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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Mobile Number Portability’s Data Churn And How Telcos Will Implement It!

by | posted: December 7, 2010
Well, Mobile Number Portability has been here for 12 days. Ok, not here. Only in Haryana. Nevertheless, 12 days should give us a sneak peak into what trends are likely to unfold when it spreads across...
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Happy Mobile Number Portability Day? – MNP Kicks Off In Haryana

by | posted: November 25, 2010
Finally! After delays, delays, delays, delays and delays followed by some more delays, it is here. Mobile Number Portability has been launched in Haryana today. By now, I’m sure you know the drill,...
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DoT To Invite Bids For Rural Broadband

by | posted: November 24, 2010
India’s technological growth story will remain incomplete unless the necessary steps are taken to ensure that it is inclusive. Rural areas in the country have to see connectivity – at least...
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To 3G Or Not 3G?

by | posted: November 12, 2010
10 years ago, UK raised $34 billion for the sale of 5 3G licenses. Yes – 10 years ago. In 2010, India raised Rs.67,710 crore (approx $15 billion) by auctioning 3G spectrum in 22 circles. In the months,...
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Home Ministry Asks DoT To Look Into Imported SIM Cards

by | posted: November 11, 2010
In yet another step by the Indian home ministry to tighten its grip on the technology and telecommunications company, they have asked Department of Telecom (DoT) to explore the feasibility of making it...
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Mobile Number Portability Delayed – Yes Again! – to 25th November

by | posted: November 1, 2010
Honestly, this is a headline that a lot of us are getting quite sick of. But it has happened again. Just a few days back, we were given hope that Mobile Number Portability will be available to subscribers...
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Pan-India Mobile Number Portability by year end?

by | posted: October 27, 2010
It seems that Mobile number Portability (MNP) has become a part of the Great Indian Tamasha and the latest news from the block is a fitting example of it. In an event organized by BSNL, the telecom minister...
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Govt Proposes New Verification Rules For Telecom – Boost Or Bane?

by | posted: October 19, 2010
The Government has proposed a new verification model that will require telecom operators to mail SIM cards and a personal identification number (PIN) separately to customers seeking a new mobile connection....
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RIM Gets Time From DOT – BlackBerry-Maker’s Deadline Extended To 31st Dec

by | posted: October 13, 2010
Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry, have been playing with fire so-to-speak with the security concerns surrounding BlackBerry services and the some-what reluctance of RIM to disclose all BlackBerry...
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3G Services Almost Here – Government Allocates 3G Spectrum To Service Providers

by | posted: September 2, 2010
Government has allocated 3G spectrum to mobile service operators including Vodafone Essar, Reliance Communication and Tata Teleservices. The operators are excited to rollout the 3G services to the Indian...
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WWW: WAT Weekly WrapUp 8th August – 15th August 2010

by | posted: August 16, 2010
This week saw the Blackberry – DoT saga continue. Most companies faced a tough week as RCOM and Airtel results showed losses, Cleartrip’s CEO and Director were arrested, Google’s South...
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Blackberry Services May Be Banned In India – DoT-RIM Saga Continues

by | posted: August 12, 2010
We have been talking about this issue for quite some time now. A couple of weeks back, RIM, the makers of Blackberry, were given a warning by the Department of Telecomm (DoT) to disclose all Blackberry...
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Blackberry Makers Might Have to Set Up Severs In India – DoT To Ask

by | posted: August 9, 2010
Department of Telecom might take a cue from Saudi Arabia and ask Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of Blackberry to set up a server in India. It would thus allow the Government to monitor messages sent...
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RIM Get Another Deadline From Indian Government – For Security?

by | posted: July 28, 2010
Security is a concern to all of us. Be it online or be it the data transferred through your phone, you don’t want vital information to fall into the wrong hands. And so, we all hailed encryption....
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Government Gives RIM, Skype the Two-Weeks Notice.. Google Gets A Warning!

by | posted: July 1, 2010
In what seems to be a blast from the past the Indian Government has once again set it’s eyes on BlackBerry maker RIM’s services for security reasons.  What’s more is that this time it has pulled...
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