The telecom secretary has urged DEA to hasten clearances for accelerated depreciation benefits and also pave the way for concessional loans...

Farooqui has also urged DEA to examine whether tower companies can take the overseas borrowings route to meet working capital needs and rep...

The government is set to allow a stressed telecom sector to both share and trade in airwaves before the next round of auctions to be held b...

Telecom companies that bought spectrum in auctions won't have to make additional payments to the government for radiowaves after a merger.

The government will give a loan to state-owned BSNL and MTNL to pay the employees they inherited from the Department of Telecom.

The country is all set to embrace M2M (machine-to-machine) communication with full vehemence.

India aims to earn Rs 40,000 crore from the bandwidth auction scheduled for January, telecom secretary MF Farooqui said on Monday.

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had earlier said that M&A guidelines would be announced after the EGoM's call on the matter.

Telecom Secretary M.F. Farooqui says Telecom Department Finalising Policy Initiatives to Attract FDI.

The government investment on the National Optical Fibre Network, which aims at bringing connectivity to village level, is likely to go up t...

The inter-ministerial body will take the final decision on October 29 taking into account Trai's reply.

"Reliance Jio has applied for Unified Licence," Farooqui said on the sidelines of C-Dot Foundation Day function here.

DoT has dismissed an armed forces demand for pan-India allocation of airwaves, since the spectrum is already allotted to MTNL and Railways.

Senior IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre M F Farooqui today took charge as Telecom Secretary.

The Cabinet Committee on Appointments (ACC) is believed to have cleared Farooqui's name and an announcement is likely to be made shortly.

"The department will examine developing a policy specifically targeting the beleaguered capital goods sector."

The Allahabad High Court today extended till May 31 the status quo on the implementation on its September 30 order on the Ayodhya title sui...