Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India, has reached 48 cities in India with its 5G networks. The latest city to enter the portfolio of Airtel's 5G cities is Puri in the state of Odisha. This means that now four cities of Odisha have 5G - Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Rourkela. Airtel customers in all these four cities would be able to consume 5G services at no additional cost.... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked the Indian government to exempt the customs duty on telecom equipment ahead of the budget 2023. Presently, a basic customs duty (BCD) of 20% is applicable on imported telecom equipment. The industry body has asked for it to be exempted to aid the 5G rollout in the country. COAI said, "Higher Customs duty on telecom equipment is disrupting the cost-effectiveness of... Read More
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max, which would be the top-of-the-line smartphone in the iPhone 15 series, could reportedly feature a periscope lens made by LG. Tim Cook recently unveiled that Apple has been using camera sensors from Sony for years now. This year, even LG could pitch in for Apple with a periscope lens. This would enable the iPhone 15 Pro Max users to get advanced digital zoom on their... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has paid less license fee (LF) and spectrum usage charge (SUC) for Q3 FY23. According to an ET report, the telco had paid, on average, Rs 600-Rs 800 crores as LF in the previous two quarters and about Rs 250 crore for SUC. However, in the December quarter, Vi only paid Rs 80 crore as LF and Rs 15 crore as... Read More
Nxtra, the data center arm of Airtel, is going to invest around Rs 2000 crore into building and opening a new hyperscale data center in Hyderabad. The new data center would reportedly have a capacity of 60MW of IT load for the first phase. Nxtra will use the latest technologies to ensure the security and cooling of the data centers. It would take around five to seven years for the... Read More
Reliance Jio is deploying 5G standalone (SA) networks throughout India. The smartphone ecosystem in India wasn't ready for 5G SA. But the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) had no other choice but to roll out OTA (over-the-air) updates for their 5G devices in India to support the 5G SA of Jio. Jio has hundreds of millions of customers in India, and thus the OEMs can't ignore such a large number of... Read More
Bharti Airtel has been vocal about the need for the industry tariffs to go up. Not just Airtel but also Vodafone Idea (Vi) has said that the current tariffs are unsustainable. Now, Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, said that the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month should touch Rs 300. Mittal said that even the ARPU of Rs 300 per month would still be cheap as consumers... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, believes that 5G will benefit the industrial players the most. This is not a strange notion and something that many already know. 5G is too powerful to serve only the consumer's mobile data and communication needs. It is going to have the most significant positive effects on the enterprises that are in manufacturing, as 5G can potentially help them in automating the production... Read More
5G rollout is happening at a rapid pace in India. But with that, even the 5G phone shipments are growing fast. In 2023, over 75% of the new smartphones introduced in India are expected to be 5G capable. This means that nearly eight devices in every ten would be 5G enabled. According to Menka Kumari, analyst-industry intelligence group (IIG), CyberMedia Research (CMR), the market has come a long way with... Read More
Vodafone Group UK is reportedly looking to sell its remaining stake of 21.05% in the Indus Towers so that it can use the proceeds to fund Vi (Vodafone Idea). Vi is in a desperate situation, and the only way out seems to be for the promoters to infuse additional capital into the company. Instead of adding fresh funds, the Vodafone Group wants to sell its entire stake in Indus Towers... Read More
Nokia recently launched the Nokia T21 tablet in the Indian market. The company said that the tablet is built to last and designed with a tough aluminium body. You can do a lot with this semi-affordable tablet that features a 2K display. Nokia said it would provide the T21 tablet with 2 OS upgrades and 3 years of monthly security updates. It is a tablet that you can use to... Read More
Vodafone Ghana's 70% stake will go to the Telecel Group now that the telecom regulator has given its permission to go ahead with the move. Vodafone International Holdings has received approval from the National Communications Authority (NCA) to transfer a 70% controlling stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group. It is worth noting that Vodafone paid $900 million to the government of Ghana for a 70% stake in the company.... Read More
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