India

Virus tracing app raises privacy concerns in India

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As India enters an extended coronavirus lockdown, the government is actively pursuing contact tracing to help control infections. At the heart of the effort in the country of 1.3 billion people is a smartphone app that evaluates users’ infection risk based on location services such as […]

A snapshot of India’s growing telecoms market

India is recognized as the second largest market globally, of telecoms subscriptions, internet subscribers and app downloads. According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, the number of internet subscribers in India, is expected to double to 829 million by 2021, with further mention of the country having 2 billion networked devices by […]

India restores post-paid cellphone services in Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — postpaid cellphone services were restored in India-administered Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after India’s government downgraded the region’s semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown. Landline phones were restored in the region last month, but the ban on more than […]