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That 30-second Covid message is taking hours of our time SECTIONS Share Synopsis Consumer groups say those pre-call covid messages are hugely problematic. They say the message being played across networks is estimated to be causing wastage of around 1.3 crore man-hours a day, and invariably holds up or delays distress calls from going through during emergencies. Agencies The association added that energy resources would also be squandered as mobile users would end up recharging their cellphones more frequently to use up an estimated 3 crore additional hours a day listening to the Covid-19 mes...

‘Man-hours and economic loss incurred staggering; no longer serves the purpose’ An NGO involved in consumer rights advocacy is preparing the grounds to approach the higher authorities to regulate the COVID-19 messages that one is forced to hear while making a telephone call each time. This is on the grounds that the man-hours lost and the economic loss incurred by hearing the same message each time a call is made during the day, was staggering while it no longer served the purpose of educating the public. It was in the first week of March that the Government of India had directed the tel...

EU Reporter Published 3 months ago The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Fitbit by Google. The approval is conditional on full compliance with concessions offered by Google to the European Commission. Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, with responsibility for competition policy, said: “We can approve the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google because the commitments will ensure that the market for wearables and the nascent digital health space will remain open and competitive. The commitments will determine how Google can use the data collected for ad purposes...