Department of Telecommunication

Telecom operators announced to establish 5g roll out in Indian metro cities on December 28. As per the release, 5g services will be launched in Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Gurugram, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Lucknow, Chennai, Ahmedabad and others, first.  Telecom providers like Airtel, Jio, Vodafone are said to be a part of the big project, worth Rs 224 crores. The project will be completed by December 31, 2021 for the trial launch. 

Media agency Zenith has extrapolated that India's telecom advertising market growth will experience 11% annual growth during 2020-2023. Reportedly, the growth is higher than the sector’s average growth rate of 4.5% per year as it recovers itself from an 8.7% decline in 2020. Citing the rise due to increased demand for data and smartphones, the report highlighted that Telecom operator brands will gradually reduce their ads on conventional… read-more

As per a Department of Telecommunications's (DoT) release, landline users will have to prefix a zero for all calls directed to mobile phones from January 15. All major Indian telecom giants like Airtel and Jio have started notifying their customers about the new landline to mobile rule. Reportedly, the directive, which was issued in November 2020, has been implemented to secure adequate numbering resources for fixed-line and mobile users.

P.D. Vaghela, on September 28, has been appointed as the new TRAI chairman, succeeding RS Sharma who served for almost 5 years. Vaghela, an IAS officer from Gujarat, is currently serving as a secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DOP) under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and was also the Commissioner of Commercial Tax in Gujarat during the 2017 GST implementation. Vaghela will be taking charge from October 1.