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Govt announces three-phase 5G Hackathon; total prize pool of Rs 2.5 crore for winners

Govt announces three-phase 5G Hackathon; total prize pool of Rs 2.5 crore for winners

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

DoT partners with Niti Aayog, MEITY, other stakeholders to launch 5G Hackathon; 5G Hackathon to culminate in a felicitation ceremony at India Mobile Congress on October 16, 2020

Dharmendra Pradhan believes AGR ruling not applicable to non-telecom PSUs

Dharmendra Pradhan believes AGR ruling not applicable to non-telecom PSUs

Tue, Feb 18, 2020

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that oil companies were not covered by the Supreme Court ruling which directed telecom companies to pay licence fee for previous years by including their non-telecom revenues.

DoT approves Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices merger

DoT approves Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices merger

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

Tata Teleservices on Thursday said the Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved the merger of its consumer mobile business with Bharti Airtel. Tata Teleservices listed arm said in a regulatory filing said the DoT through its letter dated February 6, 2020 has conveyed approval of the competent authority in DoT for taking on record demerger of consumer mobile business undertaking of the company

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Airtel, Voda, Idea made no provisions for AGR disputed amount

Airtel, Voda, Idea made no provisions for AGR disputed amount

Tue, Oct 29, 2019

According to telecom regulator Trai sources, 15 per cent AGR was fixed as licence fee under "revenue sharing" which was reduced to 13 per cent, and lastly to 8 per cent in 2013. It appears that the revenue sharing package turned out to be very beneficial to the telecom service providers, which is evident from the continuing rise in gross revenues, sources said.

DoT at Modi govt door over BSNL, MTNL

DoT at Modi govt door over BSNL, MTNL

Mon, Oct 01, 2018

The Department of Telecom plans to seek the Cabinet's approval in the next two months for the allocation of spectrum to state-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL for 4G services, an official source said.

Aviation: Want WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter while flying over Indian skies? You can, this is when

Aviation: Want WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter while flying over Indian skies? You can, this is when

Fri, Sep 21, 2018

Indian flyers cannot have access to WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter or other social media apps simply because internet is banned on flights by government. However, big changes are afoot and you can do so very soon.

Rural Wi-Fi: DoT may spare additional funds to set up more hotspots in gram panchayats

Rural Wi-Fi: DoT may spare additional funds to set up more hotspots in gram panchayats

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

Other DoT targets include enabling 100 mbps broadband on demand to all key development institutions and deploying 5 million public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2020 and 10 million by 2022. These public Wi-Fi hotspots would ride on BharatNet, through which, the government plans to connect 250,000 gram panchayats with rural broadband.

DoT extends timeline for comments on National Telecom Policy till June 1

DoT extends timeline for comments on National Telecom Policy till June 1

Fri, May 25, 2018

The draft NTP 2018 - National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 - has been hosted at MyGov portal for public comments. Earlier, the deadline was set as May 25, 2018, and was extended on request of stakeholders who in their request asked DoT to provide more time to give their inputs on the drafted policy.

Telecom Commission to take up Net Neutrality; in-flight connectivity issues

Telecom Commission to take up Net Neutrality; in-flight connectivity issues

Tue, Feb 20, 2018

The Cabinet is likely to take a final decision next month on the recommendations made by an inter-ministerial group (IMG) for the telecom sector.

DoT to unveil 5G roadmap by June 2018: Aruna Sundararajan

DoT to unveil 5G roadmap by June 2018: Aruna Sundararajan

Fri, Feb 16, 2018

She said the networks are not only accelerating the roll out of the 4G but are getting ready for 5G, adding that India will have full 4G coverage by the end of the next financial year.

DoT panel studying Deloitte report on MTNL debt-revival:Manoj Sinha

DoT panel studying Deloitte report on MTNL debt-revival:Manoj Sinha

Sun, Jul 09, 2017

MTNL has been making losses since 2009-10 and its total debt stands at over Rs 15,000 crore now.

Reliance Jio seeks CCI nod for spectrum sharing with RCom

Reliance Jio seeks CCI nod for spectrum sharing with RCom

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm has sought CCI approval for the proposed spectrum sharing deal with younger sibling's Reliance Communications.

Govt asks telcos to re-verify subscribers with Aadhaar e-KYC process

Govt asks telcos to re-verify subscribers with Aadhaar e-KYC process

Fri, Mar 24, 2017

Ministry of Communications and Department of Telecommunications on Friday announced that all telecom companies will have to re-verify subscribers with Aadhaar based e-KYC process.

Free data packs rob govt of Rs 800 crore, says telecom secretary JS Deepak

Free data packs rob govt of Rs 800 crore, says telecom secretary JS Deepak

Thu, Mar 02, 2017

Price wars that have been an ongoing affair in the telecom industry have resulted in the fall of government revenues from Rs 3,975 crore which was the license fee in the June quarter to Rs 3,186 crore in the December quarter of the current financial year, the letter said. The 'promotional offers' have resulted in the government losing out on Rs 800 crore in revenues

BSNL aims to complete North East telecom project by Dec 2018

BSNL aims to complete North East telecom project by Dec 2018

Sun, Feb 12, 2017

"The project was approved in September 2014 but it came to BSNL in April 2016. BSNL is expecting to place execution order in April after which roll-out of the project will start in July and should be completed by December 2018," a source told PTI.

Provided Reliance Jio sufficient PoI capacity to serve over 190 million customers, says Bharti Airtel

Provided Reliance Jio sufficient PoI capacity to serve over 190 million customers, says Bharti Airtel

Tue, Feb 07, 2017

Airtel on Tuesday said that it has provided a total of over 35,000 Points of Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio (RJio) in a period of five months.

Delhi HC refrains from interfering with TRAI penalty recommendation

Delhi HC refrains from interfering with TRAI penalty recommendation

Thu, Dec 22, 2016

Vodafone has also said that no proper hearing was given to it by TRAI before issuance of the recommendation of October 21 this year.

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