News How will the Indian telecom regulator’s recommendations on digital connectivity impact buildings? TRAI is looking to make carriage infrastructure mandatory for buildings in the same way as fire safety or water and electric supply MitakshFebruary 21, 2023
News How does Indian Telecom Watchdog’s caller ID proposal impact consumers? CUTS lists negative impacts such as disclosure of personal information, risks to privacy and fundamental rights, and data breaches MitakshFebruary 1, 2023
News What do the telcos have to say about Indian telecom watchdog’s caller ID proposal? Reliance, Airtel, VI, and BSNL raised technical (and other) concerns and noted that similar measures have already been enforced or exist in the market MitakshJanuary 23, 2023
News Indian Govt to Pay Tariff to Telcos for SMS Alerts, Except Under Disaster Management Act The charges are only applicable on SMSes while the Cell Broadcast Alerts that the government asks telcos to send will continue to be free. Akshit ChawlaDecember 8, 2022
News India’s telecom regulator may come up with consultation paper on OTT services in December: Report TRAI's consultation paper signals the government's keen intent on regulating OTT communication apps like WhatsApp, others MitakshNovember 17, 2022
News COAI Seeks Regulation Of ‘Communication OTTs’, Not All OTTs: S P Kochhar on the Draft Telecom Bill We interview SP Kochar, Director General of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) for his take on regulating OTT services on par with... Akshit ChawlaNovember 16, 2022
News What is the purpose of the joint committee formed by TRAI with RBI and SEBI officials? TRAI is forming the joint committee to tackle cyber fraud and phishing amid rising number of such cases. What are the proposed steps? MitakshNovember 16, 2022
News Ten recommendations on the draft Telecom Bill, 2022: SFLC Here are the concerns and recommendation highlighted by SFLC in its feedback submission on the Telecommunications Bill, 2022 Sarvesh MathiNovember 16, 2022
News TLDR: Crypto industry’s political funding, India’s G20 presidency, ‘Health Connect’, Google’s UPI Autopay, More A quick roundup of tech policy news and developments from India and around the world Labdhi SanchetiNovember 15, 2022
News Students patent AI software to reduce call drops, already in talks with telcos Four engineering students have patented an AI-based technology to improve call drop rates and have held initial talks with telcos Vallari SanzgiriNovember 14, 2022