BSNL's home-grown 4G tech will be economical: K Rajaraman, DoT Secy"The 4G technology would work, and is very critical for India from a security and economic perspective, because you will get to make in Ind...
6G will see convergence of terrestrial and satellite communication networks: DoT SecyHe, though, cautioned that all stakeholders needed to proceed with care amid national efforts to rapidly drive digital and financial inclus...
DoT, Trai exploring ways to optimise spectrum bands useful for both 5G and satellite services: DoT secyFrequencies in the `C’ and `Ka’ bands, he said, are needed for both high throughput satellites and are also important for 5G services, whic...
Govt names K Rajaraman as new telecom secy, to replace Anshu Prakash on retirementRajaraman, a Tamil Nadu cadre 1989-batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS), is currently working as an additional secretary in the Depar...
DoT Secy urges states to speed up clearances for field staff for uninterrupted coverageTelecom secretary Anshu Prakash has urged all states and union territories (UTs) to speed up clearances to field staff of telcos, tower ope...
Telcos to submit new public wifi model by Monday: DoT SecyA senior representative of a telecom operator, who did not wish to be identified, said that if DoT approves their model then 10 lakh wifi h...
Chandrasekaran meets DoT Secy to discuss Tata Communication-TTSL dealTata Communications, which offers cloud and security solutions to enterprises, announced last October that it would hold “exploratory talks...
Rising call drops top priority for DoT in 2018, says telecom secyThe telecom secretary added that the new national telecom policy will shift the focus of the sector towards affordable accessibility and qu...
Power Secretary P K Pujari gets additional charge of DoT SecyThe move comes after former Telecom Secretary J S Deepak was named India's next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
DoT prescribed radiation standard 10 times stricter than global standards: DoT SecyThe telecom department-prescribed standards for electromagnetic radiation limit for emission from mobile towers are "10 times stricter" tha...
DoT to firm up policy on backhaul spectrum this year: Tel SecyThe Telecom Department undertook a slew of reforms in 2016 aimed at facilitating the ease of doing business.
- Raja was not mislead by me: former DoT secy Mathur
Former telecoms secretary DS Mathur said he did not mislead ex-communications minister A Raja by agreeing with a proposal mooted by another...
- After telecom, broadband can be the next revolution: DoT Secy
The next revolution in the IT and communications sector should be in broadband, which will help the government connect with the population.
- People in key positions indicted by the PAC report
The draft report of the PAC is an indictment of people in key positions who could have stopped the scam from taking place.
- 2G scam: Decision on licence cancellation in month's time: DoT Secy
The Telecom Ministry today said it will decide in a month's time on cancellation of licences given by former Telecom Minister A Raja in 200...
- DoT has no problem with BlackBerry phone usage: Telecom Secy
Amidst a raging controversy over non-availability of technology to monitor content from BlackBerry, the Telecom Ministry on Friday said it ...
- RIM officials meet DoT secy on BlackBerry imbroglio
Officials from Canadian firm Research-in-Motion are understood to have met DoT secretary Siddharth Behura and other senior government offic...