Apple to resist India order to preload Sanchar Saathi app on iPhone: Report

Apple Inc. does not plan to comply with the Government of India’s mandate to preload its iPhones with the state-owned Sanchar Saathi app and will convey its concerns to New Delhi, three sources familiar with the matter said.

The iPhone maker will tell the government it does not follow such mandates anywhere in the world as they raise a host of privacy and security issues for its iOS ecosystem, two of the industry sources familiar with Apple’s concerns told Reuters. They declined to be named as the company’s strategy is private.