Telecommunications Bill 2023 tabled in Lok SabhaUnion Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has introduced the Telecommunications Bill, 2023, which allows the government to suspend or prohibit use of...
18 Dec, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
Parliament clears bill to repeal 76 outdated, obsolete lawsParliament on Wednesday passed a bill to repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws with the government saying the move is part of its continuin...
13 Dec, 2023, 06.01 PM IST
OTTs not to be regulated as tele servicesAs per the Telegraph Act, a "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or r...
19 Sep, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
OTT players may have been removed from new telecom billThe government is likely to have removed over-the-top (OTT) players, or apps, from the definition of telecommunication services in the tele...
05 Aug, 2023, 08.51 AM IST
New Telecom Bill to be tabled in monsoon session of ParliamentThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sorted out issues around possible dilution of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's po...
24 Feb, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Bill to repeal over 60 old laws, rectify error in one introduced in LSPiloted by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, the bill is one of the periodical measures by which enactments which have ceased to be in force, or h...
19 Dec, 2022, 03.11 PM IST
Creditors won't get to sell spectrum if Co goes bankruptThe draft telecom bill has cleared the air on spectrum ownership for companies undergoing insolvency proceedings and around regulating OTT ...
26 Sep, 2022, 11.33 PM IST
Telecom Bill leaves a lot to be covered through regulations: NASSCOM"A future-ready Telecommunication Bill will be an important step towards designing a framework which supports regulatory stability, investm...
23 Sep, 2022, 09.40 PM IST
New telecom bill likely to be in place in 6-10 months: Aswini VaishnawThe Department of Telecommunications has set the deadline of October 20 on the draft bill.
23 Sep, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
Telecom Department begins scrutiny of Elon Musk's Starlink internet offer to IndiaThe official said that action, including sending a notice at first, may be taken if it is legally established that Starlink’s offer violate...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.45 AM IST
Co-founder thrown out, Usha Martin family feud reaches breaking pointThere was a family feud raging in the company that counts itself among the world's biggest wire rope makers.
02 Apr, 2019, 06.25 AM IST
Testing must for telecom equipment from Oct 2018: DoT“The fee charged for testing carried out by the telegraph authority from the person who offers the telegraph for testing shall not exceed R...
11 Sep, 2017, 12.09 AM IST
- Repeal law related to telegraph wire possession: Law panel
In its fourth interim report to the Law Ministry on obsolete laws, the law panel has recommended a total of 30 statutes which can be repeal...
18 Nov, 2014, 05.36 PM IST
Report calls for scrapping of 100 outdated lawsIt outlined 25 colonial laws, 17 laws that constrain economic freedom and impose restrictions on personal liberty and 19 laws that hinder e...
07 Oct, 2014, 09.43 AM IST
Home Ministry ordered 10,000 wire taps in last 90 days, orders tapping of 1300 email idsHome Secretary RK Singh cleared about 4,000 fresh requests of phone surveillance, which includes tapping of about 700 overseas connections.
03 Jan, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
- Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs' obituary!
The obit, describing Steve Jobs as the man who 'refashioned the mobile phone' was published "momentarily" after a routine update. In Pics: ...
29 Aug, 2008, 08.18 PM IST
- Illegal interception of telecom signals may cost you Rs 2 cr
Unlawful teleservices may result in imprisonment of 5 years, and a Rs 10 crore fine, as per the amendments proposed in the 1885 Telegraph A...
19 Oct, 2007, 08.02 AM IST