Trai won’t cancel Apple phone registration over DND application row

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will continue to work with Apple to break the deadlock in talks over introducing its Do Not Disturb (DND) application (app) to Apple’s iOS Store, senior officials have said.

The iPhone maker removed the app from its app store in September last year over privacy concerns, despite Trai rules mandating that device manufacturers restricting access to the DND app would face penalties.

Senior officials have now told Business Standard that the telecom regulator will not cancel the registration of Apple devices, as was suggested earlier, and the issue may be resolved in a few months.