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Centre Issues Advisory Over Fake Calls Impersonating Telecom Department
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.
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Telcos Can Keep Call Data and Internet Usage Record for Minimum 2 Years, DoT Mandates
Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the duration of archiving call data and Internet usage records of subscribers to two years from one year due to security reasons.
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Telecom Department To Deactivate Extra SIM Of Subscribers Beyond 9 Connections
The Telecom Department issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India, six connections in the case of Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam, and to disconnect in case of non-verification.
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Prefix "0" To Calls From Landlines To Mobiles Starting January 1
Callers will soon be required to add '0' prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country, with the telecom department asking telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1 to implement the new system.
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How To Recover Dues From Firms Facing Insolvency? Top Court To Telecom Department
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Department of Telecom (DoT) to apprise it as how it plans to recover Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) related dues from telecom companies facing insolvency proceedings and whether spectrum given to these companies can be sold.
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Government Will Not Cut Mobile Connection Over Aadhaar, Says Telecom Department
The Telecom Department Secretary Aruna Sundararaian said the government will not disconnect mobile connections of people who do not have the UIDAI number.
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Mobile Users, New And Old, Will Soon Require Aadhaar For Verification
All existing subscribers of mobile services will have to go for Aadhaar-based re-verification soon, with the government instructing telecom operators to initiate the process.
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Telecom Department To Meet Companies For Status Check On Call Drops
The Department of Telecom will meet operators once again this quarter for a status check on call drops, which it says, has improved but still not satisfactory.
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DoT Resolves Over 1,800 Complaints Received On 'Twitter Sewa'
In just three weeks of Communications Minister Manoj Sinha launching 'Twitter Sewa' for registration and resolution of complaints, over 2,000 telecom-related complaints have been received through the social media platform and over 1,800 of them have already been resolved.
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Department of Telecommunications to Meet Mobile Service Providers on Call Drop Issue: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon call a meeting of all service providers to look into the problem of frequent call drops being faced by customers.
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Wi-Fi Hot Spots in Cities, Tourist Centres May Come up Soon
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is working on a mechanism to provide wi-fi hot spots in cities with population of over 10 lakh and in tourist centres.
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Telecom official jailed for forging letter in PM's name to obtain transfer
A former telecom department official has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for forging letters in the name of the then Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H D Deve Gowda to get a transfer to Sagar in Madhya Pradesh where his family was staying.
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JPC told over Rs 43,000 crore lost during NDA regime
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has said that the exchequer lost over Rs 43,500 crore due to the implementation of the migration policy during the NDA regime.The DoT, which was asked to quantify the losses on account of the migration policy by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), told the panel that the financial implication due to the change i...
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Centre Issues Advisory Over Fake Calls Impersonating Telecom Department
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.
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Telcos Can Keep Call Data and Internet Usage Record for Minimum 2 Years, DoT Mandates
Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the duration of archiving call data and Internet usage records of subscribers to two years from one year due to security reasons.
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Telecom Department To Deactivate Extra SIM Of Subscribers Beyond 9 Connections
The Telecom Department issued an order to re-verify the SIM of subscribers holding beyond nine connections across India, six connections in the case of Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam, and to disconnect in case of non-verification.
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Prefix "0" To Calls From Landlines To Mobiles Starting January 1
Callers will soon be required to add '0' prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country, with the telecom department asking telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1 to implement the new system.
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How To Recover Dues From Firms Facing Insolvency? Top Court To Telecom Department
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Department of Telecom (DoT) to apprise it as how it plans to recover Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) related dues from telecom companies facing insolvency proceedings and whether spectrum given to these companies can be sold.
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Government Will Not Cut Mobile Connection Over Aadhaar, Says Telecom Department
The Telecom Department Secretary Aruna Sundararaian said the government will not disconnect mobile connections of people who do not have the UIDAI number.
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Mobile Users, New And Old, Will Soon Require Aadhaar For Verification
All existing subscribers of mobile services will have to go for Aadhaar-based re-verification soon, with the government instructing telecom operators to initiate the process.
-
Telecom Department To Meet Companies For Status Check On Call Drops
The Department of Telecom will meet operators once again this quarter for a status check on call drops, which it says, has improved but still not satisfactory.
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DoT Resolves Over 1,800 Complaints Received On 'Twitter Sewa'
In just three weeks of Communications Minister Manoj Sinha launching 'Twitter Sewa' for registration and resolution of complaints, over 2,000 telecom-related complaints have been received through the social media platform and over 1,800 of them have already been resolved.
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Department of Telecommunications to Meet Mobile Service Providers on Call Drop Issue: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon call a meeting of all service providers to look into the problem of frequent call drops being faced by customers.
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Wi-Fi Hot Spots in Cities, Tourist Centres May Come up Soon
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is working on a mechanism to provide wi-fi hot spots in cities with population of over 10 lakh and in tourist centres.
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Telecom official jailed for forging letter in PM's name to obtain transfer
A former telecom department official has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for forging letters in the name of the then Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H D Deve Gowda to get a transfer to Sagar in Madhya Pradesh where his family was staying.
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JPC told over Rs 43,000 crore lost during NDA regime
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has said that the exchequer lost over Rs 43,500 crore due to the implementation of the migration policy during the NDA regime.The DoT, which was asked to quantify the losses on account of the migration policy by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), told the panel that the financial implication due to the change i...
