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Tanay Singh Thakur April 4th, 2022 3:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Auction Will Not be Delayed: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Telecom Minister

The 5G spectrum auction will happen within the stipulated timeline, and there will be no delays, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Telecom Minister of India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was supposed to submit the spectrum auction recommendations by March-end. But that hasn’t happened yet, and we are already a few days into April. Regardless, the recommendations should be out in a few days' time, said a PTI report. 5G... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 2nd, 2022 5:42 PM 34 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi 5G Tariffs Will be Low like 4G? Let’s Talk

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are all expected to launch 5G network services commercially later in 2022. There are a lot of people who doubt that they will go for 5G as they can be satisfied with 4G. But the thing is, like what happened with 4G, the telcos might do with 5G too. A few years back, Reliance Jio came and shocked the market with its... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 1st, 2022 3:51 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL, MTNL 5G Spectrum Administrative Allotment Approved: Report

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) have been approved to get 5G spectrum on the same principles followed for 4G, said Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. Further, Chauhan noted the revival plan that was announced by the government back on October 23, 2019. Under the revival measures, the government offered a VRS (voluntary retirement scheme)... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 31st, 2022 8:02 PM 13 COMMENTS

OnePlus 10 Pro 5G Launched in India, Check Price and Availability

OnePlus 10 Pro 5G has just launched in India. OnePlus had already launched the device in China, and after two months, it is finally arriving in the Indian market. OnePlus has stayed with OxygenOS in India and will be offering this smartphone in two memory variants. The OnePlus 10 Pro 5G is the successor of the OnePlus 9 Pro and is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1. It... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 31st, 2022 10:47 AM 0 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Auctions Can Hurt Satcom’s Future in India: SIA India

If the government goes ahead with the auction route for 5G airwaves, it will hurt the satcom industry's future in India. Indian citizens would be deprived of satellite broadband services if the airwaves are auctioned for satellite communications (satcom) companies which will be a big loss to India’s GDP, said Satcom Industry Association (SIA) in a white paper released on Wednesday. Looking at the global practices, the satcom industry wants... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 30th, 2022 7:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Companies are Striving for Simpler Payment Terms in 5G Auctions Says Government

The minister of state for communications, Devusinh Chauhan, in a statement on Wednesday at Lok Sabha, said that telecom companies have called on the government for easier 5G spectrum payment terms in the upcoming spectrum auction. In a response to a query in the parliament, the minister stated that some of the TSPs have represented seeking easier payment terms for the 5G spectrum. The CEO of Airtel Gopal Vittal as... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 29th, 2022 6:48 PM 3 COMMENTS

TRAI Gearing to Submit Recommendations for 5G Spectrum Auctions in About 10 Days

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is all set to submit its long-awaited recommendations around the working of the 5G spectrum auction and its pricing in about 10 days’ time as informed by a prominent TRAI official. The government has asked the telecom regulator to submit the recommendations by March 31 so that the auction process can be commenced in May or June 2022. This would allow the government... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 29th, 2022 2:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea, L&T SWC Partner to Test Private LTE Enterprise Network

Vodafone Idea (Vi) and L&T SWC (Smart World & Communications) have partnered to test the use case of a private LTE enterprise network in India. In a joint release, the companies said that they would carry out an accelerated Proof of Concept (PoC) at group business L&T Heavy Engineering’s ‘A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex’, Hazira, Surat. It is worth noting that the companies have already partnered for testing and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 29th, 2022 12:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Equity Might be Transferred to Govt Soon: Report

Vodafone Idea (Vi) had accepted the government’s offer of giving up equity against the accrued interest on deferred dues. The telco already has a mountain of debt, and it doesn’t want to add more to that. Thus, Vi had decided that it would offer the Government of India (GoI) equity in the company instead of the payment of dues. According to an ET Telecom report, K Rajaraman, Secretary, Department of... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 28th, 2022 4:31 PM 14 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Pricing Should Be Reasonable: Bharti Airtel CTO

The Chief Technology Officer of Bharti Airtel Randeep Sekhon has made an appeal to the telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) for the affordable pricing of the 5G airwaves. The statement comes ahead of the regulatory body TRAI’s recommendations on spectrum auctions. According to a report from PTI, Sekhon said that 5G will have a mass appeal and should not be restricted to the premium segment only, as the market... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 28th, 2022 9:48 AM 0 COMMENTS

NTT India Might Offer Private 5G Services to Enterprises in the Country

NTT, a Japanese firm’s Indian arm, is in talks with leading enterprises in the country for offering 5G managed services. These talks could potentially convert into multi-year contracts for the company. However, it is worth noting that NTT doesn’t plan to offer 5G services directly. Instead, the company intends to act as a consultant for helping the enterprise clients in securing 5G airwaves and permits from the government to roll... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 25th, 2022 3:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum: Government Holds Discussion for Airwaves Allocation to Ministries

A Committee of Secretaries (CoS) including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Department of Space discussed spectrum allocation to various user departments/ministries in the context of spectrum needs of emerging technologies such as 5G and IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) and recommended the spectrum allocation in relevant key bands. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had already sent a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on... Read More