Tag: Dot

Apart from Agastya, Khushi, and Suhana, another girl Dot from The Archies has sparked curiosity among the netizens.

The Department of Telecom on Wednesday slashed performance and financial bank guarantee requirement of telecom operators to 20 per cent of the current amount held by the government as part of the telecom reform measures announced last month

New Delhi: Telecom operators can issue new SIM cards without Aadhaar on the basis of alternate identity document like election voter ID or driving licence and the government will await Supreme Court’s order on re-verification of mobile subscribers using Aadhaar at a later date, a top DoT official said today. “As per rule, fresh connections […]

New Delhi: The government will not disconnect mobile connections which aren’t linked with Aadhaar, said Aruna Sundararajan, secretary in the department of telecommunications (DoT), on Wednesday. The department is waiting for the Supreme Court judgment on the Aadhaar issue to decide on the action to be taken in cases where people have Aadhaar but do […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has written to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to discontinue customer helpline number 121 as it was “creating confusion” and leading to a “spike in the number of blank calls” received by the DoT’s emergency number 112. The DoT of the central government had allotted 112 for the National Emergency […]

New Delhi: After reports of disconnection of 50 crore mobile numbers issued through Aadhaar identification spread panic among the people, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday clarified that those reports are completely untrue and imaginary. It further advised that there is absolutely no reason for panic or fear at all. In a […]

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has permitted telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL, to conduct 5G trials. As largely anticipated,…

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom plans to conclude spectrum auction by November 30 and the inter-ministerial panel, Digital Communications Commission, will meet after the third week of September to finalise the spectrum auction prices which are expected to be what the TRAI has recommended, highly placed sources said. There may not be any new […]

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom’s (DoT) plans to hold the spectrum auction before the fiscal has not been put off and discussions are on to cut the auction prices to make it affordable for telecom companies, according to official sources. There could be up to a 35 per cent reduction in spectrum auction prices […]

New Delhi: The Central government has appointed Mahmood Ahmed, Deputy Director-General of the Licensing Finance Assessment (LFA), Department of Telecom as its nominee director on the board of MTNL, a PSU under the ministry. He has been appointed for a three-year period or till the period of superannuation, an official order said. As part of […]

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has amended the unified access services license to defer payments of the spectrum auction instalments due for 2020-21 and 2021-22, operationalising the committee of secretaries’ decision to allow a two-year moratorium. “The licensee may opt to defer the spectrum auction instalment due for 2020-21 and 2021-22, either for […]

New Delhi: The government may take action in terms of encashing the bank guarantees of Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in case they “immediately” fail to pay their spectrum usage charges and the license fees in compliance with the Supreme Court order of October 24 last year. In letters to different telecom circles, the zonal telecom […]

New Delhi: With the government coming down heavily on telcos after the Supreme Court’s rap, Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has paid Rs 10,000 crore to the telecom department towards statutory dues. The company said it will make payment of balance amount after self-assessment exercise. “The…amount of Rs 10,000 crore has been paid on […]

New Delhi: Vodafone Idea on Thursday paid Rs 1,000 crore more to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) towards its statutory dues, a senior official said. The company had paid Rs 2,500 crore to the government towards adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues on Monday. In all, it owes Rs 53,000 crore to the telecom department. The […]

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) is set to ask state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) not to use Chinese telecom gear in its 4G upgradation, which is being supported as part of the company’s revival package, according to sources. The development comes at a time when Indian and Chinese armies are engaged in […]