On Monday (August 3, 2026), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) relaunched a call quality rating app it first released in 2017. The 2017 app had drifted out of compatibility with recent handsets, much like the DND app for reporting spam SMS messages and calls; that app too was refreshed in recent months. Pre-installing the app is not mandatoryResponding to a question, Mr. Lahoti said that pre-installing the app would not be mandatory. The data collected by the app would be stored on TRAI’s servers, and shared with telcos in an anonymised format. “We will come out with our regulatory framework about … mandating IP-based interconnection,” Mr. Lahoti said in response to a query on that mandate on Monday.