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Irdai asks insurance companies to register message template with telcos

Irdai said, the new framework by the telecom regulator is to enable policyholder protection

Voda Idea's subscriber growth surprises analysts, based on one UP region

Western UP alone accounted for over 3.7 million of the 3.8 million plus gross subscriber addition in January

Noida firm moves Delhi HC, seeks stay on Trai rules on scrubbing messages

Regulations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) require companies to register templates of their commercial text messages

Vodafone Idea plans to raise $750 million via convertible debentures

Promoters to dilute stake post conversion

Telcos can buy gear only from 'trusted' vendors as DoT tweaks licence norms

Under the new rules, equipment companies will have to enroll on a website, which will establish whether the firm is a trusted source or not

Telecos will be allowed to install only govt approved gears from Jun 15

The government on Wednesday amended telecom licence norms that will enable it to control the installation of network equipment from non-trusted sources. With effect from June 15, telecom operators will be required to take permission from the National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) for up-gradation of existing networks, utilising the telecom equipment not designated as trusted products. According to the license amendment, the NCSC will be the designated authority that can impose conditions for the procurement of telecom equipment on the grounds of "Defence of India" or matters directly related to national security. "Designated authority shall notify the categories of equipment for which the security related to Trusted sources are applicable. For the said categories of equipment designated authority shall notify the trusted sources along with the associated telecommunication equipment (trusted products)," according to the amendment. It will help the government control sourcing of

After outage, Trai puts on hold regulation on pesky SMS for one week

Users failed to receive text messages including one time passwords for online transactions , and banks attributed the glitches to Trai's new regulations which came into effect on Monday

Wasted spectrum

Telecom auction fails price discovery test

Half of telecom spectrum sold goes to Reliance Jio at Rs 57,122 crore

DoT may garner Rs 20,000 crore as upfront payment in FY21

Spectrum auction: Telcos place bids worth Rs 77,000 crore on Day 1

Revenue garnered from 4G auction may be much lower than reserve price set at Rs 3.92 trillion

Cabinet approves over Rs 12,000-crore PLI scheme for telecom sector

Scheme on telecom products will be implemented from April 1

Bharti Airtel back in black after 18 months with Rs 854 cr net profit in Q3

Robust addition in user base a key driver; highlight of the quarter was 13 million 4G customers added in Wireless business, say firm

OTT platforms tying up with telecom companies to expand their market

According to industry estimates, the number of screens in the country would hit 1 billion to 1.1 billion by 2025

Telecom companies' key revenue metric improves June to Sept: Regulator.

Vodafone Idea's monthly average revenue per user jumped 9.73 per cent to Rs 6,435.79 crore

Bharti Airtel initiates process to revise foreign investment limit to 100%

Higher foreign investment limit can lead to an increase in Airtel's weight in the global indices, say analysts

DoT says BSNL and MTNL turned Ebitda-positive in first half of FY21

BSNL and MTNL turned EBITDA positive in the first half of financial year 2020-21, demonstrating a marked improvement in performance within a year of approval of their revival plan

AGR case: Some payments to DoT not factored in, says Vodafone Idea

In petition to SC, telco cites errors in AGR calculations; estimates dues at Rs 21,533 cr against DoT's Rs 58,254 cr

After telecom companies, Chinese oil majors may face US delisting

China's largest offshore oil producer CNOOC could be most at risk as it's on the Pentagon's list of companies it says are owned or controlled by Chinese military

New York Stock Exchange starts delisting 3 Chinese telecom giants

The NYSE has started proceedings to delist the securities of three Chinese companies, China Telecom Corp, China Mobile and China Unicom

India to name 'trusted telecom sources', may blacklist Chinese vendors

The committee will declare a list of trusted sources and products for telecom service providers