Telecom Department

DoT has exempted "Mobile user equipment/mobile handset", "server", "smart watch", "smart camera" and "point of sale devices" from "prior mandatory testing and certification in respect of parameters"

The telecom tribunal on Thursday ruled that TRAI's directive that enabled users to port out of their network via SMS request, "requires no interference"

Communications and IT Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw on Monday said the telecom department will not interfere in matters related to mobile phone manufacturing.

The government will own 35.8 per cent in the financially-stressed firm that has agreed to convert interest on deferred statutory dues.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India and six connections in the case of Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam and disconnect in the case of non-verification. 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. "If during the data analytics carried out by DoT, it is found that an individual subscriber is having more than nine mobile connections (six in the case of J&K, NE and Assam LSAs) across all the TSPs (telecom service providers), all the mobile connections will be flagged for re-verification," the DoT order said. The order comes from DoT to check incidence of financial crimes, pesky calls, automated calls and fraudulent activities. The DoT has asked telecom operators to remove all the flagged mobile connections from the database that are not in use

Request for additional microwave access pending for a year now, says telco

Recovery of one-time spectrum charges to be reconsidered

Airtel has to pay Rs 1,050 crore and Vodafone Idea Rs 2,000 crore, says report.

Telecom dispute appellate body TDSAT on Thursday stayed the telecom department's demand of Rs 1,376 crore from Bharti Airtel in unpaid past dues that defunct telco Videocon Telecommunications owed.

Telco claims dues paid for first quarter

According to an official, clauses under the license agreement empower the government to terminate the licence of the company

The DCC has cleared a provision of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks to provide services in remote areas where it is difficult to lay optical fibre network

Kant pointed out that the global supply chain is in a flux as most countries are looking at alternatives and reducing their dependence on one country

Chinese telecom gear makers have been kept out of the 5G trial list

Industry body TAIPA has written to DoT seeking priority vaccination of telecom field personnel, amid a growing chorus for inoculation of these workers

This has been done on the suggestion of the Cellular Operators Association of India

Licence fee is payable in four quarterly instalments during each financial year

The telecom department has issued a show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) over non-payment of licence fee for the fourth quarter of FY2020-21, with regard to some circles, sources said

The telecom department had issued demand notes to the three operators on March 8, and the deadline for making the upfront payment was Thursday

The regulations came into effect last Monday but their implementation was deferred for a week by the telecom sector regulator to allow companies to adhere to new norms