Telecom

DoT has awarded an in-flight, maritime connectivity (IFMC) licence to Indo Teleports Limited (ITL), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. As per DoT, all foreign personnel likely to be engaged by ITL for installation, operation and […]

TRAI has asked operators to continue with the existing regulatory provision of providing printed copies of phone bills to subscribers. As per the regulatory provision, printed copies of bills shall be made available to landline […]

DoT has constituted an Insolvency Issues Committee that will examine how to protect DoT’s interest in cases where telecom operators are undergoing insolvency proceedings. The committee will also look into the legal position of resources […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cleared the merger of Bharti Airtel with Tata Teleservices Limited and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited. However, the approval is subject to the condition that Bharti Airtel furnishes a bank […]

The central government has laid the foundation stones for the Delhi-Mumbai expressway and the Dwarka expressway. The Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai expressway is conceived as a 1,320 km greenfield project with an estimated cost of Rs 900 billion. The […]

The cabinet has approved the New Electronics Policy [NEP], 2019, which aims to create an electronics manufacturing ecosystem worth $400 million by 2025 and generate 10 million jobs in the country. The NEP, 2019, proposes […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has released Rs 1.71 billion to pay outstanding salaries of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited’s 23,000 employees. Further, DoT has helped Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to secure a presidential sanction that […]

DoT has set up a committee to give recommendations on the scope of 5G trials in India. According to a notification by DoT’s policy division, the committee will also give recommendations on relevant issues envisaged […]

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of DoT has extended the deadline for conducting mandatory testing of devices and equipment from the proposed April 1, 2019 to August 1, 2019. This development follows a series of […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on “Review of Per Port Transaction Charge and Other Related Charges for Mobile Number Portability” (MNP). In this regard, TRAI has sought industry […]

Hughes Communications India Limited and Tatanet Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nelco Limited, have received the in-flight and maritime connectivity licence from DoT. The licences have been granted under the Flight and Maritime […]

Vodafone Idea has successfully completed the integration of its radio network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, rest of West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circles within two months. […]

Vodafone Idea is deploying new technologies such as massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO), small cells and time division duplex (TDD) in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and Mumbai to enhance coverage and network capacity in […]

TRAI has released a white paper, “Enabling 5G in India”. The paper highlights the specifications of 5G technology, discusses the potential use cases and architecture of 5G networks, deliberates on those areas that will require […]

The government has launched 280 public Wi-Fi hotpots in the rural parts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, as part of the BharatNet programme. Further, the government has also inaugurated the Wi-Fi Choupal initiative for 100 village blocks […]

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has written to e-commerce firms such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal to immediately stop the sale of mobile signal boosters as it is illegal to sell them without […]

The Digital Communications Commission has approved a number of key proposals including an audio-conferencing service under the ambit of the telecom licence, reducing the entry fee on very small aperture terminal (VSAT) to Rs 1.5 […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has awarded a unified licence for virtual network operator (VNO) internet service provider (ISP) to Verizon India. The addition of a VNO licence will extend Verizon’s service offerings, which currently […]

The government has issued show cause notices to Idea Cellular and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) due to non-compliance of TRAI’s drop call rate benchmark for the quarter ended September 2018. The show cause notices […]

DoT has asked BSNL to submit its 4G network funding and roll-out status report which will also include plans for equipment procurement. DoT needs this information as it is finalising plans for allocating 5 MHz […]