Tag Archives: DoT

16 Dec

News Roundup: LinkedIn India, IPv6, .IN Registrations [and more]

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LinkedIn has opened it’s India office (as we mentioned earlier) and has partnered with CNBC-TV18 for co-marketing of the service in India.
DoT is all set to announce its policy for adopting the next generation protocol for Internet services in the country. Read More »

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24 Jul

Three Year Lock-in on Equity stake Held by New Telecom Firm promoters

By manish 2 Comments

DoT has announced a three year lock-in period on the equity stake held by promoters of new telecom companies. The decision is a result of frenzy stake sale by new telcos last year (for instance, Swan Telecom sold off 45% … Read More »

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23 May

News Roundup:DoT, Defence Ministry Bury the Hatchet, Software Exports Decline 96%..and more

By sinha 1 Comment

DoT, Defence Ministry bury the hatchet on spectrum vacation The Department of Telecom and the Ministry of Defence have finally signed the memorandum of understanding for vacating spectrum after both sides softened their stance on the various demands put up … Read More »

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20 Dec

Telecom Roundup: RCom launches Samachar, Operators to Disconnect 25mn Phones

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DoT has instructed operators to disconnect all handsets which do not have an IMEI number from January 6th 2009 – this decision has been taken following Mumbai terror

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21 May

Telecom Roundup: Videocon to roll out telecom service in Chennai, DoT-TRAI differ over dual-tech rollout

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Videocon is all set to launch it’s telecom offering in Chennai and is likely in talks with middle-east partner for partnership. Videocon will take the CDMA route and is expected to go live on August 15th. The service will be … Read More »

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27 Dec

DoT turns angel investor, has $2.5 bn funds to disburse!

By sinha 2 Comments

Good news for startups – DoT, unable to utilize funds from USOF (Universal Service Obligation Fund) has decided to channelize the fund to invest in communication technology startups. Basically, telecom operators pay 5% of their revenue to USOF fund for … Read More »

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