The matter pertains to a direction issued by the central government in November that will ensure app-based communication services, the like...

Industry bodies BIF and ICEA have asked the government not to rush the rollout of India’s data protection rules. They warned that faster ti...

Broadband India Forum has raised significant concerns regarding a new government directive. This rule mandates messaging apps remain linked...

BIF President T V Ramachandran said the Indian Telecommunications Bill 2023 will serve as a strong enabler for the larger digital ecosystem...

The Broadband India Forum has called on the government to review the GST Council’s decision to slap a hefty 28% goods & services tax on onl...

The policy think tank, which has among its members leading IT companies and telecom equipment makers, said the spectrum for the critical fu...

The BIF’s submission came in response to Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI’s) November 25 letter to DoT, seeking a legal framew...

The draft bill includes OTT communication services, even though such players have no telecommunication network, BIF argued.

Broadband India Forum (BIF), representing tech companies, has said that over-the-top (OTT) communication services, broadcasting services an...

In a letter to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary K Rajaraman, BIF president TV Ramachandran said that telecom operators will...

On allocation of satcom spectrum, the BIF said "the world over, satellite spectrum is authorised for 'right-to-use' by all administrations ...

Earlier in its letter dated March 1, BIF had called attention to the Budget-related notification, and rued that the telecom industry will b...

The Broadband India Forum (BIF) has said communications technology has transformed radically over the past years and entirely new markets f...

“We are motivated by the patient hearing of our submissions by the Trai chief and believe that the officials will take policy decisions in ...

"Any auctioning of E and V bands would deny...consumers and the nation at large with the benefits of broadband connectivity and economic gr...

BIF said the reserve price of 5G spectrum is "too high", works out to be 4 times higher than other countries and "needs urgent revision".

The BIF 5G committee, at its meeting yesterday also saw 'first response public safety network' being proposed as a trial case, the statemen...