Telephone Exchange Case: SC stays proceedings against Dayanidhi Maran till Oct 1

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 11:36

Maran had moved the Supreme Court and obtained a stay and sought more time to file response on the government's reply on his petition. The apex court has asked the Central government to submit its reply by October 1.

Govt mulls levying penalty on telcos for call drops

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 19:02

A top official in the ministry said it will be conveyed to the owners that in case quality of service does not improve, option of levying penalty under licence conditions is not ruled out.

Optimise networks to curb call drops: Prasad to telcos

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 20:43

With call drops becoming a cause of concern for the entire country, mobile operators need to rise to the occasion and they cannot escape their "responsibility and accountability", he said.

Prasad awards tablet PCs to digitally-trained tribal women

Last Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2015, 22:06

Most of these women are from the Dalit and Maha-Dalit sections of the society and they have been trained through the Common Service Center network.

Prasad to launch mobile app for digital literacy on Saturday

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 20:04

The mobile app is prepared to spread digital literacy through self-learning modules. The app is free and is available on Google Play Store.

Digital India to empower youth: Prasad

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 23:12

The Union minister said that 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country were being digitally connected, so that people were digitally empowered.

Over 47 lakh people participated in Digital India events

Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015, 19:54

Over 47 lakh people directly participated in various programmes organised under Digital India week, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.

Full MNP will empower people, improve services: Prasad

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 18:50

Full MNP will enable subscribers to transfer their mobile numbers to any new city or locality across the country and use it as local number from today. So far, the facility was available only within a telecom circle or service area.

Digital India Week conceives of 'IT enabled society': RS Prasad

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 16:50

Union Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said the `Digital India Week` is not only an idea of an IT enabled service but an IT enabled society.

Govt mulls new snooping policy to balance security and privacy

Last Updated: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 15:35

The Communications and Information Technology Ministry is consulting the Home Ministry to sort out the issues related to interception by security agencies, he said.

You have enough spectrum, address call drops: Prasad to telcos

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 12:08

The minister said he has asked sectoral regulator TRAI to suggest a disincentive mechanism to tackle the problem, though he refused to share if it will be a financial disincentive.

Suggest disincentive to tackle call drops: DoT to TRAI

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 17:03

Last week, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad suggested that private operators should minimise call drops and DoT is working on a disincentive architecture on the matter.