CCPA issues guidelines to regulate walkie-talkie sales on ecommerce platformsThe new framework aims to check the sale of walkie-talkies without proper frequency disclosure, licensing information, or Equipment Type Ap...
30 May, 2025, 12.49 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho were pulled up amid Operation SindoorThe Central Consumer Protection Authority took action against thirteen e-commerce platforms in India for selling walkie-talkies without pro...
11 May, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
DoT abolishes wireless operating licenses for ease of doing bizThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Tuesday abolished wireless operating licenses for establishing and maintaining telecommunication...
12 Mar, 2024, 07.52 PM IST
Information and Broadcasting Ministry working on new Broadcasting Services BillThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) plans to introduce the Broadcasting Services Regulation (BSR) Bill 2023, which will repl...
19 Sep, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
Explained: Why has France halted Apple iPhone 12 sales?France said Apple iPhone 12 models exceeded the radiation exposure limits in Europe and urged the company to fix the issue to avoid a count...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.42 PM IST
Telcos set to meet rollout obligations for 26 GHz despite lack of device ecosystemThe companies were earlier considering seeking an extension from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on the deadline to meet roll ou...
07 Jun, 2023, 08.46 AM IST
DRI issues show cause notice to Samsung India over alleged customs duty evasionThe agency in the notice also asked why a penalty should not be imposed against the senior management of the company. The DRI also issued a...
12 Jan, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Industry body lauds reforms in Telecom and Satcom sectorsThe NFAP-2022 is a central policy roadmap that defines future spectrum usage by all bodies in the country, including DoT, the Department of...
28 Oct, 2022, 01.12 AM IST
Wipro, HFCL join hands for 5G product developmentWipro will co-develop equipment with its expertise in product engineering, transport network technologies and 5G. Wipro will leverage Taran...
05 May, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
TV and radio companies want broadcast policy to protect media freedomBroadcasters in a submission to the I&B ministry have also suggested that the sector should have a regulator of its own.
22 Jul, 2019, 07.06 AM IST
Smartphone imports could speed up after DoT clarificationSmartphones with built-in Bluetooth and WiFi features will be freely importable under DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade) rules, DoT h...
14 Sep, 2018, 06.24 PM IST
Telcos asked to report on action taken on call drops by July 31In a letter dated July 17, the department has also asked mobile operators to install more sites, adopt in-building solutions and augment ex...
22 Jul, 2015, 03.44 AM IST
Telecom companies seek free shifting of equipment to circlesRule primarily applies to telcos that acquired fresh airwaves & relocated network equipment after permits were cancelled by SC in Feb, 2012.
11 May, 2015, 05.23 AM IST
Mobiles imported for R&D to follow specific absorption rate rulesCellphone radiation varies from handset to handset and is measured in terms of its SAR value -- count that specifies amount of radio waves ...
14 Mar, 2014, 03.29 AM IST
DoT to make 100% local sourcing of telecom gears mandatoryThe move comes in the run-up to India notifying the controversial PMA policy that progressively calls for 100% local sourcing of security s...
27 Jun, 2013, 05.16 AM IST
Was chopper fit to fly?The airworthiness of the missing Bell 430 helicopter in which YS Rajasekhara Reddy was flying has come under lens amid reports it had a tro...
03 Sep, 2009, 02.59 AM IST
- 'Motorola dropped due to product mix'
Even as the Chinese factor continues to make the rounds as the reason behind Motorola’s disqualification from BSNL’s tender for 45.5m lines...
14 Oct, 2006, 03.09 AM IST