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India-Pakistan Tensions: At the same time, the department stressed that Aadhaar-based KYC must be completed before a SIM card is delivered to a customer’s home.  

Industry experts believe that consumers who live in the proximity of airports are not likely to get 5G on their devices. DoT asks telecom companies not to install 5G base station within 2.1 km range of Indian airports. 5G wireless networks roll out across the world, pilots in the US also reported frequent problems with the aircraft`s radio (radar) altimeters.

A growth in average revenue per user is essential for the industry to invest in the network and spectrum. Last fiscal, there was a fall in the overall number of subscribers as 3.70 crore inactive users were weeded out. The three top telcos witnessed a 3 per cent rise in the number of active users.

TRAI took a strong note of telecom service companies not providing outgoing SMS facility in certain prepaid vouchers. TRAI said in the recent past it has received complaints from subscribers over their inability to send SMS on short code 1900 specified for UPC (Unique Porting Code) generation.

Telecom companies increased prices in India. Vodafone-Idea has increased the prices of prepaid plans by up to 25 percent. Reliance Jio's prepaid plans also became 21 percent expensive.

Govt is likely to defer dues for the next 4 years, but instalments will have to be paid after 5 years The govt, however, is unlikely to extend 10 year period as ordered by the apex court, sources said

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also warned the telecom companies that the court may initiate contempt proceedings against them and government officials for not complying with it`s order.

It is to be noted that the legal tussle between the government and the telecom firms over the definition of AGR was ongoing for the last 14 years.

State-run BSNL and MTNL are facing financial stress due to stiff competition and high employee costs.

Prasad Koparkar said the analysis does not include the performance of the banking and finance companies and oil & gas.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on August 18 issued stricter version of quality of service rules which will be come into effect from October 1. 

In its report, the IMG has also recommended that the payments for spectrum be taken in 16 instalments (16 years) as against the current practice of 10 years, the source said.

The inter-ministerial group looking into telecom companies' financial stress has finalised its report, outlining recommendations for providing relief to the debt-ridden sector.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is likely to release a discussion paper on spectrum auction this week, chairman R S Sharma said on Monday.

Going further, Trai is mulling allowing 'export' or use of that data to enable people to build tariff-comparison apps and products, just as one sees for insurance or airline fares.

Industry stakeholders have suggested a floor price to stop any player from offering tariff below that level.

Meanwhile, two terrorists are still holed up inside the building of the Delhi Public School in Panta Chowk, Sringar and counter-terror operations are underway.

India`s telecoms minister said on Thursday that the government would take corrective steps to ensure growth in the sector, the world`s second-biggest by number of users, amid worries about financial stress.

In the wake of recent liquidity crisis at Reliance Communications, global rating agency Fitch Ratings today said though the country's banks do not have large exposure to the telecom sector, but defaults could affect lenders with weak financials.

The finance ministry on Friday asked telecom companies to rejig costs and lower prices to pass on the benefits of tax rate reduction under GST to customers from July.