Govt allows import of mobile phones without panic button till end of February
The Dollar Business Bureau The Department of Telecom on Wednesday relaxed mobile phone importing norms and allowed shipments of cell phones without a panic button or emergency calling feature till February 28. “It has been decided by the competent authority that the import of mobile phone handsets without panic button/emergency call button feature prescribed as per ‘Panic Button and Global Positioning System Facility’ in all mobile phone handsets Rules 2016, shall be allowed till February 28, 2017 wef January 1, 2017,” DoT said in a statement. Last April, the government had mandated that all mobile phones must have a panic button installed from January 1, 2017. According to the order, pressing the panic button will connect the users to a single emergency ...
Telecom sector: Indigenous manufacturing key to ensure security
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business The Telecom Department of India on Thursday called for a frequent exchange of ideas among manufacturers, industry operators, industry and the R&D institutes, so as to overcome the shortcomings being faced by the Indian Telecom sector. Speaking at the Make in India Telecom conclave, Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecom(DoT), said, “India, despite having huge talent source, is depending heavily on imports especially in Electronics and Telecom sector.” “Research is being done in India, but the Intellectual Property Rights are lying with foreign countries,” said Garg, while raising concerns over the issues being faced by the Research and Development (R&D) team of the sector. He went on to say that even after manufacturing ...
