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Govt makes active SIM link mandatory for messaging apps

The Centre has issued directions that would ensure app-based communication services, the likes of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and others, are continuously linked to a user's active SIM card.......

Decoding govt order on active SIM link for WhatsApp, other apps

India has mandated an active SIM linkage for messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to work on a device in the coming days, with the government asserting that 'SIM binding' is essential......

Assam: 1 killed in Bodos-Tribals Clash, Internet Suspended

The situation in Kokrajhar escalated late on January 19 after a Scorpio vehicle carrying three Bodo individuals hit two Adivasi persons at Mansingh Road under the Karigaon police outpost.. Kindly......

Red Fort blast accused communicate with Pak handlers via 'ghost' SIM cards

Investigations into the "white-collar" terror module linked to the blast near Delhi's Red Fort on November 10 last year show that highly educated doctors used a sophisticated web of "ghost" SIM......

Govt makes Sanchar Saathi app mandatory on all new handsets

The Department of Telecom has directed manufacturers and importers of mobile handsets to ensure that its fraud reporting app Sanchar Saathi is pre-installed in all new devices within 90 days.......

Govt nods VIL package; freezes AGR dues at Rs 87,695 cr

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a relief package for debt-laden Vodafone Idea, freezing the AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) dues at Rs 87,695 crore and rescheduling the payment from FY32 to......

No AGR relief for Vodafone Idea: MoS Telecom

The telecom department is not contemplating providing any relief to Vodafone Idea with regard to adjusted gross revenue, Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said on......

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps

Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for representational purposes. App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads......

Vi gets a decade to breathe easy on AGR dues; DoT to reassess liabilities

India’s third-largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has secured a 10-year breather on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) payments from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Photograph:......

Airtel to call for Rs 15,741 cr tranche of rights issue

India’s second-largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel will call in March 2026 the final tranche of about Rs 15,741 crore from its 2021 rights issue of Rs 21,000 crore, proceeds from which......

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Govt makes active SIM link mandatory for messaging apps

Decoding govt order on active SIM link for WhatsApp, other apps

Assam: 1 killed in Bodos-Tribals Clash, Internet Suspended

Red Fort blast accused communicate with Pak handlers via 'ghost' SIM cards

Govt makes Sanchar Saathi app mandatory on all new handsets

Govt nods VIL package; freezes AGR dues at Rs 87,695 cr

No AGR relief for Vodafone Idea: MoS Telecom

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps

Vi gets a decade to breathe easy on AGR dues; DoT to reassess liabilities

Airtel to call for Rs 15,741 cr tranche of rights issue

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