BROWSING: Department of Telecom

The government has also decided to allow enterprises to deploy and run 5G private networks The Government of India announced plans to hold an auction of 5G spectrum by the end of July and confirmed that some frequencies will be reserved to enable enterprises to...

  India’s Department of Telecommunications is expected to carry out a 5G spectrum auction in the first quarter of 2021, Indian press reported, citing a top executive of telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel. The executive said that the telco will refrain from taking part in the spectrum...

The issue of spectrum pricing, which has wide implications for the future funding requirements of telecom service providers is still a crucial piece that is missing in the Indian telecom sector, says the latest ICRA Ratings report.

Indian telecom regulator has proposed an entry fee of $3.88 million for for a national level unified license from the current figure of $322.3 million.

In a bid to quickly resolve consumers' problems with telecom operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has introduced new regulations.

The Telecom Ministry will ask for nearly $300 million from Tata Teleservices, Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Airtel and Idea Cellular for underreporting revenues, India's Press Trust of India has reported, quoting unidentified sources.

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal of India has allowed some mobile operators to continue offering 3G services in areas for which they don't have licenses until Jan. 9.

The new telecom operators have argued that since the established players have already cornered maximum spectrum and subscriber bases, the new players should be given more concessions in view of the limited market.

India's Telecom Commission has accepted the recommendations of industry regulator TRAI to relax mergers and acquisitions rules in the sector. The decision paves the way for spectrum-sharing among telecom operators. This will lead to consolidation in market with over a dozen telecom companies.

The Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) Friday, in a communication to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raised the issue of defiance by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Terming the 3G roaming deals illegal, India's Telecom Ministry has asked the telecom operators to discontinue their agreements. No decision has been made yet on whether to penalize the telcos for those deals.

India's telecom department has given its 'in principle' nod to state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. to surrender the broadband wireless access spectrum allotted to it.

The Indian prime minister's office has recently sought an update from the Department of Telecom about the steps taken to tackle the security issues arising from the importing of telecom equipment.

With the Department of Telecom terming the intra-circle 3G roaming deals of telecom companies as illegal, Tata Teleservices and Aircel have scrapped an agreement for offering services in each other's circles.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reassured the telecom industry today that his government is fully committed to sustaining growth, creativity and enterprise in a "vitally important" sector of the country's economy.

In case of spectrum allocation beyond 4.4 MHz and up to 6.2 MHz to GSM operators, the service provider should have covered at least 50% of the district headquarters or any other town in lieu thereof, according to Indian telecom regulator's recommendations for assignment of additional spectrum.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendation of a 60% market share cap on merger and acquisitions has been turned down by a standing committee of the Department of Telecommunications.

India's top telecom bureaucrat, R Chandrashekhar, Monday said the Telecom Commission expects to conclude discussions on TRAI's proposal on 2G spectrum pricing and M&As in the telecom sector within a week.

A report by India's telecom regulator states that the combined earned revenue of the country's telecom operators was $9.6 billion at the end of Q2 (September 2011).

The telecom sector over the last few months and year, has seen many controversies - most of them a result of public policy ambiguities.

Top executives of three leading telecom companies in India have now written to the Indian Prime Minister over the issue of the controversial 3G roaming deals.

In a recent draft of security policy, the Department of Telecom asks telecom operators in India to play a role in ensuring the security of the country's telecom networks.

The Estimates Committee of India's lower house of the Parliament has reprimanded the Department of Telecom for "illegal operations of telecom networks in the country".

India's present 3G roaming provisions have far-reaching security implications, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.