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Pakistan Suspends Mobile Phone Services As Voting On For New Government
Pakistan suspended mobile phone services nationwide Thursday for election day, the interior ministry said, citing the need to "maintain law and order".
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Retailers Cannot Insist on Customers' Mobile Numbers to Provide Services, Consumer Affairs Ministry Says
Retailers cannot insist on customer numbers for providing certain services, the government said on Tuesday. An advisory issued to retailers by the Consumer Affairs Ministry states that they cannot insist on personal contact details of customers for services.
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TikTok to Get Banned in France for Use on Smartphones of Civil Servants
France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account. "In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok on the profession...
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Truecaller, Delhi Police Sign MoU; App to Mark Suspicious Phone Numbers to Curb Cyber Fraud
Delhi Police has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Truecaller, a caller ID verification platform which helps the public identify verified numbers, in order to curb cybercrimes. The app shows a badge on specific numbers according to suggestions of the other users.
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TikTok Accuses EU of Not Consulting It Over Staff Phone Ban
TikTok accused the European Commission on Friday of failing to consult it over a decision to ban the Chinese short video sharing app from staff phones on cybersecurity grounds, a move subsequently followed by another top EU body. The app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is facing growing scrutiny from Western authorities over concerns tha...
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Smartphone Companies Said to Have Assured DoT to Gradually Discontinue 4G Handsets Above Rs. 10,000
Smartphone companies met top government officials on Wednesday and assured that they would gradually discontinue the production of 4G phones priced Rs. 10,000 and above, according to an official source. DoT, MeitY officials have directed phone makers to tune in their 5G services with 5G smartphone within three months timeframe.
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5G Technology Is Here. Read How Does It Matter To A Mobile Phone User, In 5 Points
In a significant development, India's government on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal for directly allocating airwaves to enterprises, paving the way for them to operate private 5G networks. The Cabinet decided to enable the development and set up of 'Private Captive Networks' to spur a wave of innovation in new-age industry applications ...
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Day Before Road Protests, Farmers Say End Internet Blackout
Thousands of farmers called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to lift its blackout on phone and internet services ahead of a push to block roads across the country on Saturday to escalate protests now in their fourth month.
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Amitabh Bachchan Covid Caller Tune Out. Here's What Is Replacing It
The coronavirus public service announcement voiced by superstar Amitabh Bachchan ringing out before phone calls connect will be replaced with a new one on Friday, a day before the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are given out, government sources have said.
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Budget 2020: India To Boost Mobile Phones, Chip Manufacturing
In a bid to make India a major hub of final assembly for Network Products (NP), the government on Saturday announced to unveil a detailed scheme soon to boost mobile phone, electronics equipment and semiconductor manufacturing in the country.
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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Proposes New Electronics Manufacturing Scheme
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed a scheme for manufacturing cell phones, semi-conductors, and other electronic devices.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Also Hit by WhatsApp Hack, Congress Says
Congress said on Sunday that its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been informed by messaging service WhatsApp that her phone was hacked during this year's election campaign by malware from Israeli surveillance firm NSO.
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Jammu And Kashmir: Postpaid Mobile Services Back In Kashmir After 72 Days, But No Internet
72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir wererestored at noon today. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.
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Can't Accept Gifts Without Permission, UP Government Employees Told
After banning mobile phones in meeting, asking officials to report on duty by 9 am, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now come up with another new diktat -- no officials will henceforth accept any gift from anyone.
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Google Says Its Services on Huawei Phones Will Still Function; Chinese Tech Giant Promises Continued Support
Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company's basic services will work on them following US government restrictions.
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Pakistan Suspends Mobile Phone Services As Voting On For New Government
Pakistan suspended mobile phone services nationwide Thursday for election day, the interior ministry said, citing the need to "maintain law and order".
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Retailers Cannot Insist on Customers' Mobile Numbers to Provide Services, Consumer Affairs Ministry Says
Retailers cannot insist on customer numbers for providing certain services, the government said on Tuesday. An advisory issued to retailers by the Consumer Affairs Ministry states that they cannot insist on personal contact details of customers for services.
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TikTok to Get Banned in France for Use on Smartphones of Civil Servants
France will ban the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of civil servants, Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini said on his Twitter account. "In order to guarantee the cybersecurity of our administrations and civil servants, the government has decided to ban recreational applications such as TikTok on the profession...
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Truecaller, Delhi Police Sign MoU; App to Mark Suspicious Phone Numbers to Curb Cyber Fraud
Delhi Police has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Truecaller, a caller ID verification platform which helps the public identify verified numbers, in order to curb cybercrimes. The app shows a badge on specific numbers according to suggestions of the other users.
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TikTok Accuses EU of Not Consulting It Over Staff Phone Ban
TikTok accused the European Commission on Friday of failing to consult it over a decision to ban the Chinese short video sharing app from staff phones on cybersecurity grounds, a move subsequently followed by another top EU body. The app, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is facing growing scrutiny from Western authorities over concerns tha...
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Smartphone Companies Said to Have Assured DoT to Gradually Discontinue 4G Handsets Above Rs. 10,000
Smartphone companies met top government officials on Wednesday and assured that they would gradually discontinue the production of 4G phones priced Rs. 10,000 and above, according to an official source. DoT, MeitY officials have directed phone makers to tune in their 5G services with 5G smartphone within three months timeframe.
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5G Technology Is Here. Read How Does It Matter To A Mobile Phone User, In 5 Points
In a significant development, India's government on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal for directly allocating airwaves to enterprises, paving the way for them to operate private 5G networks. The Cabinet decided to enable the development and set up of 'Private Captive Networks' to spur a wave of innovation in new-age industry applications ...
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Day Before Road Protests, Farmers Say End Internet Blackout
Thousands of farmers called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to lift its blackout on phone and internet services ahead of a push to block roads across the country on Saturday to escalate protests now in their fourth month.
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Amitabh Bachchan Covid Caller Tune Out. Here's What Is Replacing It
The coronavirus public service announcement voiced by superstar Amitabh Bachchan ringing out before phone calls connect will be replaced with a new one on Friday, a day before the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are given out, government sources have said.
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Budget 2020: India To Boost Mobile Phones, Chip Manufacturing
In a bid to make India a major hub of final assembly for Network Products (NP), the government on Saturday announced to unveil a detailed scheme soon to boost mobile phone, electronics equipment and semiconductor manufacturing in the country.
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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Proposes New Electronics Manufacturing Scheme
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed a scheme for manufacturing cell phones, semi-conductors, and other electronic devices.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Also Hit by WhatsApp Hack, Congress Says
Congress said on Sunday that its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been informed by messaging service WhatsApp that her phone was hacked during this year's election campaign by malware from Israeli surveillance firm NSO.
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Jammu And Kashmir: Postpaid Mobile Services Back In Kashmir After 72 Days, But No Internet
72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir wererestored at noon today. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.
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Can't Accept Gifts Without Permission, UP Government Employees Told
After banning mobile phones in meeting, asking officials to report on duty by 9 am, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now come up with another new diktat -- no officials will henceforth accept any gift from anyone.
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Google Says Its Services on Huawei Phones Will Still Function; Chinese Tech Giant Promises Continued Support
Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company's basic services will work on them following US government restrictions.
