If reports are to be believed, telecommunication companies in India have expressed concerns over the new rules of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which have been framed for mandating the traceability of transactional and service messages sent by principal entities (PEs) such as banks, e-commerce platforms and other financial institutions.

No more OTPs after November 1? Indian telecom regulator's directive causes concern

To enhance consumer rights in air travel, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a rule mandating airlines to quickly issue automatic cash refunds to passengers when owed.

New rule will force US airlines to provide automatic, quick refunds for cancelled flights

Netflix's recently released film, 'The Archies' has taken the internet by storm. The movie has launched several star kids in the show business, but did you know that it also launched the daughter of Amit Saigal, who founded India's first rock magazine? In an exclusive conversation with WION's Samarpita Das, Dot reveals more.

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After a Supreme Court rap for missing payment deadline, top telecom firms Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices on Monday scrambled to pay a part of the outstanding dues even as the apex court refused to stop the government from taking coercive action for any further delay in clearing full dues.

Airtel, Voda, Idea make part payment; DoT mulls encashing bank guarantees

The Indian telecom industry is under duress after the Supreme Court came down heavily on telecom companies for not paying dues on time to the government. The judges accused the telcos of "contempt of court".

The telecom tremors: Consequences of Supreme Court's ruling

The Indian telecom department issued orders directing telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone to clear dues before Friday (February 14) midnight.

Indian govt asks telecom companies to pay Rs 1.47 lakh cr

After Supreme Court rap, the Department of Telecommunications has ordered firms such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to clear dues before Friday midnight. The DoT, which faced the ire of the Supreme Court for putting on hold recovery of dues from telecom companies, started issuing circle or zone-wise demand notices to firms, an order seen by PTI said.

DoT asks telcos to clear dues by midnight, withdraws 'no coercive action against defaulters' 

People can now file a complaint with the Department of Telecom (DoT) against offensive messages received on WhatsApp, an official said Friday. The victim just needs to furnish a screenshot of the message along with the mobile number and e-mail it to ccaddn-dot@nic.

Now, register complaint with DoT against offensive WhatsApp messages

As per the instructions, the M2M numbers will be implemented from July 1, 2018 and the deadline for the completion has been decided for December 31, 2018

DoT directs issue of 13-digit mobile number for M2M communication

The sector regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, had issued a regulation in February 2016 on discriminatory pricing over internet access which led to ban of platforms like Free Basics and Airtel Zero

Ravi Shankar Prasad says he 'denied permission' to Facebook's Free Basics

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