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Qualcomm, a US-based semiconductor and technology company, has announced its plans to invest Rs 175 crore for expanding the R&D (Research and Development) unit in Bengaluru. Often hailed as the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru is a hot spot for tech and IT companies to set up their offices and … Read More
The GSM Association (GSMA) wants the Indian government to allocate the 6 GHz band for 5G to the telecom operators. However, there are some tech players who want the spectrum band to be delicensed so that it can be used for Wi-Fi services. At the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23), GSMA … Read More
Bharti Telecom, a company engaged in the telecom sector across the globe via its entity Bharti Airtel, is looking to raise up to 80 billion rupees or USD $961 million. The company is looking to raise the money via local-currency bonds. If successful, this would be the largest local-currency bond … Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a large Indian telecom operator, might miss out on the said plan to raise funds in the Oct-December 2023 quarter. The telco’s CEO, Akshaya Moondra, had said that Vi is in talks with potential investors and hopes to close funding before the end of this calendar year. … Read More
India had a total of 840.12 million wireless broadband service users as of August 31, 2023. An interesting fact here – since its implementation, a total of 877.43 million MNP (Mobile Number Portability) requests have been registered as of August 31, 2023. MNP requests are made by the customer when … Read More
The new Internet Cable Landing Station (ICLS) Policy 2023 can bring investments of up to Rs 10,000 for West Bengal. The new policy was announced at the Bengal Global Business Summit. The new policy announced by the government focuses on being carrier-neutral. This is what major tech companies prefer when … Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, benefitted from a government scheme and added 4G subscribers during Q2 FY24 because of that. The Rajasthan government partnered with Vodafone Idea to offer free smartphones and mobile connections to females in the state. The move from the government was to … Read More
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are two of the leading telecom operators in India with several hundred million users under their portfolio. CLSA, a global brokerage firm, said that Jio and Airtel are two of the most direct ways to invest in India’s digitalisation (via BusinessToday). Both telecom operators have … Read More
The Indian government is reportedly planning to revamp the telecom production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The telecom PLI scheme was announced by the government in February 2021. A total outlay of Rs 12,195 crore was given for the scheme. In FY 23, less than half of the 42 companies that participated … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is working on improving the experience of its DND (Do Not Disturb) app for consumers. There are bugs in the app that the regulatory body is trying to fix and it should be done by March next year. The DND app from TRAI … Read More
The Tamil Nadu government is finally taking steps to launch the BharatNet project in its geography. The state is pretty late to join the party but intends to act fast. BharatNet project is an initiative of the central government to bring fast internet connectivity to all gram-panchayats and villages in … Read More
Bharti Airtel, a prominent telecom player in India, is reportedly looking to raise $1 billion to prepay its liabilities from the 2015 spectrum auction. The telco is considering the most cost-effective way to raise the funds, including the offshore bond issue. As per an ET report, Airtel may engage with … Read More
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