The Indian government is reportedly planning to formulate a policy to facilitate the creation of a homegrown mobile OS, that will serve as an alternative to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. The news comes from a PTI interview with Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT.
According to the report, the policy is considered due to the dominance of Android and iOS in the smartphone industry. “There is no third one. Therefore, in a lot of ways there is tremendous interest in MeitY and in the Government of India to even create a new handset operating system. We are talking to people. We are looking at a policy for that,” Chandrasekhar told PTI.
