Union minister Ashwini Vaishaw on Tuesday warned that many people around the world will bring difficulties in the path of BharOS, a Made-in-India mobile operating system developed by IIT Madras-incubated firm.
Speaking at the launch of BharOS, the minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & IT said, "The challenge starts from here. We have to remain unfazed in this journey and not get tired even for a day."
"There will be a lot of difficulties and there are many people around the world who will bring difficulties and will not want any such system to be successful...”
The BharOS can be installed on commercial off-the-shelf handsets. Its services are currently being provided to organisations that have stringent privacy and security requirements and whose users handle sensitive information that requires confidential communications on restricted apps on mobiles, reported PTI.
The indigenous mobile operating system comes with No Default Apps (NDA), which means users will not be forced to use apps that they may not be familiar with or that they may not trust.
Vaishnaw also suggested suffixing letter 'a' at the end of the operating system's name, making it BharOSa, which means reliance.
{{/usCountry}}Vaishnaw also suggested suffixing letter 'a' at the end of the operating system's name, making it BharOSa, which means reliance.
{{/usCountry}}"I have a small suggestion. Name has a very big value. If you add small 'a' here, maybe it will become BharOSa," he said.
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan was also present at the event.
“BharOS Service is a Mobile Operating System built on a foundation of trust, with a focus on providing users more freedom, control, and flexibility to choose and use only the apps that fit their needs,” IIT Madras director V Kamakoti earlier said.
“This innovative system promises to revolutionise the way users think about security and privacy on their mobile devices,” he said.