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Govt. mulls making fingerprints compulsory for new SIM cards subscribers

August 14, 2013

Government is looking forward to make it mandatory for the telecom service providers to take fingerprint or any other biometric feature of the subscriber when he/she applies for a mobile connection in future. As per the suggestions of Ministry of ..

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Foreign Telecom vendors’ refusal to share design details delays TTSCC

August 12, 2013

Foreign telecom equipment vendors have refused to share their design details with the India’s telecom equipment testing lab- Telecom Testing and Security Certification Centre (TTSCC) for it may conflict with their business interests.  TTSCC was decided to be set up at the Indian Institute ..

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Government considering giving TRAI authority to impose penalty

August 6, 2013

As per Telecom Ministry, the government is thinking taking away penalizing powers, which are used to punish service providers for not complying with rules and regulations, from the Department of Telecom (DoT), and giving these to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). ..

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"Bharat Mobile Scheme"

August 3, 2013

Union govt to proceed with “Bharat Mobile Scheme” The Union government is going ahead with Bharat Mobile Scheme to give mobile phones to 6 million families that live Below Poverty Line (BPL). The plan is being seen as similar to freebies ..

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ISRO mulls to modify transponder allocation norms- the guidelines of SatCom Policy

July 31, 2013

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is cogitating to modify the guidelines of SatCom Policy related to allocation and pricing of satellite transponders for public and non-government users. The guidelines are being revised after consulting ISRO’s stakeholder departments and the multi-ministry ..

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Huawei Technologies working on Fifth Generation (5G) Technology

July 24, 2013

Chinese equipment maker Huawei Technologies is working on the Fifth Generation (5G) which will be probably available for use by 2020. Samsung has also promulgated that it has tested 5G technology and it will be ready for commercial use by ..

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Telefonica launched world's first Firefox OS smartphone

July 6, 2013

Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider Telefonica has launched the world’s first smartphone with the Firefox Operating System (OS) to compete with devices running Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. The ZTE Open smartphone are being offered in Spain for 69 euros (about $90) and will soon be available in several ..

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TRAI to suggest ways for corporate control of media

June 22, 2013

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will recommend the setting up of an ‘institutional buffer between corporate owners and newspaper management’ to the government. TRAI, which is also the regulator for the broadcasting industry, will also opine ways to curb cross-media ownership ..

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