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  • including Vodafone Idea
  • Authority of India
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority
  • Reliance Jio
  • Bharti Airtel Limited
  • China Telecom
  • Ryan Daws
  • Trai SMS to DoT: Use bank guarantees to recover fine from telcos over spam


    Trai SMS to DoT: Use bank guarantees to recover fine from telcos over spam

    Trai SMS to DoT: Use bank guarantees to recover fine from telcos over spam

    A week ago, Trai was forced to extend the deadline for whitelisting — or registering with telecom operators — SMS content by a month to October 1, after pleas by telcos, banks and ecommerce firms that had warned of widespread disruption to delivery of commercial messages containing URLs, OTT links and call-back numbers.


    Rescue package on the cards for MTNL, RINL; committee to take final call on servicing MTNL debt of nearly Rs 8,000 cr

    Rescue package on the cards for MTNL, RINL; committee to take final call on servicing MTNL debt of nearly Rs 8,000 cr

    “We have received a representation from the steel ministry on RINL, and it is being examined," said another official, adding that there is a view within the government that it will not be prudent to let public sector banks (PSBs) take a substantial haircut on their loans or pick up equity stakes in these firms in lieu of repayments.