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How your dating profile data can be used to create deepfakes

March 04, 2024 5:21 pm

The discourse surrounding deepfakes typically narrows its focus to sexual content or political misinformation, inadvertently overlooking a crucial aspect: The origin of the data used to create them

How the Telecom Act undermines personal liberties

January 24, 2024 11:11 pm

The Telecommunications Act cements government’s power to suspend internet services, does not establish independent oversight mechanism for interception, suspension orders

Telecommunications Bill, 2023: The changes it seeks in the telecom sector, why some have raised concerns

December 21, 2023 4:11 pm

As per the new Bill, telecom services and networks will need authorisation from the government, unless it decides to exempt certain entities in public interest. What would this mean?

SP Kochhar: ‘Telcos should be compensated for all their expenditure to build the networks in India’

December 29, 2022 7:27 am

The director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), SP Kochhar explains why telcos want OTTs to pay usage charges for using their infrastructure. He also makes a pitch for financially compensating telcos for assisting in surveillance like phone tapping and business disruptions during internet shutdowns.

There’s nothing like carrier bundled complimentary media services for the 21st century Indian viewer

June 09, 2020 8:47 am

A recent Ovum-Amdocs report on the OTT services in India propounded that, 'India has one of the highest numbers of users with carrier-bundled paid media services'

Full-fledged internet telephony enabled

June 21, 2018 5:03 am

The new amendments to the licence provisions only allow those entities holding the access service provider licence to provide full-fledged internet telephony and not the over-the-top players like WhatsApp, Skype, Google Duo, which allow only app to app calling.

Telecom Commission sends back spectrum pricing proposal to Trai

November 08, 2014 1:45 am

Trai has asked DoT to clarify if talks with defence ministry to release an additional block of 5 MHz in the 2100 MHz band has occurred and its outcome.

Spectrum sold to telcos in Feb auction caught in DoT, defence tussle

October 10, 2014 1:47 am

The telecom department, a source said, is unable to give out those spectrum or airwaves because the defence ministry is squatting on some of those bands.

Reliance Communications,Bahrain Telecommunications talks in final stages

April 08, 2013 9:27 pm

RCom is expecting Rs 5,000-6,000 crore from 80 per cent stake sale.

FM calls meeting to discuss big infra projects

August 29, 2012 1:15 am

To give an impetus to big infrastructure projects that are in limbo,finance minister P Chidambaram has called a meeting of key infrastructure ministries next week

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