New Telecom Bill: National security, consumer safety to be priority

The government is working to introduce the new telecom bill in the monsoon session of Parliament. The bill will be presented to the Parliament after inter-ministerial and public consultation, The Economic Times (ET) reported, quoting a senior official aware of the development.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has resolved issues regarding the possible dilution of the powers of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). They have also mapped out a way to sort out issues around the potential domain overlap with the broadcasting ministry, said the report.