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  • DoT Advises M2M Service Providers To Register On Saral Sanchar Portal By September 30 To Avoid Disruption.

    New Delhi: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has urged all unregistered M2M Service Providers (M2M SPs) and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M Services, to register with DoT immediately and latest by September 30, 2024, to avoid disruption of their M2M services. . Non-compliance may lead to withdrawal or disconnection of telecom resources obtained from the Authorized Telecom Licensees.

    The extended timeline for registration of all unregistered entities, who have obtained telecom resources from authorized telecom licensees in the past, ends on September 30, 2024.

    The Department had issued detailed guidelines for registration of all M2M Service Providers (M2M SPs) and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Providers for M2M Services in February 2022, after considering the recommendations of TRAI and views of M2M industry stakeholders. The registration is a simple and transparent online one-time process through the SaralSanchar portal (https://saralsanchar.gov.in/).

    Subsequently, in order to proliferate the standard-based and secure M2M/IoT ecosystem, the scope of the registration was extended to allow all types of business.

    Entities such as companies, Government Departments/Organizations, Partnership Firms, LLPs, Institutions, Undertakings, Proprietorship Firms, Societies and Trusts to apply for registration as M2M Service Providers and WPAN/WLAN Connectivity Provider for M2M services.

    The DoT is committed to build a secure and innovative M2M/IoT landscape in the country. National Digital Communication Policy-2018 aims at creating a robust digital communication infrastructure, enable next generation technologies and ensure a holistic and harmonized approach for harnessing Emerging Technologies such as M2M/loT.

  • Cyber ​​Frauds: DoT Directs Telecom Providers To Block 28,200 Mobiles, Reverify 20 Lakh Connections

    The DoT disconnected a mobile number and blocked at least 20 linked mobile devices after complaints of cyber fraud by a user, via its web portal ‘Chakshu’

  • ‘Purchase from depended on resources most effective’: Forward of 5G rollout, Centre bars Chinese language telecom apparatus

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    NEW DELHI: In a large blow to Chinese language telecom apparatus producers forward of the 5G rollout, the Centre on Monday mandated telecom corporations to supply units most effective from ‘depended on resources’ for growth or upgradation of present networks.

    The Division of Telecommunications (DoT) issued a notification to this impact on Monday, tightening the foundations for telecom licences.

    The transfer is geared toward fighting Chinese language distributors equivalent to Huawei and ZTE from offering telecom tools to Indian telecom operators for the approaching 5G products and services. 

    “With impact from fifteenth June 2021, the licensee shall most effective attach depended on merchandise in its community and in addition search permission from designated authority for upgradation or growth of present Community using the telecommunication apparatus now not designated as depended on merchandise,” reads the DoT notification. 

    The federal government clarified that those instructions is not going to impact ongoing annual upkeep contracts or tool updates to present apparatus. In 2021, the DoT had made the adjustments to the telecom licensing norms and integrated ‘defence’ and ‘nationwide safety’ as parameters for the acquisition of depended on telecom merchandise. Following this, the designated authority can ask telecom corporations to not use merchandise deemed unsafe. In the newest notification, the DoT added the phrase ‘growth’ to the licence stipulations.

    Chinese language tech giants Huawei and ZTE are but to finish forms to hunt ‘depended on resources’ approval. A number of international locations, together with the USA, UK and Sweden have blocked operators from the usage of apparatus made by way of Huawei over safety issues. International locations equivalent to Canada accused Huawei of spying for the Chinese language executive. 

    “Now we have discovered that those Chinese language telecom gears aren’t secure in any respect. It’s bad to make use of those units,” mentioned an authentic with the telecom ministry.