Apple faces deactivation of iPhones in India due to TRAI’s new rules. Apple and TRAI have been at loggerheads over allowing the government-backed DND app on iPhones. While the regulator believes the app will help consumers block pesky messages, Apple has declined the app citing users’ privacy. Back in November 2017, a Reuters report suggested that the two parties had come to an agreement over the American smartphone company will help the government in building an anti-spam mobile application for its iOS platform. Apple, however, had then admitted that the iOS platform did not allow some of the government requests such as allowing call logs data on the DND app