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Trai calls for safeguarding consumer data with telecom firms
17 Jul 2018
Trai has recommended that all entities in the digital ecosystem who control or process personal data of users, should be brought under a data protection framework
Telecom Commission approves new telecom policy, upholds net neutrality
12 Jul 2018
While the internet will remain open to all and there will be no discrimination on the basis of content, some critical services will remain out of the purview of the net neutrality rules
Vodafone-Idea merger gets DoT’s conditional approved
10 Jul 2018
DoT has been insisting that Vodafone must settle the outstanding demands of more than Rs8,100 crore on account of one-time spectrum charges, an issue that Vodafone had challenged at the telecom tribunal
After Maharashtra, UP’s Yogi bans plastic from 15 July
07 Jul 2018
While polythene bags, plastic cups and glasses will be banned in Uttar Pradesh from 15 July, the modalities are still being worked out and unlike Maharashtra, no immediate penalties have been announced
Petrol, diesel prices hiked
05 Jul 2018
Qatar set to buy Sahara's New York Plaza Hotel for $600 mn: report
04 Jul 2018
Qatar's state-owned Katara Holding is buying full ownership of the Plaza Hotel, including a 75-per cent stake from the troubled Sahara India Pariwar, reports Reuters citing a source familiar with the deal
The vanishing nuclear industry
03 Jul 2018
Trai penalises Jio, Airtel, Idea and Vodafone
02 Jul 2018
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