TelecomLive April-2020

www.telecomlive.com [ News Bytes ] 57 Telecom LIVE April 2020 Parent company pumps in Rs 427 cr into PhonePe to take on rivals Walmart-owned digi- t a l p a y m e n t s f i r m PhonePe has received a fresh fund infusion of Rs 427 cr from its Singapore- based holding company. PhonePe has allotted 1,007,670 equity shares of Rs 10 each at securities premium of Rs 4,230 per share to the holding firm. T h e f u n d i n g i s expected to help the com- pany to take on rivals such as Alibaba-backed Paytm, Google Pay and AmazonPay. Link Aadhaar, elec- toral roll to check duplicate entries: Parliament panel A parliamentary com- mittee supported the Election Commission proposal to link voters' Aadhaar numbers with the electoral roll to clean up data of dupl i cate entries. The recommen- dation is part of its report on Demands for Grants (2020-2021) of the min- istry of law and justice tabled inParliament. In August last year, the EC had asked the govern- ment to give it statutory b a c k i n g t o c o l l e c t Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in electoral rolls. Software-defined- storage market to reach $86 bn at CAGR 28 pc: Report The software-defined- storage (SDS) market is expe c t ed t o r eg i s t e r growth at 28 pc through 2019 to 2023, driven by the rising demand as vendors expand their SDS collects anonymized data. Apple has booted 13 of these apps from its App Store over the years. Google just booted one. The company had at least 20 such apps on app stores, including VPNs and ad blockers. The main purpose of the apps was to collect app usage data using the root file in order to map out app trends and revenues. In simpler words, the com- pany was able to track the apps that users visited the most based on the data collected fromthese apps. Once installed, the apps prompt app users to install a root certificate. The root certificate is a small file that lets the certificate's issuer access user traffic and data on a phone. Sensor Tower's app intelligence platform which includes data from these apps is leveraged by developers, venture capi- talists, publishers who can track the popularity, usage trends and revenue of apps, the report said. App l e and Goo g l e restrict root certificate p r i v i l e g e s . S e n s o r Tower's apps bypass the restrictions as users are prompted to install a certificate through an external website post download. This is not the first time that such apps have been used by companies to gather data. According to a TechCrunch report, Facebook through apps such as Onavo has been collecting app intelli- gence to track popular apps for its own app development process. Apple in 2018 had booted the platform from its App store. information tools,” reads the actionplan. “The Commission will work towards establishing a new 'right to repair' and consider newhorizontal mate- rial rights for consumers for instance as regards avail- ability of spare parts or access to repair and, in the case of ICT and electronics, to upgrading services,” it fur- ther reads. EU lawmakers will also be proposing regu- lations regarding electronics and ICT, batteries and vehicles, packaging, plastics etc, as part of the plan. Earlier this year, another one of EU lawmaker's proposal related to electronic gadgets had stirred con- troversy across the world. EU had proposed to pass legislation that mandates smartphone manufacturers to adopt a shared charging cable standard. VPN and ad-block apps with over 35 mn down- loads secretly harvested user data: Report Analytics firm Sensor Tower, has been harvesting data collected from millions of people who have installed the firm's VPN and ad-blocking apps for Android& iOS, according to a BuzzFeedNews report. The apps do not disclose that they are owned by the company. Sensor Tower's VPN and ad-blocking apps have over 35mndownloads, the report said. “These apps prompt users to install a root certifi- cate, which lets its issuer access all traffic and data passing through a phone. Sensor Tower says it only