Mobile phone subscribers may soon be allowed to switch from a postpaid connection to prepaid and vice versa by using an OTP-based authentication and without a need to change SIM card, according to an official DoT note. Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has proposed the mechanism to the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the department has asked telecom operators to carry out proof of concept (PoC) on the same. The final decision on allowing the change in the account will depend on the outcome of PoC, according to the DoT note. The PoC for conversion from prepaid to postpaid and vice versa may be carried out by the telecom service providers as per the procedure.The decision regarding implementation of the procedure shall be taken after the assessment of the outcome of the PoC, DoT ADG Suresh Kumar said in the note issued on May 21.
Cellular operators’ body writes to CMs to prioritise vaccination for telecom workers
May 13, 2021
S P Kochhar, Director General, COAI×
Points out that the field force has ensured that telecom lines have been up and running through the pandemic
Following up its request to the Health Ministry, the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Thursday said it has written to Chief Ministers and Health Secretaries of States urging them to prioritise Covid-19 vaccination for ‘telecom warriors’.
The representative body for the telecommunications industry, said the telecom field force ensures that telecommunications infrastructure is always operational, which in turn helps keep the economy running.
“COAI has sought the support of the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh etc. to consider Telecom Field Employees as Frontline Workers and consider them in the priority list for getting the vaccination,” it said.
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India Assures Citizens 5G Doesn t Cause COVID-19, Also Says Country Doesn t Have 5G
On 5/11/21 at 7:17 PM EDT
India s Department of Telecommunications (DOT) released a statement on Monday assuring its citizens that there is no link between 5G mobile technology and the COVID-19 virus. The department also noted that there currently is no 5G testing in India.
Conspiracy theories have been flying around social media platforms throughout India s deadly second wave of Coronavirus cases. One of the most prevalent, yet simultaneously unfounded of these rumors is that their second wave of cases is being driven by the testing of 5G mobile towers.