Airtel and Vodafone Have Most Towers Exceeding Radiation – DoT
In a recent audit conducted by the DoT, a total of 284 sites have been found to be non-compliant, which put the people around these towers at risk.
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Local Language Support To Be Mandatory For All Mobile Phones!
Soon, all mobile phones (Smartphones as well as feature phones) will need to support display of content in 22 official Indian languages and provide input capability for three languages— Hindi, English and one local language.
Earlier…
Historic First: DoT, I&B Ministry Agree To Use White Space Spectrum For Mobile Services; 4G…
In a historic decision, both Department of Telecom (DoT) and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting have decided to use White Space spectrum in India for providing advanced mobile services. Thus, over 200 MHz of unused airwaves,…
DoT Panel Says “The Core Principles of Net Neutrality Must be Adhered to”; Recommendations on Free…
Department of Telecom (DoT) had formulated a special committee to understand the impact of anti-net neutrality plans formulated by some telecom companies. The recommendations of the committee led by AK Bhargava are now public.
The…
DoT Panel Says Zero Rating Does Not Violate Net Neutrality, But Urges Them To Adopt Global NN Norms
It seems that Department of Telecom (DoT) officials are confused about the impact of Net Neutrality and Zero Rating Plans introduced by telecom players. Reports are emerging that DoT committee believes that Zero Rating Plans doesn’t…
DoT Asked To Ban WePhone App Due To Call Spoofing
In an initiative to protect the caller’s identity, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has been asked by an Intelligence Agency to block the use of WePhone app. It has been noticed that this app allows a caller to conceal his or…
National Telecom Policy 2012 Approved [Highlights]
The much awaited National Telecom Policy 2012 (NTP-2012) was approved by Union Cabinet today and it should bring smiles to Indians, especially Entrepreneurs and Netizens. Along with the approval of NTP 2012, cabinet also approved…
Pakistan’s Telecom Authority ridiculously Bans 1600 words from SMSes, DoT/ TRAI please…
OK, I am pretty sure Indian Telecom bosses will not do the same, but you can never vouch for Babu’s in India…can you? If you have already not heard about it, Pakistan’s Telecom Authority has come out with a ruling that all the telecom…
Bloggers beware–Indian Govt moving towards online censorship!
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…
3G Spectrum allocated – How soon will it reach consumers ?
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…
