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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

From January 01,2017, panic buttons must on all new mobiles sold in India


All phones sold in the country from the year 2017 will need to have a provision for a panic key that would enable users to intimate about emergency situations.

The measure, aimed at women safety, will also see a provision for installation of a GPS navigation system from January 1, 2018, to track the location of the person in crisis with accuracy.

"Technology is solely meant to make human life better and what better than using it for the security of women... from January 1, 2017, no cell phone can be sold without a provision for a panic button and from January 1, 2018, Mobile Sets should have also GPS in-built," telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

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