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The government has given four more months to handset companies to add support for Indian languages on mobile phones by extending the deadline to February 1 next year.
The move will come as a relief to mobile handset companies that had flagged various issues pertaining to implementation of the order.
The extension was granted to address the issues and concerns raised by manufacturers “with regard to compliance to the order” and facilitate a “smooth implementation” of the said directive, according to a notification by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
“The date of coming into effect of the... order stands extended to
