Amazon and Microsoft, among other major tech companies, have shifted their enterprise communications from SMS to WhatsApp and other unregulated platforms. This move has sparked concern and criticism from India’s top telecom
Key Highlights from India Mobile Congress: The Indian Mobile Congress, a collaborative effort by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), attracted various stakeholders in the technology
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), a body representing telecom operators, has defended the proposed “fair share charge” and emphasized that it does not compromise net neutrality or access to an
Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications with TAIPA, ICRIER and COAI as a part of its nationwide State Government outreach programme to achieve goals of National Digital Communications Policy 2018 today
The implementation of pan-India mobile number portability (MNP) has been one of the important points of the National Telecom Policy 2012 and the industry has successfully accomplished this to ensure enhanced customer
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the deadline to fully implement the mobile number portability (MNP) across the country by another two months. The earlier deadline to roll out ‘full MNP’
Warning private mobile operators against any deterioration in quality of service, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said a lot of spectrum is available and the companies need to take into
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 951.84 million at the end of August to 957.61 million at the end of September this year, thereby showing a monthly growth rate
GSM telecom operators added a net of 370,000 new users in rural areas in July to take the user base to 303.1 million, industry body COAI said today. “GSM rural subscriber net
Stakeholders of the telecom and information technology (IT) sectors are expecting the budget for 2014-15 to be presented in parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will settle various taxation issues and invite
The number of mobile subscribers on GSM network grew by 1.16 percent to 721.93 million in March, as per the latest data released by industry body COAI. “All India GSM cellular subscriber
GSM industry body COAI has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to allow reconfiguration of airwaves in the 1800MHz band in order to create contiguous blocks of spectrum. In a letter to