As per recent news reports the Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”), in a report on net neutrality, has recommended against the regulation of over-the-top (“OTT”) services. Nevertheless, the DoT’s report favours ‘regulatory oversight’ on the OTT service providers offering local voice...

The ‘Digital India’ campaign of the Government was launched on July 1, 2015 by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The INR 1.13 lakh crore is aimed at creating a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The project has the potential...

Author: Arjun UppalPublisher: D-FraudPublisher access: web linkPublished in: March, 2015Corruption has vast deleterious impact on a society and the economy. The evolution of a strong regulatory mechanism in the form of legislation can possibly be one step towards prevention and combating the evil...

As readers may be aware from our earlier post, ‘Telecom Regulator Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulations for OTT Services’, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) had issued a ‘Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (“OTT”) services’ inviting comments from the...

In a step towards implementing the One Nation – Free Roaming objective of the National Telecom Policy, 2012, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) issued the Telecommunication Tariff (Sixtieth Amendment) Order, 2015 (3 of 2015) vide Press Release No....

In what is being seen as an attempt by the Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”) to mend its relationship with the telecom. operators, which has gone sour over spectrum pricing, quantity and call rates and the airwave auctions the DoT has decided to...

As readers may be aware from our previous post, the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India (“DoT”) had put up spectrum in 4 bands of 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz,...

As per recent media reports the Department of Telecommunications is seen to have informally agreed to allow the use of Wi-Fi while in flight in Indian air space. Certain media reports indicate that the Government might soon permit the idea...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) on March 27, 2015 issued  a ‘Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (“OTT”) services’ inviting comments from the stakeholders on the issue. The TRAI, while issuing the consultation paper, observed that there...

Author: Salman WarisPublisher: Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research, LondonPublished in: February 2015Download: Getting the Deal Through – Cybersecurity 2015 – IndiaGetting the Deal Through has published the 2015 edition of Cybersecutiy, a volume in the series of annual reports that provide international analysis in...