Telecom Dept to hold meeting with advisory group on net neutrality

A committee of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), set up to examine various aspects of net neutrality, has decided to […]

DoT turns to private sector to realise Digital India dream

In a shift from its previous stance, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now decided to rope in private sector […]

Ram Sewak Sharma assigned additional charge of DoT Secretary

Department of Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Ram Sewak Sharma has been assigned the additional charge of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), […]

M F Farooqui is the new DoT secretary

M F Farooqui has taken charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), replacing R Chandrashekhar who retired […]

DoT takes action against telecom operators for violating radiation norms

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has taken steps to strictly enforce latest Radiation standards in respect of Electro Magnetic Radiations (EMR) […]

Mobility:Creating a world of Opportunities: May 2008

EDITORIAL Telecommunication: Changing the Face of the World COVER INTERVIEW: GOVERNMENT SPEAK Enabling Last Mile Connectivity Interview:Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, Universal […]

The Big Indian IT Dream

[This article was published in the November 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The introduction of the Draft National ICT Policy is giving rise to a lot of hope as well as questions as to how it will leverage the IT sector

Mobile is the only medium which can reach out to 850 million people : R Chandrashekhar, Secretary- DIT, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, India

R Chandrashekhar talks about the noble responsibility that he is shouldering, and the road ahead in the Department of Telecom in a freewheeling interview with Dr Ravi Gupta and Dr Rajeshree Dutta Kumar

Government to Invite Bids for Broadband in Rural Areas

The government will soon invite bids from telecom firms to provide broadband services in rural areas of the country. For this service the providers will get subsidy from the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund.

A perfectionist policy maker

[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Nurturing of an idea is more crucial than making strategies, feels Ashis Sanyal, Senior Director