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Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani met with Hyderabad police following the arrest of 66 individuals for illegally facilitating SIM cards to cyber fraudsters. The review focused on improving intelligence sharing between telecom authorities and law enforcement, and strengthening regulations to prevent misuse at the source.

Vodafone Idea has received significant relief as the department of telecom reassessed its Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues to Rs 64,046 crore, a reduction of over Rs 23,000 crore. The company will now pay these dues in installments between 2031 and 2041, providing much-needed financial breathing room.

Vodafone India on Thursday challenged in the Delhi high court the department of telecom's (DoT) decision not to renew its licences in the key circles of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata beyond November 2014.

department of telecom (DoT) is exploring the possibility of allowing trading of spectrum and has asked Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to float a consultation paper on the matter.

The government appears to be going all out to create awareness about coronavirus. The department of telecom (DoT) is sending travel advisory to all mobile users in India asking them to avoid travelling to countries where high number of coronavirus cases have been reported.

The department of telecom (DoT) has approached regulator Trai, seeking its recommendations on auction of airwaves held by 29 licensees across 18 out of 22 service areas that are expiring in 2015-16.

New Delhi, Jul 28 () Telecom regulator Trai today sought public opinion on setting up of an ombudsman in the sector, for speedy resolution of rising subscriber complaints over issues such as wrong billing and poor service quality.

The department of telecom (DoT) has slapped a penalty of Rs 600 crore on Idea Cellular for alleged violation of licence conditions in its merger deal with Spice Communications, the company said on Tuesday.

Cash strapped state-run BSNL has sought Rs 4,000 crore subsidy from department of telecom (DoT) for the current fiscal year to meet its operational costs.

The Cabinet approved a pension proposal for 43,000 MTNL employees, who joined the public sector company from department of telecom, that would cost the government an estimated Rs 500 crore annually.

The Supreme Court (SC) sending notices to 11 telcos, DoT (department of telecom) and telecom regulator Trai on Monday, is expected to have major ramifications on the telecom landscape.

New Delhi, Jun 26 () The department of telecom is working on rules to make tampering of IMEI number -- a unique 15-digit serial number of mobile devices -- a punishable offence with up to three years of imprisonment.

DoT introduces new tool to identify genuine vs. fraudulent calls amidst rising scams. The 10-digit number will have a 160 prefix and will be issued in 1600ABCXXX format for government and telecom regulators.

Law enforcement agencies can tap anyone's phone for security/operational reasons for 72 hours even without getting permission from the Union home secretary or principal secretary (home) of states.

n the basis of a special audit, the telecom ministry will soon send a demand notice to Bharti Group to recover pending dues arising out of alleged under-reporting of revenues for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08 .

Videocon's telecom operations were snapped up by Bharti Airtel for Rs 4,428 crore, the deal coming a day after the Dhoot family-owned company called off a partnership with the Aditya Birla group-controlled Idea Cellular.

The tests were completed in two days under the supervision of Bal Kishan, director of radio communication division, DoT.

The department of telecom, collaborating with telecom service providers, is deploying a two-stage system to block international spoofed calls targeting Indian subscribers. Currently, four TSPs have stopped 4.5 million spoofed calls. A centralized system to eliminate remaining spoofed calls across all TSPs will be commissioned soon, addressing the growing issue of fraudulent calls disguising as local numbers.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for all correspondence between department of telecom (DoT) and mobile phone service provider S-Tel after it was alleged that the company was arm-twisted in 2010 to drop its opposition to alleged arbitrary change in policy.