New Telecom Policy will be growth enabler, says Manoj SinhaSinha said NTP 2018 would focus on a host of key domains such as the licensing framework, R&D and innovation, besides outlining the country...
23 Mar, 2018, 07.37 AM IST
DoT to float new draft telecom policy within a weekThe NTP 2018 is expected to present a growth road map of the Indian telecom sector, which is reeling under a severe financial stress, for a...
04 Feb, 2018, 02.08 PM IST
Telecom sector can attract $100 billion investment under NTP 2018: TraiTelecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) reiterated its long pending demand of putting in place an ombudsman based consumer grievance r...
02 Feb, 2018, 08.35 PM IST
Aiming for 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018 end: Telecom secretary Aruna SundararajanIn an interview to ET, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan talks about Bharat Net's implementation, NTP and consolidation in the sector.
19 Jan, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
New policy may cut levies: Telecom secretaryTelcos currently pay roughly 8% of annual adjusted gross revenue (AGR) as licence fee and another 3% of AGR as spectrum usage charges (SUC)...
19 Jan, 2018, 06.53 AM IST
Saudi Arabia says Aramco IPO on track as it redrafts reform planOfficials have said the kingdom plans to sell as much as 5 per cent of Aramco next year.
11 Sep, 2017, 09.53 AM IST
New Telecom policy approved: Roaming charges to go, one-nation-one-number clearedTelecom users will be able to avail free roaming and keep their phone numbers even if they switch service providers anywhere in the country.
31 May, 2012, 02.03 PM IST
- Cabinet likely to consider National Telecom Policy tomorrow
Last week, the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, deferred the NTP pending clarifications on certain aspects by the Departmen...
30 May, 2012, 09.16 PM IST
- Telcos need not wait for National Telecom Policy to get fresh licences
Telecom companies seeking fresh licences need not wait for the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012 to come in force.
18 Apr, 2012, 07.12 PM IST
- New telecom policy to be in place by May: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal
The government today said the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012 will be in place by May.
17 Apr, 2012, 06.49 PM IST
Economic Survey 2011-12: National Telecom Policy to be in place by JuneThe draft of the National Telecom Policy was recently approved by the apex decision-making body of the Department of Telecom (DoT).
15 Mar, 2012, 02.47 PM IST
- New telecom policy regime likely by June 2012: Ministry
The new telecom policy, that is likely to usher in roaming-free environment with one-nation, one-tariff and nation-wide mobile number porta...
24 Dec, 2011, 07.46 AM IST
- Telecom Policy 2011 set to get delayed by a year
Proposed NTP 2011 is likely to become NTP 2012. This makes NTP 2011 latest casualty of nervousness felt by industry in shadow of 2G scam.
07 Dec, 2011, 09.18 AM IST
- Govt proposes to renew telecom licences every 10 years: Sibal
Amid controversy over allocation of spectrum and grant of telecom licences, government said all licences are proposed to be renewed after 1...
11 Apr, 2011, 02.43 PM IST
- DoT to look into process followed in 1999 to frame NTP 2011
Telecom ministry will look into the process followed while the formulation of NTP '99 to come out with a New Telecom Policy 2011, for which...
17 Jan, 2011, 04.05 PM IST
- NTP sues Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, LG over patents
NTP said it filed patent infringement lawsuits against world's top mobile phone cos including Apple, Google, Microsoft and Motorola. Pics: ...
10 Jul, 2010, 12.55 AM IST
- Telecom caught in wire mesh
Revisiting NTP 99, one cannot but be awed by the sweep of an epochal piece of policy making.
05 Jan, 2009, 12.39 AM IST