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Sanchar Saathi: Successor to the May 2023 Portal and the Android–iOS App Launched in January 2024—Now Mandated for All Smartphones Under New DoT Rules The Government of India, through the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), directed smartphone manufacturers and importers to preinstall a government-developed cybersecurity application called Sanchar Saathi  on all new smartphones sold in the country. It also instructed companies to roll out a software update to install the