RBI may give payment bank licence to Post Department in August: Prasad

Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 16:40

According to a source, Prasad has approved hybrid model suggested by Ernst & Young which prepared detailed project report on Post Bank of India (PBI).

Prasad exhorts postal dept to aggressively market its products

Last Updated: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 20:44

Union Communications and IT Minister Ravishankar Prasad Sunday called on the postal department employees to aggressively market its products, including postal services, e-commerce, banking and insurance.

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.

PM Modi meets Prasad on BSNL revival

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 16:46

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a meeting with Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to deliberate on the revival strategy of state-run BSNL a couple of days back.

Deparement of Telecom speeds up spectrum allocation, issues LoI

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 13:43

"As of now, we are expediting to allocate the spectrum which has already been auctioned this year...The Letter of Intent has been issued to all," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told PTI.

BSNL to launch free roaming from today

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 08:48

State-run BSNL will launch free roaming, starting Monday, which will allow all its mobile customers across the country to receive incoming calls at no cost.

BSNL putting up 5,000 BTS towers in the country

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 23:01

Union Minister for Telecommunications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad Sunday said that the public telecom operator BSNL is putting up 5,000 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers across the country to provide better services to its customers.

BSNL to launch free roaming from June 15

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 16:12

"In fact, it is like a dream of 'One Nation One Number' coming true," BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said in a statement.

TCS, Infosys visa issue: Govt to intervene when required

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 14:36

With the US probing TCS and Infosys for alleged visa rule violations, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the government will intervene if the need arises.

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.

Govt 'serious' over mobile call drop on BSNL network: Prasad

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 21:06

"We are serious on the issue of mobile call drop of BSNL. Steps are being taken to address it.

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.