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Bharti Airtel, a prominent telecom player in India, has paid the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Rs 35 crore to use spectrum in six circles where it was set to expire this year. As per an ET report, the spectrum will be available for Airtel to use for three more months. … Read More
Meghalaya, a state in Northeast India, will soon have 5G everywhere for its consumers. The state recently cleared the amendment to the policy around telecom infrastructure that will enable telcos to roll out 5G faster. According to a report by Northeast Live, the state has approved the amendment to the … Read More
While Starlink is present in many countries already, one geography where it has faced tremendous trouble is India. The satellite-based internet service provider wants to reach rural and underserved areas to extend the benefits of digitalisation to everyone. A move, that the government should back, is facing issues due to … Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has awarded Tejas Networks an additional purchase order worth Rs 107 crore. The order is for shipping 4G Radio Access Networks (RAN) for additional sites. Tejas Networks, a Tata Group company is supplying the RAN equipment that BSNL is using to deploy homegrown 4G in … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has lowered its expected revenue from the upcoming spectrum auctions. The government is reportedly planning a spectrum auction in the last quarter of FY24. DoT had earlier targetted to earn Rs 5,000 crores from the spectrum auctions. But now, according to an ET report, the … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is not looking to charge separately for 5G in the near future. There were reports that Airtel wants to remove the unlimited 5G data offer in the second half of 2024. But that is likely not going to happen. Instead, the telco will look … Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has been struggling to raise funds from investors. Due to a weak financial situation, Vi has not been able to invest in building network capacity and coverage in more parts of India, thus, falling behind its competitors. Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman … Read More
Jio Paltforms, India’s largest telecom operator, has expressed interest in acquiring the govt stake in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC. Due to the weak financial situation of the govt as well as the telecom operator, Sri Lanka is looking to aggressively privatise state-owned companies. This will help the country in generating … Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a struggling Indian telecom operator, has so far failed to raise funds from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The telco has been trying to raise funds for the same for deployment of Open-RAN and related technologies, sad an ET report. Vi had given its assurance … Read More
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, the two leading telecom operators, will look to charge at least 5-10% more for 5G, said Jefferies in a report seen by ET. The analyst also suggested that the telcos will end their current unlimited 5G data offer. While it is supposed to end someday, … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is not going to offer the costly 600 MHz spectrum band to the telcos again. But this is not a forever thing, as the decision to not offer the 600 MHz band could only be for the next auction. Its price was the same as … Read More
The Indian telecom operators are struggling to monetise 5G networks. While mobile customers are essentially getting it for free, enterprises haven’t yet shown much demand for it. Even at the enterprise level for 5G, the use cases are quite limited. There’s not enough leverage to push enterprises into adopting 5G … Read More
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