Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad held a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the upcoming spectrum auction and using the revenue generated to meet government’s fiscal deficit target for current
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 951.84 million at the end of August to 957.61 million at the end of September this year, thereby showing a monthly growth rate
Department of Telecom has moved the Supreme Court challenging tribunal TDSAT’s judgement that allowed Airtel, Idea and Vodafone to offer 3G services under a roaming arrangement in areas where not all of
In order to give recommendations for spectrum auction, sectoral regulator Trai has sought more details from DoT regarding the quantum of spectrum which has been allocated to telecom operators in 900MHz and
Telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCom, Aircel, Tata Teleservices and BSNL have not paid penalties totalling Rs. 2,116.95 crore levied on them for non-compliance of subscriber verification rules that are important for national security, CAG said in its report.”We
The government has estimated that Khaitan Group’s telecom companies Loop Mobile and Loop Telecom owe about Rs. 808 crore in spectrum and other charges to the DoT, which is likely to start recovery proceedings
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to seek legal opinion for issuing a show cause notice to Airtel on charges of hiding caller identity in Madhya Pradesh service area in January
Telecom sector regulator Trai has notified that the minimum broadband speed has been raised to 512Kbps from the earlier 256Kbps. The amendment has been made to the Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations,
The Department of Telecom has issued a show cause notice to the country’s third largest telecom operator, Idea Cellular, for the alleged violation of rules in a case related to renting out
Telecom industry has asked the government to continue its policy of allotting microwave access and backbone radio-frequency carriers without auction, besides pitching for uniform guidelines on providing permissions for laying optical fibre.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday suggested a new definition of revenue for Internet service providers (ISPs) on which the government should levy 8 percent annual fee. Industry officials
Old telecom operators are likely to get some relief in one-time spectrum charges, which is estimated at Rs. 23,197 crore at present, as the DoT is recalculating rates afresh based on February