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Apple's stance on DND app issue unreasonable: Trai

The comment comes against the backdrop of the regulator's ongoing tussle with Apple

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An iPhone is seen on display at a kiosk at an Apple reseller store in Mumbai. Trai, which has been exchanging e-mails with Apple Inc for over a year to find a solution to the impasse, is still open to discussions on the Do Not Disturb (DND) app issue

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma on Thursday expressed his disappointment with the “unreasonable” stance of Apple not allowing the regulator's pesky call reporting app on the iOS platform and asserted the issue is about users having control over their own data and not one of privacy.

Sharma told PTI that in the past few days, ever since the issue was flagged by the regulator, there has been "a couple of e-mails" from the company and some "activity".

The regulator — which has been exchanging e-mails with the global technology giant for over a year to find a