New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) India and the European Union have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening strategic cooperation in next-generation digital technologies, including 6G telecommunications, with a focus on security, trust, and resilient global supply chains, a Communications Ministry statement said on Wednesday.The joint statement issued after the India-EU summit welcomed the collaboration between the Bharat 6G Alliance and the 6G SNS IA, aimed at aligning research and innovation prioritie…
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) In a bid to reduce road accidents and fatalities, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday informed that 30 GHz radio frequency has been allocated by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the development of vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems.He urged members of the consultative committee of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to convey to state authorities the importance of conducting regular Members of Parliament Road Safety Committee (MPRSC) meetin…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that SAMPANN pension portal, developed by Office of the Controller General of Communication Accounts, has integrated with DigiLocker and pensioners can gain anytime access to Pension Payment Orders (e-PPOs), gratuity sanction orders and other important documents through Digilocker accounts.All pensioners under the Department of Telecommunications have been informed about the successful integration of the SAMPANN pension portal with the Di…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) As India moves from connectivity to an era of intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a defining force, according to a senior government official.India is approaching AI with a clear conviction and innovation must be aligned with responsibility, transparency and public trust, said Amit Agrawal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications,.Addressing the annual forum of telecom and digital ministers from the 11 ASEAN Member States, he reaffirmed India’s stron…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has taken suo motu cognisance of the large-scale illegal listing and sale of walkie-talkies (personal mobile radios) on e-commerce platforms and has imposed monetary penalties on leading online marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart, and Meta for violations of consumer protection laws and telecom regulations, according to an official statement issued on Friday.Many of these devices were found to operate in the ultra-high fr…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday urged the government to reduce telecom license fee from 3 per cent to 0.5 per cent-1 per cent in the upcoming Budget, just to cover the administrative costs.The leading industry body for telecom operators also suggested that the rate of GST under ‘Reverse Charge on Spectrum’ payment, license fees, spectrum usage charges, etc. can be reduced from the existing 18 per cent rate to the lower rate of 5 per c…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday said it has sought the intervention of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to issue appropriate directions to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) for addressing non-availability of the mobile network connectivity on several stretches of National Highways.As part of a comprehensive assessment undertaken by NHAI, 424 locations covering about 1,750 km across the…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The government on Monday said that ‘SAMPANN’ (System for Accounting and Management of Pension) has enabled pensioners to securely access, store, and retrieve their official documents anytime and anywhere, ensuring greater convenience, authenticity and long-term digital preservation of records.It is an integrated, online pension management system for Department of Telecommunications (DoT) pensioners, creating a single platform for processing, sanctioning and disbursing…
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) Vodafone Idea on Wednesday issued a clarification after media reports claimed that the Union Cabinet had approved a five-year moratorium and frozen the company’s adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues at Rs 87,695 crore.In a stock exchange filing, Vodafone Idea said the reports were speculative in nature and that it had not received any official communication confirming such a decision.“We have not received any communication from the Government in relation to the above repor…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) In a major relief for debt-hit Vodafone Idea, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a support package that freezes a large part of the telecom company’s adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues.As per the decision, Vodafone Idea’s AGR dues amounting to Rs 87,695 crore have been frozen as of December 31, according to reports.These dues will not have to be paid immediately and will instead be repaid over a long period of 10 years, starting from the financial year 2031–32 …