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The government plans to set up labs, authorised by a Bureau of Indian Standards agency, to screen handsets and operating system updates, the people said. The government plans to get the security<\/a> checks implemented in a year from notification.
The rules, which have been in the works since late 2021, are aimed at ensuring that the devices and installed apps are not snooping on the citizens of the country. ET first reported the development in its October 17, 2021 edition, which had come in the backdrop of Sino-Indo border tensions.
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) is working with the National Technical Research Organisation and other government bodies for the new rules. The authorities are conducting more consultations with industry stakeholders before formalising the plan.
The government is of the view that pre-installed applications in the majority of smartphones<\/a> pose serious privacy and information security issues, which can be exploited by foreign nations, including China. Chinese players like Xiaomi<\/a>, Oppo and Vivo dominate the Indian smartphone market with an over 70% share.
“There will be more consultation meetings with handset players and other industry stakeholders. The execution, however, will take some time as setting up labs for screening of devices will take time,” one of the executives who attended the last meeting held in February told ET on the condition of anonymity.
The industry though is concerned that the new rules may extend handset launch timelines at a time when a new upgraded handset hits the market every six months, another executive said.
Prachir Singh, analyst at Counterpoint Research, said the crackdown on pre-installed apps will have a significant impact on the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), especially those which are playing on low hardware margins and are driving revenue from the software side.
“The option to uninstall pre-installed apps can affect the software revenues for these players, both top-line as well as bottom-line,” Singh said. “The elongation of the launch timelines may have a short-term effect, however, long term, we believe the OEMs may align their product strategy to account for the certifications. We may also see OEMs trading off some specs or raising the prices of smartphones to maintain profitability. From a consumer side, the option of uninstalling some of these apps may benefit them and increase their overall user experience.”
Smartphone makers, under the new rules, will have to give an option to consumers to uninstall preloaded applications. Additionally, the authorities may also make it mandatory for handset brands to get every major operating system update screened before it is rolled out to consumers, the executive added.
The government has given smartphone makers a year to comply once the rule comes into effect.
“While the plan is to get this implemented in one year, it is going to be very difficult. It needs a minimum of two years to properly implement once the rules come into effect,” the second executive added.
A third executive said that Chinese handset companies should not have a problem with the security checks and screening of their devices.
Notably, the authorities previously contemplated over asking bill of materials to do a complete analysis of handsets besides asking to share the source code of their smartphones for testing, along with details of vendors from whom they source components for smartphones.
In 2020, India<\/a> had banned hundreds of Chinese apps<\/a>, including certain Xiaomi applications. These apps come pre-installed on MIUI, which powers most Mi, Redmi and Poco smartphones.
The move around handsets could be in line with what the government has put in place for telecom equipment. India is building a list of ‘trusted sources’ and ‘trusted companies’ for telecom equipment and networking products to check alleged cyber-snooping. The move is widely believed to be aimed at keeping Chinese players such as Huawei and ZTE out of critical areas of a telecom network, say experts.
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政府计划设立实验室,由印度标准局局授权,屏幕手机和操作系统更新,人们说。政府计划的安全检查实施一年后通知。
规则,自2021年底以来,旨在确保设备和安装应用程序不是窥探公民的国家。10月17日首次报道的发展,2021年版,Sino-Indo边境紧张的背景下。
电子和信息技术(MeitY)正在与国家技术研究组织和其他政府机构的新规则。当局正在进行更多磋商与行业利益相关者纳入该计划之前。
政府认为,在大多数预装应用程序智能手机带来严重的隐私和信息安全问题,可以利用外国国家,包括中国。中国运动员像小米、同僚和体内主导印度智能手机市场超过70%的份额。
“将会有更多的协商会议与其他手机玩家和行业利益相关者。执行,但需要一些时间作为筛选建立实验室的设备需要时间,”其中一个高管出席上次会议在2月举行对ET在匿名的条件下说。
这个行业虽然担心,新规则扩展手机发射时间时,一个新的升级手机进入市场每六个月,另一位高管说。
对比研究分析师Prachir辛格表示,打击预装应用程序将产生重大影响的原始设备制造商(oem),尤其是那些在低硬件利润率和推动收入从软件方面。
“选择卸载预装应用程序会影响软件收入这些球员,营收和底线,”辛格说。“发射时间的延长可能有短期效果,然而,长期来看,我们认为,oem可以调整其产品策略占认证。我们也可以看到oem厂商交易一些规格或提高智能手机的价格保持盈利能力。从消费者方面,选择卸载这些程序可能受益,提高整体用户体验。”
智能手机制造商,在新规则下,会给消费者一个选项卸载加载应用程序。此外,当局也会强制要求手机品牌筛选得到每一个主要的操作系统更新消费者推出之前,这位高管补充说。
政府每年给智能手机制造商遵守规则生效。
“虽然一年计划得到实施,这将是非常困难的。它需要至少两年的正确实施规则生效后,”第二个高管补充道。
三分之一的高管说,中国手机企业不应该有问题的安全检查和筛选设备。
值得注意的是,当局曾考虑在问比尔的材料做一个完整的分析的手机除了要求分享他们的智能手机的源代码测试,随着智能手机厂商从他们源组件的细节。
在2020年,印度禁止数百中国的应用,包括某些小米应用程序。这些软件预装在MIUI,权力最Mi,红米和少智能手机。
移动手机可以符合政府对电信设备到位。印度建立一个列表的“信赖”和“信任公司的电信设备和网络产品检查所谓网络窃探。此举被广泛认为是旨在让中国球员华为和中兴通讯等关键领域的电信网络,专家说。
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