India, the world’s fastest growing telecom market has pushed up country's tele-density from 13.09% in April 2006 to 18.7% by the end of April 2007.
The domestic telecom subscriber is undoubtedly growing but to get a correct figure on the key indices like number of additions per month.
The telecom ministry has extended the deadline for making five-digit SMS code mandatory to December 31 from May 31.
The extension is being given to enable telecom companies move over to the new short code services from the existing 4- and 6-digit SMS codes.
According to ministry sources, a communication regarding this was earlier sent by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to telecom service providers.
The Department of Telecommunications is set to issue guidelines for telemarketers in order to check unsolicited commercial calls.
This was after a request by telecom majors, who had sought more time to change their systems and technology to comply with the government order.
Last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had asked all telecommunication companies to move over to 5-digit SMS code.
The decision to standardise the codes was taken under the National Numbering Plan 2003 issued by the DoT.
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