Telecom

DoT has extended the duration of prepaid mobile services for subscribers in Jammu & Kashmir and the north-eastern states by one year. According to a notification by the ministry, prepaid services in the two regions […]

According to a survey conducted by DoT, the issue of call drops is more severe indoors. As per DoT, around 220,935 subscribers participated in the survey, of which about 138,072 (62.5 per cent) reported call […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed all telecom operators to reverify their existing prepaid and post-paid subscribers through an Aadhaar-based electronic know your customer (e-KYC) process by February 6, 2018. This follows a Supreme […]

Vodafone India has awarded a 4G deployment contract worth $300 million to Ericsson. The contract has been awarded for the deployment of Vodafone’s 4G services in the Uttar Pradesh (West), Rajasthan, Odisha, Northeast and Assam […]

Bharti Airtel has partnered with Nokia to create a strategic roadmap for 5G technology and the management of internet of things devices. Under the partnership, Airtel will leverage Nokia’s end-to-end solution 5G FIRST, including its […]

The Delhi High Court has adjourned Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular’s plea against TRAI for imposing a penalty on the operators for allegedly denying interconnectivity to RJIL. Earlier, in October 2016, TRAI had […]

TRAI has released a consultation paper on the Regulatory Principles of Tariff Assessment. According to TRAI, there is a need to review potential anti-competitive practices, set out clearly defined standards of competitive conduct, and explore […]

TRAI has begun operator-assisted drive tests to monitor the level of call drops and voice quality across multiple cities. Operator-assisted drive tests are different from the independent drive tests conducted by the regulator earlier. These […]

TRAI has directed Videocon Telecom to continue its mobile service operations in Punjab and maintain its quality of service till the end of its licence term, rejecting the operator’s decision to shut down services from […]

TRAI has set up a joint committee consisting of industry representatives to examine and identify regulations and tariff orders that have become obsolete. The committee includes representatives from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, RJIL, Idea Cellular […]

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched an anti-malware analysis centre called Cyber Swachhta Kendra that will facilitate the provision of free anti-virus for computers and mobile phones in the country. According […]

DoT is looking at auctioning spectrum every year and is planning to seek recommendations from TRAI on the issue soon. DoT is also planning to seek the regulator’s recommendations for the next auction, which is […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to restrict the period of promotional tariffs offered by operators as such offers have resulted in significant revenue loss to the […]

The government has appointed Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak as India’s next ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO). According to the office order by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Deepak has been shifted with […]

Videocon Telecom will shut down its operations in the Punjab circle from February 15, 2017, thereby bringing an end to its mobile services in the country. In May 2016, the operator had shut down services […]

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has partnered with Tata Communications to deploy the latter’s Wi-Fi cloud communication solution, Wi-Fi+, which will enable its customers to access 44 million Wi-Fi hotspots in over 100 countries. The […]

Idea Cellular has launched its 4G services in the Lucknow and Kanpur regions of the Uttar Pradesh (East) circle. Idea plans to launch the services in Varanasi and Allahabad and cover 23 towns of Uttar […]

Bharti Airtel has deployed the dual-carrier technology in the Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand circles to deliver enhanced speeds to its 3G customers. The operator has combined blocks of 5 MHz of spectrum each in […]

Airtel Payments Bank has rolled out its commercial bank services across the country. The bank is offering an interest rate of 7.25 per cent on deposits in savings accounts, but will charge a fee of […]

TRAI has issued its recommendations on the use of Aadhaar-based electronic know your customer (e-KYC) processes for the verification of existing mobile subscribers and outstation Aadhaar card holders. TRAI has recommended that DoT should work […]