Articles for Telecom Providers

White House official: 8 US telecom providers hacked by Chinese
3 months, 2 weeks ago

White House official: 8 US telecom providers hacked by Chinese

CNN  

Washington CNN — US officials believe Chinese hackers breached at least eight US telecommunications providers in their quest to spy on top US political figures as part of a hacking campaign that has affected dozens of countries worldwide, a White House official said Wednesday. US officials are still trying to help major telecom providers evict Chinese government-backed hackers from their …

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Telecom Dept deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar & Jharkhand
1 year, 10 months ago

Telecom Dept deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar & Jharkhand

India TV News  

The Department of Telecommunications has deactivated more than 2.25 lakh mobile phone numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand in the month of April as majority of the SIM cards were allegedly procured through forged documents. The Telecom Service Providers have also blacklisted 517 Point of Sales who have been prima facie found to be involved in unethical and illegal practices while …

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How Wi-Fi works in flights and why it will be expensive
2 years, 4 months ago

How Wi-Fi works in flights and why it will be expensive

Live Mint  

Air travellers in India will soon get in-flight mobile services and internet access, with the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body at the telecom department, approving the proposal on Tuesday. They will be able to do most basic web functions as well as stream videos from, say, Netflix, depending on the speed available.mobAds Who will provide the in-flight services? They …

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When a mobile number could fetch you a quick buck
3 years, 6 months ago

When a mobile number could fetch you a quick buck

The Hindu  

Recently, David, a media professional, received a text message offering ₹30,000 for his Airtel number, which he has been using for over a decade. Similar enticing offers for mobile phone numbers, especially from old series, are being made without the knowledge of service providers. Officially, numbers surrendered by a user go to the common number pool of the service providers …

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Concerns over bill to force telecom providers to share data with authorities
4 years, 9 months ago

Concerns over bill to force telecom providers to share data with authorities

NL Times  

Telecom providers are concerned about a bill that will temporarily force them to collect more data about people's travel behavior and share that anonymously with the Dutch authorities. The idea is that the data will be shared with public health institute RIVM to help track and fight the spread of the coronavirus, but telecom providers are worried that it will …

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Top 4 telecom providers fined millions over misleading sales pitches
5 years, 2 months ago

Top 4 telecom providers fined millions over misleading sales pitches

NL Times  

The four top telecom providers in the Netherlands were fined a combined total of 13.2 million euros by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets. “Websites are a key channel with which telecom providers communicate with consumers," wrote ACM board member Cateautje Hijmans van den Bergh. "Furthermore, incorrect or incomplete information may lead to unfair competition.” T-mobile and Tele2 were …

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PM Modi may roll out public Wi-Fi hotspots project
5 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi may roll out public Wi-Fi hotspots project

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to announce the networking of 500,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots across India’s cities and villages, two people familiar with the matter said, so users can sign up with one hotspot operator and connect to hotspots of any other operator while on the move, similar to mobile roaming. The project is expected to boost digital connectivity, …

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TRAI floats consultation paper on VoIP services including internet telephony
8 years, 9 months ago

TRAI floats consultation paper on VoIP services including internet telephony

Firstpost  

TRAI has asked stakeholders to comment on a number of key questions on introducing regulations, features and a numbering system to VoIP services. TRAI has issued a consultation paper on VoIP services, or internet telephony. To encourage internet telephony services in the country, issues such as allocation of telephone numbers, interconnection, interconnection usage charges and access to emergency service need …

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TRAI blames lack of investment in infrastructure for call drops
9 years, 2 months ago

TRAI blames lack of investment in infrastructure for call drops

The Hindu  

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday held the lack of investment by mobile service providers in the network infrastructure, including mobile towers, responsible for the problem of call drops. In an affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court in response to a writ petition challenging a new rule imposing a fine for each call drop on mobile operators, …

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Net Neutrality
9 years, 8 months ago

Net Neutrality

Live Law  

A DOT Committee, headed by Chairman A.K. Net neutrality simply put, promotes that all communication passing through the network should be treated equally irrespective of content, ap­plication, service, device, sender and receiver.The fierce debate surrounding net neutrality in India arose due to possibility of price discriminationfor availing application based services of certain OTT players such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Uberetcfor no …

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No change in entry fee for MNP service providers
10 years, 8 months ago

No change in entry fee for MNP service providers

The Hindu  

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, on Monday, asked the Department of Telecom not to make any changes in the entry fee and bank guarantee of companies involved in managing mobile number portability service. The authority recommends no enhancement of the entry fee for MNP licensees,” the regulator said in its reply to the Department of Telecom. Besides, MNP service …

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KPN may sell German subsidiary E-Plus
10 years, 8 months ago

KPN may sell German subsidiary E-Plus

NL Times  

The European Commission has permitted Dutch telecom company KPN to sell its German subsidiary E-Plus to the Spanish Telefónica, which plans to merge E-Plus with another German subsidiary, O2. Telefónica will have to comply with several demands from the European Commission because the two subsidiary companies may demand a large corner of the market. One of the demands is that …

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Govt Asks Bharti, Vodafone, Idea To Stop 3G Roaming Pacts
13 years, 3 months ago

Govt Asks Bharti, Vodafone, Idea To Stop 3G Roaming Pacts

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 22 : Coming down heavily on operators for violating licence norms, the Telecom Ministry has asked service providers to discontinue their 3G roaming agreements and is also contemplating imposing penalty on them. Leading operators like Bharti, Vodafone and Idea had entered into agreement with one another to offer 3G mobile services in circles in which they could …

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Pesky calls: TRAI extends deadline for new rules to March 21
14 years ago

Pesky calls: TRAI extends deadline for new rules to March 21

The Hindu  

Mobile subscribers will have to wait till March 21 to get relief from unwanted calls and SMSes as telecom regulator Trai has extended the deadline for implementing new rules to curb this menace for the third time. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has cited the delay in allocation of a uniform number series for fixed line telemarketers by the …

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