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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.......

Congress MP moves adjournment notice over Sanchar Saathi app

Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury has filed an adjournment motion notice in the Rajya Sabha seeking suspension of business to discuss the government's directions on installation of the Sanchar Saathi......

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.......

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......

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,......

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......

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......

How Your Grievances Can Be Fixed!

CPGRAMS -- an online platform available to citizens 24x7 to lodge their grievances to public authorities on service delivery -- has existed for close to two decades. But it has never been this......

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......

Musk's Starlink Can Only Target 2M Users

... with a maximum speed of 200 megabits per second (mbps) across the country for Rs 3,000 per month. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.IMAGE: The Starlink......

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