The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday (December 1, 2025) ordered smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on new devices sold from March 2026, and to make sure ...

The government’s cyber security and safety app, Sanchar Saathi, that courted controversy after the Department of Telecom’s (DoT’s) directive to pre-install the app in mobile handsets of Indians, has ...

The Department of Telecommunications has directed that all new smartphones sold in India must come with the Sanchar Saathi app pre-installed. The government says the app is meant to prevent mobile ...

Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said users are free to delete the app if they don't want to use it. The government's cyber security and safety app Sanchar Saathi recorded a 10-fold jump in ...

Minister says users are free to delete Sanchar Saathi even if pre-installed, as Centre defends app as key tool against cyber fraud and counterfeit devices. In a significant clarification after a ...

India's telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to ...

Apple does not plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, three sources told Reuters. (Bloomberg) NEW DELHI ...

India’s telecom ministry has instructed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity application on all new devices, according to a Reuters report. The move, which requires ...

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Union Ministry of Communication has said that the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) directions for the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi App in mobile handsets is aimed at safeguarding ...