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About the author: Tanuja is a passionate technology and telecom buff who has been following the telecom industry for several years now.

Tanuja K December 5th, 2025 4:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Phone Makers Against Phone Location Surveillance in India

The major phone makers including Apple, Samsung and Google have protested against the move of smartphone location surveillance tracking in India. The device makers said that this would hamper the privacy of the citizens. The telecom industry has proposed that smartphone firms should enable satellite location tracking. This would help the government agencies in tracking devices/individuals easily. In the current system, the firms/agencies can only use cellular data to track... Read More

Tanuja K December 5th, 2025 1:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Industries Starts Working on Draft Prospectus of Jio IPO

Reliance Industries, the largest Indian conglomerate in terms of market capitalisation, has reportedly started to work on the inital draft prospectus for Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) IPO (Intial Public Offering). Jio's IPO is expected to be the largest in the country's history so far. Right upon listing, Jio should be one of the most highly valued companies in the country. According to Bloomberg, Reliance Industries is now informally conversing with... Read More

Tanuja K December 4th, 2025 10:22 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Play Binge Adds Times Play to its Offerings

Tata Play Binge, an OTT (over-the-top) aggregation service, has added a new platform to its offerings to the customers. This new platform is Times Play, a digital-first OTT platform from Times Network. Users can also purchase the Times Play susbcription in a standalone manner. With the Times Play, users can watch and consume many things such as lifestyle content, news content, business content, and more through a single interface. Now... Read More

Tanuja K December 1st, 2025 4:54 PM 7 COMMENTS

India asks Smartphone Makers to Preload Phones with Govt App: Report

In a big development, the government of India has asked the smartphone makers to preload their phones with state-owned cyber security app. India is one of the major smartphone markets when it comes to scale. The government of India launched Sanchar Saathi recently. This is a platform meant to help users report and recover their stolen smartphones via the help of police and government resources. More than 50,000 phones were... Read More

Tanuja K December 1st, 2025 2:06 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp and More to be Affected in India by this New Rule

WhatsApp, a major social media platform, along with other similar platforms such as Telegram, Signal, and more will be affected by a new rule from the Department of Telecommunication (DoT). The telecom department is pushing for these OTT communication apps to be binded with the SIM card of the user. Currently, platforms like WhatsApp allow users to log-into multiple companion devices. These devices don't need the SIM card to be... Read More

Tanuja K December 1st, 2025 12:35 PM 6 COMMENTS

TRAI Likely to Make Cost of Backhaul Spectrum Cheaper for Telcos: Report

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely going to reduce the financial burden for the telcos that comes with backhaul spectrum. This won't be entirely removed, the cost will still be there, but it will reduce by up to 50%. According to data, the telcos pay somewhere around Rs 4,000 crore for accessing backhaul spectrum to the government. Now that cost can significantly reudce in the near future.... Read More

Tanuja K November 28th, 2025 12:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

JioSaavn Now has More than 500 Million Downloads on Play Store

JioSaavn, an online music streaming platform has now surpassed 500 million downloads on the Google Play Store. It is a major milestone for the company with strong competition from players such as Spotify and Apple Music. JioHoststar, another OTT (over-the-top) app owned by Reliance Industries recently hit a milestone of 1 billion downloads. JioSaavn has become the second-most downloaded entertainment app in India. Read More - Redmi 15C 5G India Launch... Read More

Tanuja K November 27th, 2025 4:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Redmi 15C 5G India Launch Date Confirmed

Redmi 15C 5G, the next budget phone from the company will launch soon in India. The Redmi 15C 5G is termed as 2026 ka Big Boss, and it will launch on December 3, 2025. This will be a budget phone from the company. Very soon, the company will reveal more details about the phone. The phone's design will be revealed soon (on November 28, 2025). The chipset and other power... Read More

Tanuja K November 27th, 2025 3:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Amends Telecom Cyber Security Rules, 2024

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended the telecom cyber security rules, 2024, on October 22, 2025. These amendments are focused on the rapidly evovling digital and cyber landscape in India. The amendments will ensure that Indian consumers and enterprises are safe and secure when it comes to cyber security. Here are the key highlights of the amendments or changes introduced by the Indian government. Read More - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8... Read More

Tanuja K November 26th, 2025 5:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Promoter Entity Sells 0.56% Stake in the Telco

Bharti Airtel's promoter entity ICIL has sold 0.56% stake in the telco for about Rs 7,190 crore (USD 806 million). These total to about 3.43 crore equity shares in total. Post the share sale, Airtel's share price closed for Rs 2,127, down by 1.60% on Wednesday. ICIL stands for Indian Continent Investment Limited. It is one of the promoter entities belonging to Airtel Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal. Read More - iQOO... Read More

Tanuja K November 26th, 2025 3:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

50000 Lost or Stolen Phones Recovered in India via Sanchar Saathi

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launched the Sanchar Saathi platform in 2023 for the users in India. In October 2025, the DoT said that this platform has helped recover over 50,000 lost and stolen mobile handsets across India. Overall, more than 7 lakh phones have been recovered. Most of the phones have been recovered in Telangana and Karnataka, followed by Maharashtra. These recoveries are growing in numbers month over month... Read More

Tanuja K November 25th, 2025 8:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

RailTel Partners Nokia to Modernise Network Across India

Nokia, a finnish telecom gear vendor has partnered with RailTel to modernise its DWDM National Long-Distance (NLD) network. Nokia said that it has deployed RailTel's Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT) and metro optical transport network across India. This will help RailTel in serving the demand for high-speed, resilient connectivity, driving operational efficiency and reducing costs. The enhanched network by Nokia will help RailTel in substantially increasing transport capacity while minimising cost per... Read More