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Govt makes active SIM link mandatory for messaging apps

The Centre has issued directions that would ensure app-based communication services, the likes of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and others, are continuously linked to a user's active SIM card.......

Govt makes Sanchar Saathi app mandatory on all new handsets

The Department of Telecom has directed manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets to ensure that its fraud reporting app Sanchar Saathi is pre-installed in all new devices within 90 days.......

Decoding govt order on active SIM link for WhatsApp, other apps

India has mandated an active SIM linkage for messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to work on a device in the coming days, with the government asserting that 'SIM binding' is essential......

Apple won't preload Sanchar Saathi app on iPhones: Report

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,......

Cong calls mandatory Sanchar Saathi order 'unconstitutional'

The Congress has rejected the directions of the Department of Telecommunications on pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile handsets as unconstitutional, and demanded its immediate......

Will 1600 Number Stop Scam Calls?

Trai has ordered BFSI firms to move service and transaction calls to the 1600 series from 2026 to reduce spam, financial fraud, and rising digital arrest scams. Kindly note the image have only......

No AGR relief for Vodafone Idea: MoS Telecom

The telecom department is not contemplating providing any relief to Vodafone Idea with regard to adjusted gross revenue, Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said on......

IT Firms Brace For DPDP With Minimal Disruption

'The impact will be minimal and it will only increase compliance cost on consent, data flows, localisation timelines, internal audits, data mapping, and new tooling.' Kindly note that this......

Airtel to approach DoT on AGR in coming days: MD

Telecom firm Bharti Airtel will approach the government on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) it has to pay the exchequer following the Supreme Court’s judgment that the government can reassess all......

Hearing on Vi's plea over additional AGR demand deferred

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to October 13 the hearing on a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd seeking quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period......

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh -- India's flag-bearers at the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/Instagram Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have......

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Govt makes active SIM link mandatory for messaging apps

Govt makes Sanchar Saathi app mandatory on all new handsets

Decoding govt order on active SIM link for WhatsApp, other apps

Apple won't preload Sanchar Saathi app on iPhones: Report

Cong calls mandatory Sanchar Saathi order 'unconstitutional'

Will 1600 Number Stop Scam Calls?

No AGR relief for Vodafone Idea: MoS Telecom

IT Firms Brace For DPDP With Minimal Disruption

Airtel to approach DoT on AGR in coming days: MD

Hearing on Vi's plea over additional AGR demand deferred

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

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