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Cisco India earmarks Rs 63.5 cr to provide financial support to staff

US-based networking solutions provider Cisco is making a "one-off payment" of about Rs 63.5 crore towards supporting staff in India during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

DoT extends norms on network gear purchase to satellite services

At present, only BSNL has installed a satellite gateway through which it provides satellite-based commu­nication services to authorised agencies like security forces, oil companies etc

Telcos can buy gear only from 'trusted' vendors as DoT tweaks licence norms

Under the new rules, equipment companies will have to enroll on a website, which will establish whether the firm is a trusted source or not

Wasted spectrum

Telecom auction fails price discovery test

Half of telecom spectrum sold goes to Reliance Jio at Rs 57,122 crore

DoT may garner Rs 20,000 crore as upfront payment in FY21

Spectrum auction: Telcos place bids worth Rs 77,000 crore on Day 1

Revenue garnered from 4G auction may be much lower than reserve price set at Rs 3.92 trillion

Govt eyes Rs 6,200 crore in AGR dues from Airtel, Voda Idea by March 31

DoT says 10% of the outstanding on day of SC verdict last year has to be paid by Airtel, Vi

5G to roll out in India by early 2022; panel pulls up DoT for delay

The telecom ministry has already announced the auction of spectrum worth Rs 3.92 trillion from March 1, but it does not include the desired frequency band for 5G services

Top headlines: Security clearance policy for PSU privatisation, and more

The government is set to amend its security clearance policy for investors participating in privatisation or strategic divestment in PSUs. Read today's top news with Business Standard

DoT, Dipam lock horns over real estate asset valuation of BSNL-MTNL

It is learnt that the valuation done by the two companies is much higher than the one arrived at by the transaction advisors

Keeping competition alive

CCI's suggestions on telecom are timely

Telcos miffed about new communication security certification rules

Say new security testing norms for mobiles, telecom equipment will increase costs

Telcos remind users to prefix 0 for landline to mobile calls from Friday

Telecom operators have informed subscribers that they would need to prefix '0' for making calls from landline to mobile phones from January 15, in line with the telecom department's recent directive. "As per DoT's directive, effective 15-Jan-21, it is mandatory to prefix 0 before the mobile number while dialling from your landline," Airtel has started informing its fixed line users. Reliance Jio, too, has sent messages to fixed line users urging them to ensure that they prefix 0 when dialling any mobile number from a fixed line number. "This change in dialling pattern effective Jan 15 is in accordance to the directive from DoT," Jio's message said. The Department of Telecom (DoT) had said in November that callers will have to dial numbers with prefix '0' for making calls from landline to mobile phone, from January 15. The Communications Ministry had said the move would free up sufficient numbering resources for future use, and nearly 2,539 million numbering series are expected to

Bharti Airtel surges 6% on DoT nod for 100% FDI in downstream investments

Post revision of its foreign investor limit, Airtel's weightage in MSCI should go up, resulting in significant inflows into the stock

Govt to hold spectrum auctions from March 1; DoT invites applications

Spectrum will be offered in seven frequency bands - 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, and 2500 MHz

Bidding for spectrum worth Rs 3.92 trillion to start from March 1

Telecom operators will need to submit their application by February 5 for participation in the auction

Notice for upcoming spectrum auction should be out this week: Report

The DoT was expected to issue the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for the auction in December but due to an emergency engagement of a top authority it got delayed

DoT asks e-commerce sites to pull down listings of mobile signal boosters

The DoT has also carried out raids across multiple locations in South Mumbai over the last two days which led to the removal of 68 illegal boosters (or repeaters), it added

Trusted or not? DoT allows Huawei to test telecom gear; official moved out

In what appears to be a slip, a DoT wing granted certificates to Huawei India last month to start the testing process of gears, according to a source

DoT considering two spectrum bids in 2021, may include 5G in second half

The licences for some of the 4G spectrum held by telecom companies (telcos) expire next year