Microsoft Corp. is expanding a source-code sharing program for its Windows CE mobile operating system and giving users and software developers the ability to alter the code, provided that they do so ...

Explore the controversy surrounding the Indian government's demand for smartphone source code access and its implications for ...

India’s proposal to require smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as ...

The government has proposed that smartphone makers share source code with it and make software changes on security ground.

New government standards promise safer phones, but brands say deep software access, long data storage, and update approvals could make devices slower, costlier, and less secure for Indian users.