.
