Telecom cyber rules not revoked, confirms DoT

The amended Telecom Cybersecurity Rules 2025 that were notified on October 22 are still in force and not revoked, the Department of Telecommunications clarified on Thursday.

There was confusion after the department on Tuesday rescinded an erroneous republication of the same rules. While the October 29 notification republishing the rules now stands revoked, the rules remain in force as per the October 22 gazette notification, it said.

DoT said it wanted to publish another rule for consultation on October 29, but “due to an inadvertent error”, the telecom cyber security rules got republished in the gazette.