The government has mandated GPS in all mobile phones sold in the country from January 1, 2018, so that subscribers can be located in the case of emergencies.
"GPS is the main tool regarding location details of the subscriber in emergency, so government has decided to implement it in all the mobile phone handsets from 1 January 2018 in a positive manner," said the DoT while replying to industry body
"In the view of above, it is re-iterated that all mobile phone handset manufacturers should also adhere for second part of the gazette notification dated 22-04-2016 for implementation of GPS facility in all mobile phone handsets ...," it added.
ICA had asked the government to allow installing A-GPS technology, which can help in locating callers using mobile towers that are near their respective locations, which is not very accurate. This is why the proposal was rejected.
However, ICA National President
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