NEW DELHI: State-run MTNL has said Bharti Airtel’s ‘zero rating plan’ and RCom’s ‘internet.org’ scheme defeat the basic concept of net neutrality and such pacts should not be allowed as they affect economic interests of small telecom operators.
The government will disclose in advance the roadmap for spectrum auction in future, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Over two years after the Nirbhaya incident brought the focus on women safety, the government has kick-started the process to set up a single emergency response number across the country for women safety. India’s version of 911 in US is proposed to be 112 and the Modi government is keen to operationalise the big project by 2017.
NEW DELHI: To have a level-playing field, telecom operators have proposed a licensing regime for over-the-top (OTT) players like WhatsApp and Skype, a view which is opposed by internet firms and associations.
New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI has started review of accounting reporting system of operators on concerns over products and network licences, among others, raised by the industry.
Sun TV shares slumped over 13 per cent on Monday and headed towards their worst one-day selloff in many months as investors reacted negatively to the attachment of some of the company’s assets by the Enforcement Directorate last week.
Mumbai: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Monday said it has completed system integration to enable e-commerce transactions through RuPay cards of public sector banks.
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned telcos on Thursday saying that if they do not address concerns raised by consumers on call drops and quality of service, the matter would be referred to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for action.
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad feels that record earnings in spectrum auction display the confidence of mobile operators in India’s communications story and bring out the underlying “enormous business potential” in the market. Having secured Rs 1.1 lakh crore for the exchequer, Prasad wants the industry to now improve the quality of services offered to the consumers as their spectrum holdings go up after the auction.
After India’s huge spectrum auction, the operators are weighing up their next moves, and those will be critical to the shape of the mobile landscape in this massive but overcrowded market.
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