The government has undertaken ‘Ghar tak Fibre’ project to extend optical fibre connectivity to villages across India under BharatNet initiative. Initially, the government will be inaugurating the project in Bihar, followed by...
Read MoreAccording to the minister of state for communications Sanjay Dhotre, over 44 per cent mobile network equipment of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is sourced from Chinese vendor ZTE and around 9 per cent from Huawei. While,...
Read MoreAs per the recent Performance Indicator Report (PIR) released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecom industry recorded a sequential growth of 9.94 per cent in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in the quarter...
Read MoreThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) panel has recommended allowing only Indian companies to provide core network products and services for the upcoming Bharat Sanchat Nigam Limited (BSNL) 4G tender. The panel said that...
Read MoreAccording to Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), TRAI’s decision to not regulate over-the-top (OTT) communication services such as WhatsApp and Skype will continue to hurt telecom operators already burdened with a...
Read MoreAccording to the Broadband India Forum (BIF), TRAI’s recommendations on regulatory framework for over-the-top (OTT) communication services would aid the progress of the sector and are largely in the interest of the consumers....
Read MoreThe Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has rejected the addition of Rs 7,950 million tax claims by income tax (IT) department on Vodafone Idea as income received from nine Mauritian entities that subscribed...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the recommendation on – Regulatory Framework for over the top communication services. As part of its recommendations, TRAI has said that now is not an opportune time...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the recommendation on cloud services after holding a multistage consultation process. As part of its recommendations, TRAI has suggested initiating a light touch...
Read MoreThe government has warned users not to install any payment applications from unknown links received over email, SMS or social media citing high possibility of phishing attacks. To this end, the cybersafety and cybersecurity...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to take a final decision on Vodafone Idea’s RedX tariff plan in a week The development follows Vodafone Idea’s recent reply to the regulator’s show cause notice on...
Read MoreIndia, Israel and the US have reportedly entered into a trilateral cooperation on digital leadership and innovation and developing next generation of emerging technologies, including a transparent, open and secure 5G...
Read MoreThe government’s empowered committee has reportedly approved the applications by global manufacturers estimated to export around $100 billion worth mobile phones under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme. According to...
Read MoreThe government has proposed to introduce an umbrella production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme with an allocation of about Rs 400 billion to replace the existing Merchandise Exports India Scheme (MEIS) scheme. The scheme proposed...
Read MoreThe government has banned an additional 118 Chinese apps, including PUBG and Baidu, citing them to be security threats. This takes the total count of China-linked mobile apps banned by India to 224. As per the Ministry of...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to complete the assessment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues resulting from spectrum trading between telecom operators and raise demands within...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper to seek stakeholders’ comments on the changes required in the audit mechanism of metering and billing system of service providers which ensures...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) is expected to pronounce its verdict on the payment timelines of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, today. The AGR dues are calculated to be around Rs 1.6 trillion. In addition, a bench is also all set...
Read MoreRavi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Telecommunications and Electronics and Information Technology has inaugurated next generation network telephone exchange at New Bihar Vidhan Mandal and Bharat AirFibre service at Danapur...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked telecom operators to facilitate generation of unique porting codes (UPC) if the outstanding sum due from a ported subscriber is Rs 10 or less, and not to levy any penal...
Read MoreThe Uttar Pradesh (UP) government recently unveiled a new electronics manufacturing policy to incentivise producers with benefits worth Rs 400 billion in the next five years. The state which currently accounts for 60 per cent of...
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