Tech-tonic shift: Govt looks to take on iOS, Android with Indian OS
16 Jan 2023
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Business Standard - India is working on a project to create an indigenous mobile operating system, tentatively titled IndOS, which is an initiative of the government, startups and academia. Read more
“India is one of the largest mobile device markets in the globe. Our objective is to create a secure Indian mobile operating system that could also create choices and competition for Android’s dominance in the Indian market and a smaller share of iOS,” a senior government official told Business Standard.
After India's fair trade regulator imposed humongous costs on tech giant Google for allegedly abusing its dominant position, the government is now planning on indigenous 'desi' mobile operating system.
The Indian Government is reportedly working on a new project called ‘IndOs’, an indigenous mobile operating system, to create competition for Google’s Android in the mobile operating system market along with Apple’s iOS.
According to a report from Reuters, the US-based tech giant recently, in a Supreme Court, said that the growth of Google’s Android ecosystem is on the brink of stalling in India due to an antitrust order that asks the company to change how it markets the platform.
The Indian mobile phone market, comprising features phones and smartphones, is forecast to generate ₹2.4 trillion revenue by FY26, up from Rs 1.4 trillion in FY22, according to a recent Frost and Sullivan report.
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