Trai extends deadline on traceability mandate to December 1The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has granted a one-month extension to December 1 for implementing traceability mandates on ...
30 Oct, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Telcos call for TRAI deadline extension as message traceability mandate threatens OTP deliveriesTelecom operators in India warn of potential disruptions in delivering essential messages from banks and other institutions due to a new ma...
24 Oct, 2024, 08.22 AM IST
Impractical to implement new URL whitelisting norms: TelcosIndia's top telecom companies have informed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that they cannot implement the new mandate on ...
21 Sep, 2024, 08.37 AM IST
Trai move to curb fraud could ring in an SMS outage next monthStarting next month, Indian consumers may experience disruptions in receiving service and transactional messages due to a new directive fro...
24 Aug, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
Crackdown on pesky telemarketers: TRAI asks telcos to curb misuse of message headers, content templatesThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has intensified efforts against telemarketing abuse. Starting September 1, 2024, telecom s...
20 Aug, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Trai directs telcos to migrate 140-series calls to blockchain platform to curb spamTrai has instructed telecom operators to shift telemarketing calls to a blockchain-based DLT platform by September 30. Starting November 1,...
20 Aug, 2024, 04.21 PM IST
Trai directs telcos to blacklist entities misusing connections for spam callsThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) mandated telecom operators to disconnect and blacklist for two years any entity misusing b...
08 Aug, 2024, 08.40 PM IST
Trai rules out rethink on quality of service normsThe telecom regulator has maintained its stance on implementing the new quality of service rules from October 1 despite concerns from mobil...
08 Aug, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
Experts flag regulatory overlap as government redraws telecom, IT lawsNoting that the “end-to-end encryption offered by many OTT players has been a bone of contention.
23 Sep, 2022, 07.18 AM IST
COAI disappointed on captive network decision; seeks level playing field for orderly growthIn a letter to the Telecom Department, COAI argued that since a decision to enable the captive networks through direct spectrum assignment ...
19 Jun, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
There was strong business case to buy spectrum: Ravi Shankar PrasadAfter the end of 4G spectrum auctions, Union telecommunications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, with the sale now over, operators...
08 Mar, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
Putting a lid on it: Pesky spam calls find a blockchain solutionDespite the prevalence of a ‘do not disturb’ registry, unscrupulous elements have found ways to bypass it and target customers with spam. N...
31 Jul, 2020, 10.59 AM IST
Want to see ‘Assembled in India’ on an iPhone: Ravi Shankar Prasad"The biggest day for me will be to pick up an iPhone, designed by Apple in California, assembled in India."
05 Oct, 2019, 09.59 PM IST
MeitY pings UIDAI on Aadhaar-social media linkingAs of now, Aadhaar can be linked only to govt welfare schemes and subsidies that are funded out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
10 Sep, 2019, 07.21 AM IST
OTT cos, internet bodies question regulation logic“Identifying Rich Interaction Applications (RIAs) as comparable to telecom services is highly reductionist and unjustified,” IAMAI has said...
23 Jan, 2019, 08.31 AM IST
With free roaming, telcos may be forced to lower STD ratesIndia's 890 mn mobile phone users could end up paying local call tariffs for STD calls, if roaming charges are abolished by telcos.
21 Jan, 2013, 07.06 AM IST
- 2G case: DoT gets a week to produce 'misplaced' file
The Department of Telecom was ordered by a Delhi court to trace a case-related missing file within a week and produce the same before it
26 Jan, 2012, 12.48 AM IST