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Department of Telecommunications

The case has been going on since July 2019 when the Telecom Disputes Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) ruled that the one-time spectrum charge could be levied prospectively, not retrospectively. (PTI)

In big relief, government may allow telcos spectrum waiver

A bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna granted the DoT time to reconsider the levy

06 Oct 2021 6:53 AM

Citing the phenomenally higher base price of Rs 3,92,000 crores that the government set for the auction, some experts claim that the current spectrum auction is a failure as it managed to fetch merely one-fifth of its reserve price. (Photo: DC)

AA Edit | Spectrum auction a failure?

Out of 2,308.8 megahertz airwaves that were on offer, just a little more than one-third — 855.6 MHz — was purchased

06 Mar 2021 4:34 AM

Vodafone Idea has paid a further sum of Rs 1,000 crore to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) towards adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. (ANI Photo)

Vodafone pays Rs 1,000 crore to DoT towards AGR dues

The apex court rejected the argument of incumbent telecom operators that the AGR only included licence and spectrum fees.

19 Jul 2020 8:42 AM

The DoT insists that employees working from home maintain all logs of activities and follow all other mandated terms

DoT gives IT, ITes firms work-from-home breather amid coronavirus outbreak

Nasscom had requested the government to relax the work-from-home norms to facilitate business continuity

14 Mar 2020 5:06 PM

The Centre’s efforts to strike a balance between compliance with the apex court’s order on AGR dues and protecting corporate interest made further headway on Tuesday, with bleeding telcos making another round of payment to the government.

Telcos pay Rs 8,000 crore more

Reports said Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) CEO and MD Ravinder Takkar again met telecom secretary Anshu Prakash.

04 Mar 2020 1:57 AM

Reports said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is still working on the final AGR dues that the service providers have to pay, as it has detected variations in the accounting practices adopted by different telecom circle offices.

Telecom stocks bounce back on hopes of relief

Vodafone Idea shares closed at Rs 4.19 on the BSE, up by 38.28 per cent after hitting a high of Rs 4.49 in the intra-day trading.

20 Feb 2020 3:52 AM

In case of lost and stolen phone, you will have to file an FIR and inform the DoT via helpline number 14422.

Lost your mobile phone? No worries, govt will help you locate it

Ravi Shankar Prasad will now launch the web portal to report theft of phones in Maharashtra today.

13 Sep 2019 12:58 PM

The idea behind the crackdown on ''keypad jihadis'' was to ensure that the security agencies could concentrate more on nabbing or eliminating terrorists with real guns rather than those who wage war against the state machinery using keypads. (Photo: Representational | PTI)

Home Ministry to convene high-level meeting to check 'keypad jihadis'

It is a virtual battleground where a bloody war is fought, but with words. However, this has an impact on young minds, officials opined.

10 Jun 2018 6:05 PM

The DoT of the Central government had allotted 112 for the National Emer-gency Response System project. (Representational image)

Delhi Police write to DoT to scrap 121 helpline no

Police said that the number was ‘creating confusion’ and leading to a ‘spike in the number of blank calls’ received by the DoT’s emergency number 112.

03 Oct 2017 2:36 AM

The police has arrested five persons in connection with the Govandi-Trombay phone exchange scam so far.

Phone exchange scam: Police recover 37000 pages of call log

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said the scam caused a loss of `49 crore to the Indian government.

17 Aug 2017 2:06 AM

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