Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, is soon going to achieve its target of 1 lakh 4G towers. The telco has used indigenous technology to roll out these 1 lakh towers. Jyotiraditya Scindia, union telecom minister of India, said in a recent interview that BSNL will start working on 5G after 1 lakh 4G towers are deployed by April - May 2025. The government has maintained... Read More
Bharti Group's purchase of a 24.5% stake in BT, a telecom service provider in the UK has been approved by the British government. Bharti Group had acquired shares worth 3.2 billion pounds in BT. Following this, BT will now set up a national security committee inside the company whose role would be to oversee if their activities have an impact on the national security. Read More - Jio and Airtel Recent... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is working on an updated DND (Do Not Disturb) app for Indian consumers. The goal of the regulatory body is to deliver the app with a user-friendly experience and more capabilities. Currently, with the DND app, users can flag spam communications (both SMS and calls), however, they can't take any actions such as blocking the communication. The feedback gets sent from the DND... Read More
Apple has been leading in smartphone exports in terms of value in India. In November 2024, India exported smartphones whose value surpassed Rs 20,000 crore. This is the first time such a figure has been achieved in a single month. Compared to this, last year on the same month, the figure was around Rs 10,000. So the exports have doubled. The smartphone exports crossed Rs 20,300 crore in November, said... Read More
Apple, the Cupertino tech giant is reportedly working on a foldable iPad. Apple's foldable iPad will unfold into the size of a product that will look something like two iPad Pros sitting next to each other. This means users will get a giant iPad on their hands. The folded version would be smaller, but the unfolded one would be super big in size, rivalling computer screens and laptops. But the... Read More
The Indian telecom operators and private internet companies have been in a spat over the use of the 6 GHz spectrum. The Indian government has yet to take a call on how the bandwidth in this frequency will be used. The government is listening to the argument from both sides and will take a final call based on the best use of the 6 GHz spectrum. But the work is... Read More
The satellite spectrum in India is going to be administratively allocated, which is against the wishes of private telcos including Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi). Because of this, the question of 2G airwaves allocation and the scam related to it comes to mind. Addressing this, union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the spectrum won't be given on a first-come, first-serve basis to the satellite companies. Instead, the pricing... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has launched 4G in Aru Valley. It is a very beautiful tourist spot in Kashmir. Covered by mountains, the Aru Valley now has 4G network connectivity. It is BSNL which has launched the high-speed network in the area, and that is a major development. BSNL has been using the RAN (radio access network) and core network technology provided by... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced Easy+ service for corporate postpaid users. This is a service meant for corporate postpaid users who want to purchase additional services from Vi for personal needs. Services including international roaming, OTT (over-the-top) subscriptions, and more can be added to the plan by corporate users. In a release, Vodafone Idea said that its Easy+ offers include: International Roaming - customers can purchase roaming packs for personal... Read More
The Indian government is reportedly considering relaxing the satcom (satellite communications) security norms so that players like Starlink and Amazon Kuiper can enter the market. So far, the foreign satcom companies have not managed to get the GMPCS (global mobile personal communication by satellite) license due to security norms that the government has set in place. However, as per an ET report, the government is looking to relax rules which... Read More
Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset for premium smartphones - Snapdragon 8 Elite is already shipping with some of the prominent devices from different brands including OnePlus, Xiaomi, Asus, and more. Samsung will also likely include the chipset in the upcoming Galaxy S25 series in India and the global markets. Qualcomm is reportedly working on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chipset which will have about 20% performance gains over its predecessor.... Read More
Bharti Hexacom, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel operates in the Rajasthan and Northeast regions of India. One of its largest stakeholders is government-run Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL). As per reports, TCIL is looking to sell its stake in Bharti Hexacom. TCIL owns a 15% stake in Bharti Hexacom out of which it may sell about 5-10% stake via Offer for Sale (OFS) to both institutional and public shareholders. The... Read More
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