One Touch Response is positioned to help smartphone manufacturers implement the panic button
By tech2 News Staff
In late April, 2016, The IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad mandated a panic button on all smartphones. From 2017, no phone can be sold in India without a single button mechanism to contact the nearest redressal agency. The specifics of which agency should receive the call for help was to be specified at a later date. While mobile manufacturers are willingto work with the government and include the panic button in their devices, the question of which agency would connect to the number was not answered. This is where One Touch Response come in. They have the technology in place to offer a safety service, as they are India’s first on demand safety service.
OTR provides a database of local emergency service providers that can respond appropriately to the situation, in a particular location. The calls are routed to one of One Touch Response’s command and control centers. They also have staff in place to take live calls, and are trained to stay on call till the situation is resolved. These services are offered by One Touch Response through an API as well, which allows smartphone partners to integrate the service with a panic button. An SMS from a feature phone can also take advantage of One Touch Response’s emergency SOS service.
Arvind Khanna, Founder, One Touch Response says, “The panic button in mobile handsets, supported with a helpline and a strong on-ground response team can revolutionise the safety mindset of all, and particularly of women in our country. At One Touch Response, our objective is simple, to safeguard citizens and provide an assured quick response when they are faced with any real life situation involving personal safety. The DoT notification gives us an impetus to collaborate with mobile phone companies by integrating our services and technologies towards addressing this pressing and urgent requirement.”
Newspapers on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to India
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By tech2 News Staff / 22 May 2016 , 13:42
Tim Cook’s visit to India has been shouldering out Google I/O from the news stories this past week. Tim Cook launched an update to the Narendra Modi Mobile App. He met Airtel chief Sunil Barti Mittal, opened a Maps Center in Hyderabad, and a StartUp accelerator in Bengaluru. He also had an action-packed first day. Here is what the printed press had to say about Tim Cook’s visit.
Hindustan Times packaged the whole affair as a “Positive Movement” just to ensure no one is confused about the premium segment smartphone maker engaging in a value conscious market. The PM made it clear to Tim Cook that refurbished iPhones were not a priority for India. A senior official told the paper that such a move by Apple would “wipe out” low cost Indian phone manufacturers. According to Hindustan Times, manufacturing in India will not really benefit the manufacturers. Analysts consulted by the paper cite low volume of sales of Apple products, and the price sensitive market as reasons for this.
The Hindu is the only other newspaper with a front page headline for the story, apart from The Hindustan Times. The article revealed a deeper interest by Tim Cook in India to come up with a comprehensive and fine tuned Apple Strategy for India. Cook’s discussion with the Prime minister included security and encryption aspects of the smartphone technologies as well.
DNA had a snippet for the visit, with just a photo by AFP where Narendra Modi is showing Tim Cook his gold iPhone. Tim Cook seemed to be engrossed with something on the screen that Narendra Modi is showing him. Whether this was PM Narendra Modi’s app update, or funny cat photos, is open for speculation.
The Sunday Times also had a photo with a caption on the seventeenth page. Choosing to caption the photo “Facetime,” It showed a similar photo as DNA‘s with PM Narendra Modi talking to Apple CEO Tim Cook while holding a gold iPhone. The paper says Cook briefed Modi on Apple’s plans in India, and there were no indications of starting to manufacture in India. Another piece on a page dedicated to startups, titled Cook the “Newsmaker of the Week.” The report covers Cook’s engagement with local startups, including SweetCouch and UrbanClap.
Mid Day chose to ignore the topic altogether, and had no coverage at all, either of the app update launch, or Tim Cook’s visit.
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