1982-batch Kerala Cadre IAS officer Aruna Sundararajan’s tryst with technology is not new Telecom sector will thrive because telecom is a key utility and in fact new players could also enter the market, said Sundararajan
3 min read31 Jul 2019Bharti Airtel's 4G services will be available in Port Blair to begin with
1 min read15 Jan 2019In the contempt of court plea, RCom claimed DoT failed to furnish an NOC clearing the RCom-Jio spectrum deal even after the Supreme Court had directed it to do so
2 min read4 Jan 2019DoT maintained its stance that the deal cannot be cleared unless it gets clarity on payment of dues and associated charges
2 min read20 Dec 2018Birla had earlier expressed concerns over the severe liquidity crunch in the telecom industry and has sent an SOS to the government for deferring statutory payments in a sector that is not generating enough cash to even service loans
1 min read22 Nov 2018Proposed norms would mean a new regulatory requirement for Jio
2 min read31 Aug 2018RCom said that DoT had insisted on bank guarantees against the disputed one-time spectrum charge from the company when it approached the government for liberalising spectrum in the 800 MHz band
1 min read12 Jul 2018The licence agreements with service providers will be immediately amended and will be subject to principles of net neutrality, says telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan
1 min read11 Jul 2018Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan says the government has begun helping the affected employees get alternative employment, and retrain and redeploy them
2 min read18 May 2018The goals of the telecom policy include universal broadband, creating 4 million jobs, and increasing the share of digital communications in India's gross domestic product to 8% from less than 6% in 2017
1 min read4 May 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared