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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicDepartment of Telecommunication

Topic: Department of Telecommunication

Radiation emitted by cell phone towers do not cause harm, says DoT official

Senior Deputy Director of the Department of Telecommunication made this remark in a webinar aimed at dispelling myths and misconceptions on radiation from mobile phone towers.

BSNL won’t be profitable in another 2 yrs, although VRS will save Rs 10,000 cr/yr: MPs’ panel

Parliamentary panel says BSNL will be profitable by 2023-24 only if it fully realises revenue & cash flow from services and monetises its assets.

SC slams telecom dept for Rs 4 lakh crore claim on PSUs, asks it to reconsider demand

The top court also directed telecom companies to file affidavits on how they propose to make payment of their liabilities towards AGR dues. 

WeTransfer site, blocked over ‘national security’, still accessible on Airtel, ACT Fibernet

Department of Telecom had blocked Dutch file-sharing site WeTransfer in 18 May order, asking all internet service providers to comply under licence agreement.

Why GAIL & Oil India could sink if they are forced to pay Rs 2.2 lakh crore telecom bill

GAIL, Oil India have to pay Rs 2.2 lakh crore thanks to SC order last year that expanded AGR definition to include non-telecom revenues. Deadline for payment expires tonight.

Doubtful if India’s ailing mobile telecom sector can create 4 million jobs: COAI chief

COAI’s Rajan S. Mathews wonders how the new telecom policy can achieve $100-billion investment objective 'if the industry is under financial stress'

2G spectrum allocation was a total bankruptcy of any pretence of morality: Vinod Rai

In this excerpt from his book titled 'Not Just An Accountant', former CAG Vinod Rai writes about how the auditor came up with the number and its consequences. 

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.