View: Ensuring food security during the pandemicThe govt has announced few steps, but quantum of aid & coverage of beneficiaries should be expanded.
Budget 2019 should promote value-added manufacturing, increase funding, incentives for MSMEs: ELCINA"High value addition in electronics manufacturing needs heavy investments and MSMEs often lack sufficient funds to run their businesses," b...
Telecom Minister blames people obstructing mobile tower installation for call dropsSinha was speaking to reporters after releasing compendium of all the circulars, guidelines and policy directives issued by different wings...
Time not right for 5G spectrum auction; focus is to connect the unconnected: Manoj SinhaThe government believes that 5G is still a work in progress globally and this may not be the right time to sell airwaves which support the ...
The truths I found about dropped calls: who controls what and how muchThe low EMF limits imply that the signals emanating from the cell sites are not strong enough to traverse long distances, and hence a large...
DoT may disincentivise telcos for frequent call drops: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad said the much-awaited report on net neutrality was submitted to him over the weekend, and it will be made public in a few days.
Telecom companies may be penalised in case of call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad'Right of way and installation of BTS must be considered more favourably because our future lies in further penetration of mobile phones, n...
Radiation-linked concerns should shift to handsets: Cellular Operators Association of IndiaThe COAI chief’s views mirrored telecom secretary M F Farooqui’s recent call for strict adherence to DoT’s inclusive policy rules on tower ...
Farooqui wants Maharashtra to tone down telecom tower rulesIn his letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary JS Saharia, Farooqui said several provisions in the state’s draft policy “are at variance and ...
- Anti-radiation activists squirm as panel rubbishes IIT prof's claims
The damning report of a government-appointed panel against IIT professor Girish Kumar, whose studies activists have been quoting in their b...
2014: Here is GSM carriers’ wishlist“The sector is beginning to see improvements in the policy, regulatory and operational fronts due to government’s concerted actions, COAI D...
COAI calls for 100% FDI in telecom, seeks 'clear road map' on sectorThe industry has approached the government to provide a 'clear road map' and regulatory and policy certainty to improve the sector's health.
- Emissions from telecom towers is central subject: COAI
COAI wants the Centre to instruct states on the policy on radiation emissions from telecom towers, saying the subject comes under the centr...
- Emissions from telecom towers is Central subject: COAI
GSM industry body COAI wants the Centre to instruct states on the policy on radiation emissions from telecom towers, saying the subject com...
Mobile Towers: Government decides to cut radiation limits to a tenth from September 1From Sept 1 this year, India will lower the level to onetenth of the prevailing standard – from 9.2 w/m2 (watt per square metre) to 0.92 w/...
- Mobiles pose health risk, says govt panel
A govt study states that radiation from mobile phones and towers poses serious health risks, including loss of memory, lack of concentratio...