Department of Telecommunication

According to executives from telecom companies and ISPs, the general norm to preserve call records is for 18 months, even though the government had until now asked them to record it for just 12 months. To augment a further check on…

Airtel, Vodafone Demand Minimum Tariff To Avoid Jio Disruption; Will Govt Say Yes? At the ET Telecom Digital Telco Virtual Summit on September 18, industry experts said that lower taxes and floor price can help restore the debt-ridden…

Govt Will Track Your Lost Or Stolen Mobile Phone Are you among the ones who’ve lost your mobile phones, or have been robbed off? Even if you aren’t, we are sure you must know someone who has. Well, we have news for you. The Central…

According to some latest statistics around 770 million people in the country have access to a mobile. Around 1/10th of them have access to the Internet. This shows that Internet penetration is still very low in this country. But there is an…

When it comes to National Security, Indian Government has been quite stern on putting down rules and regulations. Things like Mobile phones with no IMEI numbers are now thing of past due to this. Even a company like RIM had to bow down to…

It is quite heartening to see that DoT for once, has ensured that it has met the deadline given – The 3G spectrum allocation to Telecom Operators deadline was set for 1st September and it has been achieved. Department of Telecommunication…

Currently Internet operates on IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) which has a pool of about 4 Billion IP addresses, out of which only 232 million addresses are currently remaining. Thanks to surge in Internet on various devices ranging…

Wow ! Lot has been happening around Indian Telecom Industry and last week was no different. Many of our readers have complained that we are covering mostly Telecom and Technology – But we cant stay away from it – It just keeps buzzing…