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04 Sep 2024

DoT Advises M2M Providers To Register On Saral Sanchar Portal By Sep 30

The extended timeline for registration of all unregistered entities, who have obtained telecom resources from authorized telecom licensees in the past, ends on September 30, 2024.

10 May 2024

Cyber Frauds: DoT Directs Telecom Providers To Block 28,200 Mobiles

The DoT disconnected a mobile number and blocked at least 20 linked mobile devices after complaints of cyber fraud by a user, via its web portal ‘Chakshu’

Department of Telecommunications

05 Jan 2024

Getting Malicious Calls From International Numbers? Lodge Your Complaint Here

The DoT has directed all the telecom service providers to block malicious calls from such numbers.

Department of Telecommunications

06 Dec 2022

DoT proposes to drop Bharatnet rural broadband infra from asset monetisation

DoT has so far not raised any money through asset monetisation against the target of Rs 20,180 crore in the current financial year. 5,25,706 kms of optical fibre has been laid under Bharatnet project which aims to connect all villages in the country with a high-speed broadband network. The government has monetised assets worth Rs 33,422 crore under the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in 2022-23 so far.

Department of Telecommunications

10 Dec 2021

Do you possess multiple SIM cards? Here is a big Govt update for you

The subscribers will be given the option to choose the connection they want to retain and deactivate the rest of the connections, according to the order issued on December 7.

Department of Telecommunications

08 Dec 2021

Own more than 9 SIM cards? Here’s what will happen to your extra connections

The subscribers will be given the option to choose the connection they want to retain. DoT will deactivate the rest of the connections. The department order an issued on December 7.

25 Nov 2021

Airtel, Nokia team up to conduct India’s first 5G trial in 700 MHz band

Airtel has been allotted test spectrum in multiple bands by DoT. Airtel used equipment from Nokia's 5G portfolio. Airtel and Nokia were able to achieve high-speed wireless broadband network coverage of 40 km.

22 Sep 2021

DoT simplifies KYC for new mobile connections, prepaid to postpaid transfers

Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw took to Twitter to highlight the changes in the process. Currently, a subscriber has to undergo a KYC process that requires the customer to visit the ‘Point of Sale’. Subscribers will ab able to get a new mobile number from the comfort of their homes.

Ravi Shankar Prasad

23 Jun 2021

'India will become a favourable destination for expansion of BPO centres'

Prasad called the guidelines issued to be revolutionary in nature Distinction between domestic & international OSP (Other Service Providers) has been removed

Department of Telecommunications

01 Jun 2021

Unbelievable! Here’s how THIS fake telephone exchange in UP duped DoT Rs 50 cr

A raid was conducted by BSNL officials and Majhola SHO and seven SIM boxes, VOIP Gateway along with other equipment used to run the telephone exchange was recovered from the house. Malik, a resident of Moradabad, is a software engineer and had worked at an IT firm for 10 years. Officials said that his two illegal set-ups may have caused a loss of Rs 50 crore to the government.

Department of Telecommunications

24 May 2021

DoT proposes new guidelines on SIM card conversion, OTP based process mooted

DoT proposed new guidelines. Sim Card conversion. Sim conversion from Pre Paid to Post Paid number.

Department of Telecommunications

04 May 2021

DoT permits telcos to go ahead with 5G trials in India, Chinese vendors out

These TSPs have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers -- Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT. In addition, Reliance Jio Infocomm will also be conducting trials using its own indigenous technology, said an official statement. The permissions have been given by the DoT as per the priorities and technology partners identified by TSPs themselves.

11 Apr 2021

DoT likely to issue guidelines for telecom PLI within week

Telecom gear makers firms such as Ericsson and Nokia are keen to expand their operations in India, and global companies like Samsung, Cisco, Ciena and Foxconn have "shown interest" to set up manufacturing bases in the country for telecom and networking products for domestic and export markets. The DoT notified the PLI scheme for telecom and networking products on February 24, 2021, with a financial outlay of Rs 12,195 crore, over five years. The scheme for telecom gear manufacturing in India is expected to encourage the production of equipment worth Rs 2.44 lakh crore and create direct and indirect employment for about 40,000 people.

01 Sep 2020

Telcos have 10 years to pay Adjusted Gross Revenue dues: Here're 10 points

The apex court asked telcos to pay 10 per cent of the AGR-related dues by March 31, 2021. The bench held that the demand made by the DoT and the verdict delivered by the top court in the matter are final. Failure to pay the instalments of the dues would incur penalty, interest and contempt of court.

01 Sep 2020

SC grants 10-year time to telecos to pay AGR-related dues to DoT

The apex court said telecos should pay 10 per cent of the AGR-related dues by March 31, 2021. A bench held that the demand made by the DoT and the verdict delivered by the top court in the matter are final. It cautioned the telecom firms and said that failure to pay installments of AGR-related dues would incur penalty, interest and contempt of court.

01 Jun 2020

File-sharing site WeTransfer blocked in India – All you want to know

The decision comes at a time when lakhs of people are working from following the nationwide lockdown to stop the chain of Covid-19.

Department of Telecommunications

04 Nov 2019

DoT can initiate action against Airtel promoters

As per Airtel's filings with NSE/BSE, the promoter group of Airtel is comprised of Bharti Telecom Limited with a shareholding of 41.24 per cent, Indian Continent Investment Limited - 6.46 per cent, Viridian Limited - 0.21 per cent and Pastel Limited - 14.79 per cent.

Mobile Number Portability

25 Jun 2018

Mobile Number Portability to stop working from next year: Reports

MNP allows subscribers to retain their mobile number not only within the same Licensed Service Area (LSA) but also pan India in any LSA.

Revenue collection

26 Jul 2017

Declining telcos revenue may impact govt collections: Manoj Sinha

Revenue collection from telecom services in form of license fee and spectrum usage charges may be adversely impacted in the current fiscal if sales revenue of operators continues to decline, Union minister Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday.

03 Jan 2017

Jio fallout: Vodafone plea against TRAI recommendation premature, says Centre

The Centre on Tuesday termed as "premature" the plea by telecom major Vodafone challenging TRAI's recommendation to impose Rs 1,050 crore penalty on it for not providing interconnectivity to Reliance Jio.

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