Telecom Department

Telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom have jointly disconnected over 1 crore mobile connections to check pesky callers and fraudsters, according to an official statement.

In cases requiring inter-ministerial consultation, the DoT will seek comments within seven days of receiving a complete application.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) shared an update on telecom infrastructure in Kargil to ensure seamless mobile connectivity for jawans stationed in the region.

Telecom operators have begun limited tests of the CNAP (Calling Name Presentation) caller ID display service in India, according to a report. The new CNAP system is being tested in two regions in the country, despite pushback from telcos amid increasing pressure from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecom (Do...

Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has prepaid Rs 7,904 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to clear high-cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2012 and 2015.

In a major crackdown on SMS scammers, the government has blacklisted 'principal entities' behind SMS headers that were used to send over 10,000 fraudulent messages over the past three months, according to an official release.

An analysis by Department of Telecom found that a staggering 20 lakh numbers were used with these mobile handsets.

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) call forwarding is a feature on phones that lets you redirect incoming calls from one number to another.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an order dated March 28 seeking a temporary suspension of USSD-based call forwarding service. The order cites the rise of online scams and unwarranted usage of the facility as the reason behind the action. It is a temporary suspension, meaning the government body does not intend to permanently disable i...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an advisory to citizens today about calls impersonating DoT and threatening people to disconnect their mobile numbers for being involved in illegal activities.

The Chakshu portal enables individuals to report suspicious messages across various platforms such as WhatsApp, SMS, and more

Google has reportedly blocked the downloads of Airalo and Holafly for users in India as the international eSIM providers were not complying with existing telecom policies in the country The directions to block the apps were issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to both Google and Apple, according to the report.

The Bombay High Court has directed the Income Tax department to refund Rs 1,128 crore to Vodafone Idea Limited paid by the telecom operator in taxes for the assessment year 2016-2017.

The test message that surprised many users is the government's way to test the emergency cell broadcast technology developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).

Tata Communications has challenged Telecom Department's Rs 991.5 crore licence fee demand pertaining to past years, in TDSAT, which has directed the DoT not to take any coercive action till the next hearing, the company said in a filing on Friday.

Telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom have jointly disconnected over 1 crore mobile connections to check pesky callers and fraudsters, according to an official statement.

In cases requiring inter-ministerial consultation, the DoT will seek comments within seven days of receiving a complete application.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) shared an update on telecom infrastructure in Kargil to ensure seamless mobile connectivity for jawans stationed in the region.

Telecom operators have begun limited tests of the CNAP (Calling Name Presentation) caller ID display service in India, according to a report. The new CNAP system is being tested in two regions in the country, despite pushback from telcos amid increasing pressure from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecom (Do...

Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has prepaid Rs 7,904 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to clear high-cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2012 and 2015.

In a major crackdown on SMS scammers, the government has blacklisted 'principal entities' behind SMS headers that were used to send over 10,000 fraudulent messages over the past three months, according to an official release.

An analysis by Department of Telecom found that a staggering 20 lakh numbers were used with these mobile handsets.

USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) call forwarding is a feature on phones that lets you redirect incoming calls from one number to another.

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an order dated March 28 seeking a temporary suspension of USSD-based call forwarding service. The order cites the rise of online scams and unwarranted usage of the facility as the reason behind the action. It is a temporary suspension, meaning the government body does not intend to permanently disable i...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an advisory to citizens today about calls impersonating DoT and threatening people to disconnect their mobile numbers for being involved in illegal activities.

The Chakshu portal enables individuals to report suspicious messages across various platforms such as WhatsApp, SMS, and more

Google has reportedly blocked the downloads of Airalo and Holafly for users in India as the international eSIM providers were not complying with existing telecom policies in the country The directions to block the apps were issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to both Google and Apple, according to the report.

The Bombay High Court has directed the Income Tax department to refund Rs 1,128 crore to Vodafone Idea Limited paid by the telecom operator in taxes for the assessment year 2016-2017.

The test message that surprised many users is the government's way to test the emergency cell broadcast technology developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).

Tata Communications has challenged Telecom Department's Rs 991.5 crore licence fee demand pertaining to past years, in TDSAT, which has directed the DoT not to take any coercive action till the next hearing, the company said in a filing on Friday.