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The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approve on Monday the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular that will create the country's largest mobile service operator with proposed name of Vodafone Idea Ltd.

Telecom department likely to approve Vodafone-Idea merger today

Idea and Vodafone have decided to combine their operations to create the country's largest telecom operator.

18 Jun 2018 12:15 PM

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has opened broadband experience centres at three villages in Varanasi, Ghazipur and Gorakhpur districts of Uttar Pradesh in partnership with the Department of Telecom.

Airtel partners with DoT to open broadband centres in UP

Airtel said it has committed to partnerning with BharatNet to provide broadband service in up to 30,500 gram panchayats.

13 Jun 2018 6:00 PM

DoT, aviation ministry to meet on in-flight connectivity norms

DoT and the civil aviation ministry officials will meet within 10 days.

12 Jun 2018 3:33 PM

The Department of Telecom has floated tender to install over 5 lakh wi-fi hotspots across gram panchayats with an estimated cost of Rs 4,000 crore.

Govt floats tender to set up 5 lakh wi-fi in panchayats

The project is expected to be rolled out by the end of this year.

07 Jun 2018 6:06 PM

Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved raising the foreign direct investment limit in the company to 100 per cent.

Idea Cellular gets DoT nod to raise FDI limit to 100 per cent

The FDI approval is a major milestone in the merger process of Vodafone India with Idea Cellular.

04 Jun 2018 9:11 PM

Vodafone and Idea had announced that the merger would be complete by June. (Photo AFP)

Revised M&A norms to pave way for Idea-Vodafone merger

DoT will seek Rs 2,100 crore bank guarantee this month from Idea Cellular as one-time spectrum charge.

01 Jun 2018 8:37 AM

The launch of Wi-Fi hotspots under the rural broadband project 'BharatNet' has seen 190 per cent jump in data usage to 95 terabyte in six months of the service, as per an official report.

Wi-Fi adds wing to BharatNet, data usage jumps 190 pc in villages

Karnataka at present has largest number of GPs where BharatNet infrastructure is used for Wi-Fi choupal project.

27 May 2018 1:40 PM

Cash-strapped telecom firm MTNL is investing Rs 190 crore to upgrade its services and may also be allocated 4G spectrum.

MTNL investing Rs 190 crore to upgrade services, says Manoj Sinha

The department of telecom is seriously considering to allot 4G spectrum to state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.

20 May 2018 2:21 PM

Union telecom minister Manoj Sinha on Thursday said the government will "ensure quality service" for the subscribers.

Centre to ensure quality mobile network services, says Manoj Sinha

Government will ensure that quality service is given to the consumers.

17 May 2018 8:38 PM

A day after government approved its merger with telecom major Airtel, a section of Telenor India's employees are facing lay-off.

Airtel to lay-off section of Telenor staff post-merger

Both the companies had entered into an agreement for the deal in February 2017.

16 May 2018 8:37 PM

Supreme Court last week rejected DoT's petition for security deposit of around Rs 1,700 crore from the companies and directed it to approve the merger. (Photo: PTI)

DoT approves merger of Bharti Airtel and Telenor India

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had approved the proposed merger on March 8.

14 May 2018 1:35 PM

The telecom ministry is the competent authority to take the final call on Idea Cellular Ltd's proposal for infusing 100 per cent foreign direct investment.

Telecom ministry to decide on Idea's 100 pc FDI proposal: Prabhu

The Department of Telecom has put some condition while seeking views of DIPP on the proposal.

06 May 2018 11:41 AM

MTNL, in a bold move, has approached the government seeking allotment of 4G spectrum.

MTNL approaches govt for allotment of 4G spectrum

To survive in the mobile telephony market, 4G presence is a must.

29 Apr 2018 11:50 AM

The government is likely to release the draft of new National Telecom Policy on May 1 to seek public comments, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Thursday.

Draft National Telecom Policy to be released on May 1

It (NTP) will hopefully trigger innovation, will focus on Make in India and provide opportunities for partnering with lit of companies.

26 Apr 2018 12:36 PM

MTNL chief P K Purwar on Tuesday said an internal panel of Telecom Department is meeting on regular basis to discuss the revival options for the ailing state-owned firm.

MTNL revival plan on, DoT panel meeting regularly: CMD

It ruled out any talks on closure of the company at this point.

24 Apr 2018 3:37 PM

Unrestricted internet telephony likely soon

After eight years since its launch, internet telephony may finally arrive in India with legal clarity next month.

16 Apr 2018 12:18 PM

DoT is waiting for DIPP to give clearance for raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in Idea Cellular to 100 per cent before approving the merger of Vodafone India with the Aditya Birla group firm.

DoT awaits FDI clearance for Idea to approve merger with Vodafone

Only FDI clearance for Idea is pending before merger of Vodafone.

15 Apr 2018 2:50 PM

TDSAT has asked DoT to clear Airtel-Telenor merger without BG: Bharti

TDSAT has asked DoT to grant approval to Airtel-Telenor merger without any bank guarantee.

12 Apr 2018 5:50 PM

DoT, GSMA to discuss mobile phone cloning issue on Apr 17

The Department of Telecom will next week discuss the mobile phone cloning issue with global industry body GSM Association.

12 Apr 2018 12:18 PM

TRAI opined that the availability of broadband services at a very low cost and in every corner of the country is a basic requirement of the Digital India mission. (Representational Image)

TRAI seeks simplification of public Wi-Fi access point establishment

TRAI noted that a number of entities had registered for participating in the pilot project as PDOs.

06 Apr 2018 2:24 PM

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