India Telecommunications Bill

'The Telecommunications Act, 2023' is set to overhaul the country's century-old telecom law to make the sector investor-friendly; it prioritises user protection but also extends powers to the government to intercept communications.

Telecom Bill 2023: After Meta, Signal, Proton, Mozilla, 57 other platforms raise concerns

In a letter addressed to Minister of Communication Ashwini Vaishnaw, the signatories warned that the new Telecom Bill was a threat to end-to-end encryption and platforms, which use such features, may "choose to not operate in India"

Telecommunications Bill 2023 secures Lok Sabha approval, heads to Rajya Sabha for final review

In the previous version of the bill, the ambit of the regulation also included over the top services such as WhatsApp or a Signal. However, in the bill that was tabled in the Parliament on October 18, OTT has not been included.

Lok Sabha clears 3 bills to replace colonial-era criminal laws; repeal of sedition, death for mob lynching among key highlights

A provision has been included under the proposed criminal law that a person can be sentenced to capital punishment if convicted of mob lynching

Govt likely to table Telecommunications Bill 2023 in Lok Sabha on December 18

Telecom bill 2023: The draft Telecommunications Bill of 2023 proposed bringing over-the-top services, such as internet-based calling and messaging apps, under the definition of telecommunications to strengthen user safety.

DoT urged to consider administrative allocation of satellite spectrum, not auction

Satellite spectrum auction has never happened in India before and globally the administrative allocation route is followed," the SatCom Industry Association of India explained.