The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has floated a request for proposal (RFP), inviting bids from agencies to conduct e-auction of 8526 MHz of spectrum worth Rs 4.98 trillion. Interested parties can submit their bids by...
Read MoreAs per data shared by the ministry of communications, penalty of around Rs 32 million has been imposed on telecom operators for call drops between September 2018 and June 2019. A penalty worth Rs 17.6 million has been imposed on...
Read MoreAs per the ministry of communications, the government is creating an enabling framework for the deployment of affordable and secure 5G services in India. Further, the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that no case...
Read MoreThe Personal Data Protection Bill has been referred to a joint selection committee after it was presented in Lok Sabha yesterday. The move comes after certain provisions of the Bill faced severe criticism from the opposition....
Read MoreThe Ministry of Communications has informed the parliament that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has received over 26,400 complaints against telecom companies during January-November 2019. Additionally, around...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a public notice on the revised mobile number portability (MNP) process, which will be implemented from December 16, 2019. The new process comes with conditions for...
Read MoreThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asked all telecom licence holders, including non-telecom companies, to speed up the process of self-assessment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues and their payments. Further, it has...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a pre-consultation paper on unbundling of different layers of the telecom sector through differential licensing. These include the infrastructure, network, services...
Read MoreThe Delhi high court has declined to issue any order that mandates linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar, PAN or voter ID card number for weeding out fake accounts. As per the court, it would lead to data breach of...
Read MoreAs per the government, the Supreme Court (SC) order on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) will be...
Read MoreThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has come out with the policy for granting license to service providers for setting up mobile towers on wheels. The objective behind this move is to boost revenue and ensure better...
Read MoreIn a key move, the Union Cabinet has given its nod to the Personal Data Protection Bill. Through this Bill, the government aims to lay down a framework that will include processing of personal and private data by public and...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has amended the mobile number portability (MNP) rules in an effort to make the entire process faster and simpler. The new rules will come into effect from December 16, 2019. As...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently held a meeting withtelcos to identify priority issues which can betaken up by the regulator in 2020. As per industry sources, floor price and redefining adjusted gross...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has floated a consultation paper on ways to boost transparency levels in all tariff-related communications of phone companies aiming consumer protection. The TRAI has sought...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, the Digital Communications Commission (DCC) will most likely hold a meeting in the first half of December 2019 and may take up the issue of spectrum auction pricing. Moreover, the Department of...
Read MoreThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has turned down the proposal to have telcos deploy low power transmission for offering 5G in the 26 GHz band. Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had taken the...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked telcos to report lists of permanently disconnected mobile numbers to the regulator. Called as Mobile Number Revocation List (MNRL), the digitally-signed list of...
Read MoreAs per Ministry of Communications, Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) owe nearly Rs 1.47 trillion to the government on account of due licence fee (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC). Out of the total amount, licence fee...
Read MoreThe Cabinet has approved the proposal to defer the receipt of spectrum payment dues from telecom service providers. As per the government statement, the telecom service providers (TSPs) will be allowed to defer payment of the...
Read MoreTelecom Regulatory Authority of India’ (TRAI) recently organised open house on zero interconnect usage charge (IUC) timeline saw various industry stakeholders putting forth their opinion. While Airtel and Vodafone Idea were in...
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