A consortium comprising Siemens Limited (India) and Siemens AG (Germany) has secured a Euro 76.04 million contract from Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad [MEGA] Company Limited for the electrification of the Gujarat Metro […]
The DMRC, on behalf of the Noida Metro Rail Corporation, has commenced trial runs on the Noida-Greater Noida corridor of the upcoming Aqua Line. The line spans 29.7 km from Noida City, Sector 71 to […]
The Delhi government has launched a pilot programme to deploy a common mobility card for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses. The DMRC smart cards are being accepted on 200 […]
The Gujarat government has signed an MoU with the central government and Bharat Broadband Network Limited for the implementation of the second phase of the BharatNet project. As per the MoU, about 7,295 gram panchayats […]
The Andhra Pradesh government has launched the Andhra Pradesh Fibre Grid Project in Amaravati. Under the project, over 100 million households, 50,000 schools and educational institutions, all government offices at the district level, 5,000 government […]
BSNL has started Aadhaar-based online verification of mobile connections for non-resident Indians, senior citizens who are above 70 years of age as on January 1, 2018 and physically challenged persons. The service can be used […]
BSNL has sought an additional 5 MHz of spectrum from the government in the 2100 MHz spectrum band for the roll-out of 4G services. BSNL currently has 5 MHz spectrum in the 2100 MHz band […]
Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in Ladakh. Mobile customers across 130 towns and villages, including Kargil, Leh and Dras, will now be able to access high speed data services. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel has launched […]
Bharti Airtel has signed an agreement with the Department of Telecommunications and the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to provide mobile services in about 2,100 uncovered villages and national highways in the north-eastern states of […]
The government has set up a National Informatics Centre-computer emergency response team centre that will monitor, detect and prevent cyberattacks on government networks. The centre will monitor the traffic and movement of information across various […]
The government has increased the basic customs duty on mobile phones from 10 per cent to 15 per cent, making imported phones more expensive than domestically produced handsets. The move aims to provide a boost […]
TRAI has asked mobile operators to submit their network-related data in order to ensure adherence to service quality norms under the new call drop rules. Further, TRAI has directed unified access service providers and cellular […]
TRAI has asked Reliance Communications (RCOM) to ensure the smooth facilitation of porting out customers to other networks in circles in which its services have been terminated since December 1, 2017. This has been done […]
TRAI has directed Aircel to close service operations in six circles, namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (West), by January 30, 2018. It has further allowed subscribers who had joined […]
TRAI has issued a consultation paper on making information and communication technology accessible to persons with disabilities (PwDs). The objective of the consultation paper is to identify key areas which need policy intervention in order […]
TRAI has issued the Telecom Interconnection Regulations, 2018, that list rules for signing network connectivity agreements between telecom service providers. The rules, which will come into effect from February 1, 2018, mandate service providers to […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper seeking stakeholders’ inputs for the formulation of the National Telecom Policy, 2018. Through the consultation paper, TRAI has sought stakeholder views on the […]
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court has acquitted all the accused, including former telecom minister A. Raja and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, in the 2008 2G spectrum allocation case, as the public prosecutor […]
Telangana has initiated the monetisation of road assets through the toll-operate-transfer model at the state level. It will help raise significant extra-budgetary resources for Telangana, which can be used for the development of other infrastructure […]
The West Bengal government has approved a proposal to levy toll and user charges on state highways. It plans to levy a toll of Re 0.65 per km on a two-lane highway and Re 1 […]
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