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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The telecom regulator’s new rules to battle spam calls and messages has telecom companies all riled up.
Last week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018, to provide stronger protection against spam.
In response, an industry body of telecom operators lambasted the amendments. One of their key gripes was that over-the-top (OTT) communication service providers such as WhatsApp and Telegram are not included within the ambit of the rules.
No doubt spam messages on WhatsApp and other similar platforms are a legitimate issue. While WhatsApp is a fertile ground for scams, Telegram is a den of spam messages and online fraud. This does call for some sort of …
Elon Musk’s satellite internet promises a new way to get online. How will it coexist with the country's telecom giants?
A quarter with subscriber gains portends well for the telecom operator, but its underlying metrics tell a more cautious story.
While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.
