With an eye on qualitatively improving the ease of doing business of the IT industry, particularly the business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT-enabled services (ITES) segments, the Central Government has drastically simplified the other service provider (OSP) guidelines of the Department of Telecom.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to conduct the auction for assigning 4G spectrum to successful bidders for providing commercial mobile services.

The Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the maritime communication services at Mumbai on September 13.

India will be hosting an international level Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) event later this year. The project is the brainchild of the Department of Telecom (DoT), the Ministry of Electronics and IT and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

India will be hosting an international level Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) event later this year.

The Telecom Commission has directed the Department of Telecom to seek clarity from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on whether the regulator can impose penalty on the operators for violation for interconnect norms

Prof NK Goyal, Chairman Emeritus, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) believes that more than anything else, Indian industry needs to be provided with proper market access in order to make the country a manufacturing hub for telecom equipment.

Hemant Maganlal Joshi, Technology, Media and Telecom Leader, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, feels that despite the near-term sluggish outlook for the telecom industry, innovation will help it come out of the woods.

Seven telecom operators have deposited Rs.14,653 crore as earnest money for the largest spectrum auction from October 1. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone can bid in any spectrum band in any of the telecom circles in the country.