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Telegram service by BSNL to end from July 15, 2013

June 15, 2013

The telegram service provided by the BSNL will be discontinued from July 15, 2013. The BSNL Board has already approved for the end of the service and it has sought final clearance from the Department of Telecommunications. Why this step? Today, ..

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TRAI releases pre-consultation paper for pan-India mobile number portability

February 26, 2013

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started processes for the execution of the nation-wide mobile number portability. TRAI has released consultation process to look for views from stakeholders on the pan-India MNP services. Through this pre-consultation paper, TRAI ..

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Pre-consultation paper by TRAI for pan-India MNP

February 24, 2013

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released pre-consultation paper for the implementation of the pan-India Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Through this pre-consultation paper, the Authority has sought views from stakeholders on various issues like optimum method of implementing ..

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New UN telecommunication treaty inked amid splits

December 19, 2012

89 member countries on UN signed the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty introduced by U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union or ITU since the Internet age amid disapproval from the U.S. and other Western nations which refused to join. Why the US ..

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DeiTy (India) to impose its own standard for electronic products

December 15, 2012

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeiTy) has made it mandatory for all electronics goods manufacturer in the country to get standard compliant certificate from the BIS. Applicable for electronic products imported or manufactured after April 2013. Objective: To ..

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No curb in Internet freedom: UN telecom head Hamadoun Toure

December 8, 2012

UN telecom body (International Telecommunication  Union, ITU) head Hamadoun Toure held that internet freedom will not be regulated or curbed. He clarified this in the recently held World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai. The objective behind WCIT-12 was ..

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United Nations not to control Internet Freedom

December 5, 2012

World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from December 3-14, 2012.  UN telecommunications body has clarified that the freedom of the  Internet will not be controlled. It was declared in the World Conference on International Telecommunications ..

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India’s plans to modify ITRs opposed by Civil society and industry

November 29, 2012

International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) India’s made a proposal on ITRs and submitted the same to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in October, 2012. The proposal has drawn opposition from, and fears of content control among, civil society and the industry. ..

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