Fourth-Take-On-Indian-Telecom-Industry

Indian Telecom bodies slowly getting ready to auction 700 Mhz soon.

by | posted: February 6, 2012
After years of lamentable broadband speeds and assorted other challenges in setting up a data transmission infrastructure in India, relief may just be around the corner for us! The Government may soon...
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Govt. Issues Show-Cause Notices To TelCos For Under – Reporting Revenue: Demanding Its Slice Of The Pie?

by | posted: February 2, 2012
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued Show Cause Notices to India’s five private operators, including Bharti Airtel , Vodafone and Reliance Communications, for under reporting revenues. As...
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DoT Instructs Providers To Stop 3G Roaming Immediately

by | posted: December 23, 2011
With the number of controversies 3G has caused in the past year, telecom providers must be wondering whether it was really worth it. Providers like Vodafone, Idea and Airtel had entered into roaming agreements...
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Qualcomm To Lose Broadband License And 1 Billion Auction Dollars

by | posted: September 22, 2011
US-based chipmaker Qualcomm may not get wireless broadband service permits in India as the telecom department has deemed its application to be invalid. The company was the sole technology firm to win wireless...
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Yahoo Dragged To Court For Not Providing Govt Requested E-mail Details

by | posted: September 15, 2011
In a landmark judgment which might set a precedent for cyber security, The Delhi High Court has stayed an order by the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), which asked Yahoo India to pay Rs 11 lakh...
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To Increase Mobile Coverage DoT Offers Incentives In Rural Areas

by | posted: July 4, 2011
Lately it was reported that around 96% of rural population in India are active internet users.  Now it is reported that around 74% areas is covered by different type of mobile operators and only 9 % of...
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Nokia’s Pushmail/Powermail Service Barred by DoT

by | posted: April 15, 2011
DoT (Department of Telecommunication) have blocked Nokia’s pushmail/powermail services till it gets it’s legal monitoring service. The reason behind this abrupt decision is said to arise...
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TRAI Delays Telemarketing Regulation Indefinitely

by | posted: March 21, 2011
We have been blogging about how TRAI is trying to tackle the issue of unwanted calls by instituting a separate number for telemaketers. But just like we saw delays one after the other for MNP and then...
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After BlackBerry, Others Could Come Under Security Scanner

by | posted: February 24, 2011
The BlackBerry saga has been going on for about 3 years now. And even though the likes of Google, Skype and VPN providers have been named by the security establishment – it has mainly been a sideshow...
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Intercept Or Ban BlackBerry Services – Government Tells Telcos

by | posted: February 14, 2011
Well, 12 days ago Home Minister, P. Chidamabaram was insisting that RIM provide access to their corporate email services. Now the Government has hardened its stance. It has told Telecom operators to ask...
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BlackBerry Refuses Access To Corporate Emails

by | posted: January 28, 2011
The common thread that has run through this story so far has been RIM’s insistence that providing security agencies with access to its corporate email services is not possible. Even when they agreed...
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RIM Unhappy With Leaks Over BlackBerry Issue – Talks Put On Hold

by | posted: January 21, 2011
One of the 3 Telecom Sagas of 2010 looks to have been settled yesterday with Mobile Number Portability finally making a pan India appearance. 3G too is slowly on its way. Twitter has several tweets with...
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ISP’s To Record Online Activities And The RIM Story Continues

by | posted: January 3, 2011
Online Privacy and Freedom was one of the most contentious issues debated last year and its importance – and the spotlight on it – will only grow this year. It is always tricky to label how...
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The Security Saga Continues With Possible 3G Data Services Ban And RIM!

by | posted: December 21, 2010
Under a week ago, we wrote about how Indian Security Agencies had asked Reliance and Tata Teleservices Limited to hold off 3G video calling as there was no way to monitor them. It looks like they have...
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3G Video Calling On Hold? Why?!

by | posted: December 15, 2010
It hasn’t been that long since Tata DoCoMo became the first private operator to start offering 3G services. Reliance has only just started out in 4 cities. And now, they’ve both received letters...
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DoT Looks To The US For Monitoring Know-How And Snooping Law

by | posted: December 15, 2010
Over the last few months the DoT and Home Ministry have been on a security overdrive.  Whether it is the BlackBerry Saga, strong signals to Google and Skype, intention to monitor VPN or looking to put...
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