The FCC listing reveals the purported Xiaomi 17 Ultra will come with HyperOS 3 based on Android 16 and will also launch in ...

Criminals are increasingly using tampered IMEI numbers to mask stolen mobile phones, making them difficult to track. These ...

India’s Sanchar Saathi mandate forces an uninstallable government app onto devices. Learn why privacy advocates call it ...

Bangladesh is set to officially launch the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) system on December 16, 2025, to curb ...

Google and Apple are reportedly preparing to challenge the government’s directive requiring mandatory pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app, citing significant concerns over user privacy and ...

The Indian government has quickly done a U-turn on its plans to force Apple, Samsung, and other smartphone makers to ...

Cybersecurity experts explain what Sanchar Saathi can and cannot solve as India expands the app to all smartphones, raising questions about fraud prevention and privacy.

India's government has backtracked on its demand for Apple to preinstall a state-backed app onto the iPhone, after facing a predictable public backlash.

India's mandate requiring smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on all new devices has triggered a political firestorm, fanning fears of government snooping in the world's most ...

Currently available in Apple and Android app stores, Sanchar Saathi is billed as a citizen-centric safety tool.

In the second, smartphone manufacturers must pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app to verify device authenticity in all new devices by March 2026. While the first directive is a security patch which ...

Apple reportedly won’t comply with a government order in India to preload iPhones with a state-run app that can track and block lost or stolen phones via a device’s International Mobile Equipment ...