NEW DELHI/SAN FRANCISCO: US technology giant Apple Inc and India's telecoms regulator are at loggerheads over the development of a government anti-spam mobile application, with user privacy at the heart of a deepening rift between the two sides.
The latest impasse comes after Apple in October agreed to provide some help to the regulator to tap into new iOS features to build the Do Not Disturb app, which allows users to report unsolicited calls and text messages as spam.
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