The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued guidelines on implementation of the...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) has reserved its verdict on a plea filed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), seeking details from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea on their segmented offers. A three-judge bench led by CJI...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has granted additional time of 30 days to telcos for complying with its latest directive on making changes to tariff communication structure on operators’ websites, apps, customer...
Read MoreThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT)-led panel has finally submitted its findings on the terms and conditions for the procurement of 4G equipment by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Earlier, the panel had suggested a...
Read MoreAn apex panel of secretaries has nudged the Department of Space (DoS) and the Ministry of Defence to favorably consider the Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) request to part with all idle 5G spectrum both in the coveted 26...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (SC) has directed telcos to file audited balance sheets for the past 10 years, come up with payment proposals and asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to look into them. The directions come on the...
Read MoreIn a big move on the AGR (adjusted gross revenue) related dues case, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has withdrawn 96 per cent of over Rs 4 trillion claims levied by it against public sector undertakings (PSUs). In...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of India has directed the telecom companies to provide a payments roadmap for...
Read MoreHughes Communications has filed a modification application urging the Supreme Court (SC) for more time to clear its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. In its modification application, Hughes said calculations were long-drawn and...
Read MoreThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an investigation into an alleged violation of competition laws by e-commerce companies, Flipkart and Amazon. As per the CCI, exclusive arrangements between smartphone brands...
Read MoreThe Digital Communications Commission (DCC) has approved submarine fibre cable connectivity between Kochi and Lakshadweep island. The project involves connecting 11 islands through 2,041 km of submarine fibre cables. However,...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has deferred the implementation of the...
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 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 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 MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has scheduled an open house discussion on the interconnect usage charges (IUC) issue on November 15, 2019. The move comes at a time when there have been disagreements among...
Read MoreThe Secretaries’ Panel might seek the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) inputs on a possible bailout of the telcos to reduce the stress that the telecom sector is facing currently. This decision has come in the...
Read MoreThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has briefed the committee of secretaries (CoS) on the financial state of the industry and the challenges it is facing. The meeting held recently was focused on gathering information by...
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