Telecom Industry

"Given Sanchar Saathi's increasing acceptance, the government has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers"

CAF is a critical regulatory document for compliance, and telecom service providers are audited to ensure its accuracy and integrity. Failure to do so can lead to penalties

Telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told Lok Sabha the Centre is open to changing DoT's Sanchar Saathi preloading directive based on feedback, as privacy concerns and OEM pushback grow

Apple, other global device makers not on board; India's Lava to comply

Industry and policy experts warn the new rules could upend user experience while doing little to curb cyber fraud

Industry executives say directions have been issued without prior public consultation or impact assessment

The ministry notified the rules on November 14, bringing into effect the law

Sale to be third instance of sale by promoter entity ICIL within 2025

India's 5G and broadband expansion is moving slower than expected, raising concerns among telecom companies about meeting the country's long-term digital goals

The senior executive added that satellite broadband was a complementary service to terrestrial networks and would serve use cases where terrestrial networks

This is not the first time that the Union government is considering a relief measure for the financially stressed telco

Reliance Jio had raised concerns over the need for clearer guidance on 5G network slicing

Telco in talks with DoT for next steps after top court's AGR decision

The consolidated revenue of the firm for the second quarter came in at Rs 52,145 crore

"We will need to study the order to understand its implications and will wait for Vodafone Idea to apply for seeking relief," Scindia said on the sidelines of a briefing on the Department of Posts

The DoT directs telcos to launch Caller Name Presentation (CNAP) across India by March 2026, with pilots underway and Trai's support for a default opt-out model

If fully subscribed, it would mark the largest bond issuance of the current financial year

The European planemaker is also on its way towards a longer-term goal of increasing underlying output of narrow-body jets to 75 a month in 2027

Fakhri noted that Prose Technologies is also aiming to serve neighbouring markets from its India base, with a focus on Southeast Asia and West Asia

Artificial intelligence will make telecom networks self-healing and improve customer services, telecom secretary Neeraj Mittal said on Saturday. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress 2025, Mittal said that the government is trying to keep up pace with the fast-evolving technological landscape and come up with the organised response as a country along with ITU (International Telecommunication Union) to see the manner in which AI and telecom developments can be harmonised for good. "As we move from 5G to 6G, There is a tremendous role for AI to improve the intelligence in the networks, make them self-healing, move from generative AI to agentic AI, where both in the front end, deep in the network, and in the middle part of the network, there will be a lot of functions which AI will replace, make the customer service better," Mittal said. According to telecom industry players, 6G trials are expected to start in 2028 and commercial deployment will take some more time. Mittal said while