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TopicDepartment of Telecommunication

Topic: Department of Telecommunication

Telcos to use subscriber photo checks to enforce 9-SIM cap in bid to curb digital arrest scams

Anyone with more than 9 sims across operators, and over 6 in J&K & North East, will have to give up extra ones. If they don't, the numbers acquired at later date will be disconnected first.

Why telcos are opposing SIM blocking within 2-3 hours in digital arrests & other cyber fraud

The opposition to the suggestion backed by SC-appointed amicus curiae is present in papers submitted by Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre in a suo motu writ petition.

The siren that took 15 years to ring—Inside India’s emergency tech saga

Millions of phones just buzzed with a trial siren, but the paperwork for this 'instant' alert has been in the works since the 2011 Mumbai blasts.

Sanchar Saathi U-turn shows India’s cybersecurity strategy is broken

After the withdrawal of the Sanchar Saathi mandate, focus must shift to real solutions for fighting spam.

Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

What is the Sanchar Sathi app? A consumer-protection tool raising privacy concerns

The mandate has also drawn wide criticism from Congress and other Opposition parties, who have alleged that this is a step towards state surveillance.

TRAI launches upgraded website to enhanc user experience

New features facilitate sharing of regulatory information across stakeholders.

C-DOT, C R Rao AIMSCS join forces to bolster India’s telecom security

The project focuses on building infrastructure to capture side-channel data leakages. This involves monitoring power usage changes in real-time from Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) during cryptographic algorithm execution.

Why PM-WANI is falling behind targets & how govt plans to fix the public Wi-Fi hotspots scheme

With just 207,642 hotspots set up—well short of the target of 10mn by 2022—the government is considering lowering connectivity costs for small providers to improve expansion.

DoT flags 6.80 lakh mobile connections for re-verification

The DoT has directed all TSPs to re-verify the flagged connections within 60 days. Failure to complete re-verification will result in the disconnection of the concerned mobile numbers.

On Camera

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.