Department of Telecom (DoT)

DoT asks Vi, Airtel to pay Rs 3000 cr penalties in 3 weeks

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued notices to Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to pay Rs 3 3,000 crore penalty for flouting licence conditions by denying Reliance jio info connection (pols) in 2016.

Oct 01, 2021, 14:05 PM IST

Cyclone Yaas: DoT sends 6 crore bulk texts in local languages to alert people

A total of six crore messages were sent in local languages in order to alert people of Cyclone Yaas in Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. 

May 27, 2021, 08:34 AM IST

Draft of new telecom policy by December-end: Telecom secretary

The National Telecom Policy, 2012, had taken key steps such as full mobile number portability, liberalisation of spectrum, and allowing delinking of spectrum from licence, among others.

Jul 28, 2017, 16:10 PM IST

DoT meets telcos, associations on new telecom policy

Based on the inputs received today, the DoT will be constituting working groups in the coming weeks to look into different aspects of the upcoming policy, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told PTI. 

Jul 21, 2017, 22:26 PM IST