Kirpa B is passionate about the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence technologies and has a keen interest in telecom. In her free time, she enjoys gardening or diving into insightful articles on AI.
5G adoption in India is growing rapidly. The expansion of 5G networks, availability of affordable 5G FWA customer premises equipment (CPE) and high data consumption from FWA users is fueling the data traffic growth in India, according Ericsson’s Mobility Report (EMR) 2025. The report noted that 5G FWA allows for … Read More
Bharti Airtel’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gopal Vittal, has shared his views on the 5G hype. According to him, 5G has not lived up to expectations or delivered the transformative impact it was marketed to achieve. The technology has neither disrupted business models nor boosted revenues—outcomes that telecom operators … Read More
Indian state-owned telecommunications company BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has once again revised the validity of its most popular prepaid plans. While operators are not openly stating or commenting on tariff hikes, the increases are happening, reflecting the current state of the industry. BSNL has now reduced the validity of … Read More
State-owned telecommunications provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced a special Student Plan to mark Children’s Day 2025, offering high-value mobile benefits at an affordable price. According to the Ministry of Communications’ announcement on Friday, the limited-period plan will be available from November 14 to December 13, 2025. Also Read: … Read More
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will set up a 1 GW Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centre in the state, a fully modular, future-ready facility designed to host the world’s most advanced GPUs, TPUs, and AI processors, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Friday. Also Read: Adani, Airtel Partner … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is preparing to seek recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a regulatory framework for direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communication services, a move that could extend mobile connectivity to the remotest corners of the country. The proposed framework would cover pricing, spectrum allocation … Read More
The GSM Association (GSMA) has urged India to rationalise telecom sector taxes and levies, arguing that every dollar spent on taxation is a dollar diverted from network investments that could benefit consumers. GSMA Director General Vivek Badrinath said operators in India have demonstrated a strong industrial approach by continuing to … Read More
Indian private telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have released their Q2FY26 results. Vodafone Idea was the most recent to announce its earnings, also highlighting its 5G rollouts across 29 cities within its 17 priority circles where it holds 5G spectrum. Let’s take a look at … Read More
Abhijit Kishore, CEO of Vodafone Idea (Vi), said at the company’s second-quarter (Q2FY26) post-earnings call on Tuesday that the telco is working very closely with the government and expects to come up with the “best and long-term” solution for its AGR dues. Regarding tariff hikes, the CEO said the company … Read More
Days after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Vodafone Idea adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case, the government has initiated work to find a viable solution to the telecom operator’s dues of over Rs 83,000 crore. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sought legal advice on the matter and, once received, … Read More
Let’s take a look at what Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paytm, said about Artificial Intelligence (AI). During the company’s Q2FY26 earnings call, on November 5, 2025, Sharma highlighted that they are “very clearly focused on making sure that AI is part of the business … Read More
India added over 4,100 new 5G base stations (BTS) in October 2025 — fewer than the more than 6,400 BTS rolled out in September 2025. This brings the total BTS count to over 508,000 nationwide. Meanwhile, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is using social media to highlight how BSNL’s Swadeshi … Read More
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