Telecom

News: Telecom Minister said, “A committee on internet governance was formed under Chairmanship of Finance Minister and has decided India should support a multi-stakeholder approach in matter of Internet governance”. The members of the committee include Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Prasad. The committee thinks that government should ...

News: The Indian Government has said that it has asked for the information to check the accuracy of telecom operators’ claim that the scarcity of mobile towers has led to frequent call drops. The Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked tower operators to share details of the number of ...

With increasing incidences of complaints from customers on call drops and inflated bills, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg, yesterday urged telecom operators to address customer grievances and improve network quality. He added that public is under impression that frequent call drops are deliberate attempts of operators to gain by charging for ...

News The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended implementation of the toll-free number as a single point of contact for assistance in a major emergency. The new helpline should be an integration of all existing emergency numbers in India such as 100, 101, 102 and 108, the regulator ...

News Government has completed the roll out of national optical fibre network (NOFN) in 20,000 village panchayats to provide high speed broadband connectivity. It had set target to roll out the network across 50,000 village panchayats by March 31, 2015 and all the 2.5 lakh VPs by the end of ...