Telecom

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper seeking to bring spectrum usage charge (SUC) for internet service providers (ISPs) under the revenue-sharing regime. The regulator has sought stakeholder comments on […]

DoT has allowed telecom operators to carry out electronic know your customer verification using Aadhaar cards for the issuance of new connections. The facility has been launched across all the circles including Jammu & Kashmir, […]

DoT has come out with new SIM upgradation guidelines mandating that a user’s network should be upgraded from 2G to 3G/4G only with his/her consent. Meanwhile, to reduce the burden on operators, DoT has also […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has deferred the upcoming spectrum auction by two days, from September 29, 2016 to October 1, 2016. The move comes after telecom operators had requested the government to postpone the […]

Telenor India has announced that it will not participate in the upcoming spectrum auctions in the country. The move is reportedly aimed at signalling the operator’s intention of exiting the Indian market where it has […]

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) is learnt to have cleared the Rs 35 billion spectrum trading deal between Bharti Airtel and Aircel. Airtel had entered into an agreement with Aircel to acquire […]

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has stated that the gross block of investments (including both tangible and intangible assets) by private telecom operators increased from Rs 3,656.65 billion in 2013-14 to Rs 4,315.97 […]

The government has imposed a penalty of Rs 23.13 billion on telecom operators for violating subscriber verification norms till May 31, 2016. The penalty has been imposed by the Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cells […]

DoT has issued demand notices worth Rs 1.1 billion to six telecom operators – Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications (RCOM), Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Aircel and Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) – to recover the first tranche […]

According to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the next round of spectrum auctions will begin on September 29, 2016. A total of 2,354.55 MHz of spectrum across the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz 1800 […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper on the review of network- related quality of service (QoS) standards for cellular services. The paper seeks to review QoS parameters and benchmarks […]

The Bureau of Indian Standards has released guidelines for mobile handset manufacturers that require mobile handsets to have the facility for typing text in English, Hindi and at least one additional Indian official language along […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition seeking a ban on over-the-top messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Hike and Viber. The court has asked the petitioner to approach the TDSAT for necessary action. The petition […]

TRAI has also issued a consultation paper seeking suggestions on whether voicemail, audiotex and unified messaging services should be brought under the unified license (UL) guidelines. TRAI has asked whether separate stand-alone licences for voicemail […]

TRAI has issued a consultation paper to explore the framework for VoIP protocol networks. The regulator has sought suggestions on what should be the additional entry fee, performance bank guarantee and financial bank guarantee for […]

TRAI has issued draft amendments to the Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations under which it has proposed the increase of the validity of mobile recharge vouchers for internet services from the current maximum of 90 days […]

DoT has decided not to allocate the 470-582 MHz spectrum band for commercial deployment of TV White Space technology. DoT has also stated that this spectrum band will not be delicensed and the government will […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to soon issue demand notices to six operators, namely, Bharti Airtel, Aircel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Tata Teleservices Limited, for a cumulative Rs 124.88 billion […]

The Union cabinet has cleared the proposal for the upcoming spectrum auction, likely to be conducted in September 2016. A total of 2,142 MHz of spectrum in major bands (700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, […]

Bharti Airtel and Videocon Telecommunications Limited (VTL) have concluded a spectrum trading deal after securing all necessary approvals and satisfying the requisite conditions, including those stated in the spectrum trading guidelines. The two companies had […]