'Big Brother Can't Watch Us': Opposition Slams Centre's Sanchar Saathi Move

A massive political row has erupted over the Centre's direction to mobile phone manufacturers to install the Sanchar Saa

Congress terms DoTs Sanchar Saathi pre-install order unconstitutional

New Delhi: The Congress has rejected the directions of the Department of Telecommunications on pre-installation of the S

Govt's Sanchar Saathi and SIM-binding mandates a privacy concern, may hit business model: Experts

New government directives for OTT apps and phone makers are causing concern. These rules mandate SIM binding for communi

Govt orders handset makers to preload its Sanchar Saathi app

Smartphone manufacturers must now pre-install the government's Sanchar Saathi app on all devices sold in India. This man

India will require a state-owned cybersecurity app to be installed on all smartphones

Telecom regulators in India have reportedly asked smartphone manufacturers to preload a state-owned cybersecurity app th

Centre Wants All Smartphones To Have 'Sanchar Saathi' App Pre-Installed. What Is It?

The Centre issued directions to smartphone makers, mandating that the cybersecurity app 'Sanchar Saathi' should be pre-i

Pre-install Sanchar Saathi app on new phones by March 2026, DoT tells phone makers

The move is meant to safeguard the citizens from buying the non-genuine handsets, enabling easy reporting of suspected m

Govt Orders Mandatory Pre-Installed Cyber Safety App On All New Phones

New Delhi: In a sweeping cybersecurity move, the telecom ministry has ordered all smartphone manufacturers to pre-instal

What is Sanchar Saathi? App that Centre wants smartphone makers to preinstall on their phones

Smartphone makers have been given three months (90 days) to adhere to the directive.

India Orders Smartphone Makers to Pre-Install Govt Cyber Security App

The November 28 order gives major smartphone companies 90 days to ensure that the government's Sanchar Saathi app is pre

India orders mobile phones preloaded with government app to ensure cyber safety

Indias telecom ministry has ordered all smartphone manufacturers to pre-install its cyber-security app, Sanchar Saathi,

Sanchar Saathi helps recover over 50K stolen phones in Oct

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced on Tuesday that its digital safety initiative, Sanchar Saathi, has

Sanchar Saathi Helps Recover 50,000 Lost Phones In October: DoT

The ministry also said that Karnataka and Telangana have emerged as the top-performing states, each crossing 1 lakh reco