The Department of Telecommunications will soon be forming a committee (circular from 31 July, available yesterday) to advise the government on issues of monitoring compliance...
The draft National E-Commerce policy, of which MediaNama has a copy (pdf), includes debatable requirements like data localisation, an audit of foreign companies’ source code, mandating...
Over the weekend, it emerged that an old number used by the Aadhaar-issuing Unique Identification Authority of India for a helpline, 1800-300-1947, was mysteriously...
In a regulatory submission, obtained by MediaNama under RTI, Apple has opposed a provision in TRAI’s SMS Spam regulation which would force handset makers...
The government said in the Supreme Court that it is withdrawing its tender to establish a Social Media Communications Hub, according to the Internet...
In 2016, WhatsApp announced that it would stop charging users subscription fees for using the service. This was soon after the platform was acquired by...
Seven private telecom operators participated in that 2016’s spectrum auctions. This year, there are only three: the Vodafone–Idea combine, Airtel, and Reliance Jio. The...