Public Sector telecom major BSNL has added 55 lakh customers in the last seven months, taking the total number past the 9.1 crore mark, the Parliament was informed.
Telecom service providers have blacklisted 1,150 entities/individuals and disconnected more than 18.8 lakh resources, the government said on Wednesday, as it aims to further control the spread of spam calls and messages.
Underfire for not having its representative on the podium for the prize distribution ceremony after the Champions Trophy final, the Pakistan Cricket Board has lodged a protest with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for ignoring its representative during Sunday's event in Dubai.
The Centre on Tuesday warned miscreants against tampering or spoofing of telecom resources, like mobile numbers, IP address, IMEI and SMS headers, as such offences are punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or up to Rs 50 lakh fine, or both.
Benchmark indices, on Monday, extended their fall to a fifth session in a row, taking the Nifty 50 to the lowest level in last eight months. The fall was led by selling in IT, Realty and Telecom shares.
The note said Jio could list at a USD 112 billion valuation and add 7-15% upside to the Reliance Industries share price.
The telecom equipment manufacturing sector has demonstrated exceptional growth, with total sales exceeding Rs 50,000 crore by Production linked Incentive (PLI) companies.
Surjewala, who is the Congress MP in Rajya Sabha, asserted that this increase has put an annual burden of Rs 34,824 crore on 109 crore cell phone users.
The Centre on Saturday introduced the new Telecommunications Act, 2023 that will usher in the new era of connectivity from June 26, replacing century-old colonial laws.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has elected India as co-chair of its Digital Innovation Board, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said on Thursday.
