The operators have said that the date of implementation of face authentication should be at least two months from the date that the device ecosystem is ready, and till such time no penalty should be levied.

The proposals floated by the DoT reportedly include combining all telecom levies into one charge, on the lines of the GST that subsumed indirect taxes. Most of the disputes relate to multiple levies under different heads such as licence fees, spectrum usage charges and one-time spectrum fee

The telecom operators had disagreed to the model recommended by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on grounds that it will have adverse effects on the debt-ridden industry and might even compromise national security.

The limit has started to appear this week for people in India who are on the current version of WhatsApp, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

Google explained, later in the day, that it had configured the UIDAI helpline number along with other distress helpline numbers into the Android SetUp Wizard in 2014. This is what caused the contact to appear on Android as well as devices running on other operating systems as it got transferred from one device to another.

UIDAI has denied it, COAI and TRAI have also refused. Even Google doesn't know how it got there. So, who's done it? There's no explanation yet to the mysterious presence of UIDAI contact on many phones.

TRAI has not only recommended a steep cut of 43 per cent in the base price for the premium 700 MHz band spectrum - coveted for high-speed data services like 4G - but also called for the auction of the \"entire available spectrum\".

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COAI has raised objections on the discrepancies with the TRAI's MySpeed app and its IDT results, the locations at which speed tests are conducted and the sample collection process on the MySpeed app.

World over testing has begun for the new technology that is expected to offer 10 gbps speed, with American service providers targeting a launch by end-2018. Meanwhile in India, Airtel and China's Huawei conducted the first trial in Gurgaon.