In an interview to Economic Times, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Ministry is considering the call drop issue as priority and hence, taking into account a system of ‘disincentive’ to telecom operators in case of call drops. “EMF (electric and magnetic field) radiation scare is one big … Read More
The Road Transport Ministry is planning to start highway radio advisory service. According to a report appeared in Economic Times, the ministry had sought the help of informational and broadcasting ministry to help the venture. The radio advisory service will help the highway drivers to tune in to updates on … Read More
A study conducted by a Toronto-based research lab on UC Browsers, a popular mobile web browser, finds major security and privacy issues in the English language and Chinese language editions its Android version. The study found that both versions of the application leak a significant amount of personal and personally … Read More
Following a complaint by iBall, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe against the Swedish telecom giant Ericsson for demanding higher royalty for its GSM technology-related patents. According to the prima facie investigation, CCI has found that the royalty rate charged by Ericsson has no linkage to … Read More
The craze for fancy numbers among the public are high and telecom companies convert this into a source of revenue, according to an analysis by Economic Times (ET). The report brings together several instances where the people are found to be buying fancy numbers as a status symbol or due … Read More
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in association with RailTel Corporation of India has announced a plan to launch Wi-Fi internet services at five selected metro stations in Delhi within next six months. The stations chosen are Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate, Vishwavidyalaya, Central Secretariat and Hauz Khas. RailTel is responsible for conducting … Read More
Idea Cellular, one among the debt-laden companies after expensive spectrum auction as part of fresh capital-raising plans is planning to sell its to sell its independent towers. The Aditya Birla Group subsidiary is looking for a Rs 7,580-crore ($1.2 billion) revenue from the deal. Sources reveal Economic Times that Malaysia’s … Read More
Tracking of calls, text messages and internet activity of subscribers is to become legal, with the establishment of Central Monitoring System (CMS), a Government run ‘security’ mechanism. The system is likely to begin monitoring by the end of this year. Two CMS centres will be launched, one in Delhi and … Read More
In response to the heated debate on frequent call drops, which is found to be occurring in different telecom circles irrespective of the telecom operator, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that the situation will not improve unless new mobile towers are allowed to come up. Moreover, the Minister also … Read More
Competition Commission of India (CCI) reiterates their stand to wait for the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to scrutinize net neutrality issue, says it Chairman Ashok Chawla. According to Chawla, the issue of net neutrality is a policy issue and it is not something can be decided … Read More
In a brilliant move to measure the performance of home broadband internet speeds, especially to verify if they match the actual speed as the operators advertise, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) volunteer the citizens to come forward and participate in testing internet speeds across Canada. In the venture, … Read More
Earlier DoT has issued directives on securing customer broadband modems to all ISPs across the country. DoT has now updated its guidelines and asked ISPs to implement it within 3 months. As per DoT, these vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access and change configurations, inject malware or … Read More
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