Department Of Telecommunication
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Add '0' before dialling a mobile phone number from your landline starting January 1, says DoT
India | Nov 25, 2020, 01:15 PM ISTThe department of telecommunications (DoT) has made it mandatory to prefix 0 before dialling any mobile number from your landline January 1 onwards. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) had in May recommended a '0' prefix for all such calls to create sufficient numbering space for telecom service providers.
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DoT issues notice to telcos to pay revenue share dues within 3 months
Business | Nov 13, 2019, 08:20 PM ISTThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issues notice to telecom companies to pay revenue share dues as ordered by the Supreme Court within 3 months, sources told PTI today.
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BSNL notifies VRS, scheme open till December 3
Business | Nov 06, 2019, 01:23 PM ISTThe BSNL has also instructed the chief of circles "to give wide publicity to the scheme to enable all the eligible employees to take an informed decision and exercise the option for VRS within the prescribed time period".
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Airtel, Vodafone, Idea made no provisions for AGR disputed amount
Business | Oct 29, 2019, 12:22 PM ISTThe Supreme Court recently ruled that telcos have to pay approximately Rs 92,000 crore to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) as revenue share on AGR computation.
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Reliance Jio applies for in-flight connectivity licence to Department of Telecommunications
Business | Apr 16, 2019, 12:37 PM ISTAfter the government notified rules for in-flight and maritime mobile phone services in December last year, a number of companies including Bharti Airtel, Hughes Communications India, and Tatanet Services queued up for the said licence.
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13-digit mobile number system to be introduced in India only for machines
Technology | Feb 22, 2018, 12:18 PM ISTRelax, your mobile number will not change to 13-digits.
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PM, Cabinet were under confusion created by vested interests: A Raja
India | Jul 01, 2014, 08:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Cabinet members were “completely under confusion” created by “vested interests” about policy and procedure of Department