COMMUNICATIONS

Government stated it does not interfere with telecom rates, which are determined by market forces. Tariff changes are monitored by Trai. India offers some of the lowest mobile service costs globally.

The government has notified new sections of the Telecommunications Act focusing on spectrum utilization and regulatory appointments. The Act aims to enhance efficiency through methods like sharing and trading of spectrum.

A portion of the NH-13 along the Pasighat-Pangin-Aalo road has blocked following a landslide on Thursday morning. A huge boulder has completely blocked the road in between Lokpeng and Pangin tri-junction in Siang district, PWD Highways assistant eng...

Surface communication to several districts in Arunachal Pradesh was disrupted due to landslides triggered by heavy rain, officials reported on Saturday. A crucial road stretch from Aalo to Mechukha suffered damage between Roing and Pene villages ami...

Quant schemes had liquid assets, which include large-cap stocks, T-bills, G-Secs, gold, and silver, worth approximately 53.5% of their total equity AUM, the asset manager said.

The telecom regulator, Trai, is seeking industry views on allowing critical M2M communication services on unlicensed airwaves. It has identified 20 critical M2M services, including those for connected & autonomous vehicles, remote surgery, and smart...

Orbit Connect India, a joint venture between Reliance Jio Platforms and SES, has obtained crucial landing rights and market access authorizations from IN-SPACe, India's space regulator. This move positions Jio against Bharti Enterprises-backed Eutel...

The Department of Telecom has already granted satellite communication service licence GMPCS and internet service provider licence to Jio Satellite Communications.

Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia has emphasized the importance of the telecom division and India post division on both a global and local level. Scindia, who has previously served as civil aviation minister in the Modi cabinet, ...

Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Minister of Communications in the Modi Cabinet 3.0, faces key challenges in overseeing the 5G spectrum auction, ensuring the survival of Vodafone Idea, and implementing new telecom rules. His role also involves making decis...

Telecom gear manufacturers are pushing to delay the mandatory security testing deadline for WiFi CPE and IP routers, requesting a two-year extension and voluntary certification. They cited high costs and limited accredited labs. The Department of Te...

DoT, with support from MHA, cracked down on spam calls by blacklisting 73 SMS headers and 1,522 content templates to prevent SMS fraud, as reported by ToI.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) aims to notify rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023 within 100 days of the new government taking charge. The rules will streamline the regulatory framework, ensuring compliance, and cover spectrum a...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) plans to strengthen regulations and increase penalties to combat pesky communications affecting mobile phone users. Trai will issue a consultation paper to tighten rules and prevent misuse of the syst...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is set to provide recommendations on the possible regulation of over-the-top (OTT) communication apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal. The consultation process initiated in July last year conti...

The Department of Consumer Affairs is working to bring out relevant guidelines in a couple of months. These will put accountability on telemarketers and their principal entities — such as banks, real estate companies or any other consumer-facing bus...

Rajdip Gupta, managing director and chief executive of RML, who will now lead the Proximus group’s global CPaaS business said, he finds immense cross-selling and business development opportunities for RML’s products in regions like Australia, LATAM ...

Proximus targets revenue growth by acquiring Route Mobile, expanding globally with generative AI. Telesign's fraud solution introduced in India. RML acquisition to enhance CPaaS dominance. WhatsApp, RCS access highlighted.

Despite challenges in personal voice calling revenue for telecom operators, the enterprise sector sees significant revenue from voice channels. With the rise of digital-native businesses in India, voice services like IVR, outbound calling, and conta...