In the recently concluded auction Vodafone India has managed to acquire a total of 365.2 MHz of spectrum including of 2 x 82.6 MHz FDD and 200 MHz TDD spectrum across 1800/2100/2500 MHz bands. The new spectrum significantly enhances the coverage, capacity and speed of Vodafone India’s 4G data services in its … Read More
In an interesting turn of events, the Reserve Bank of India has approached the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking to be heard independently in Tata Sons vs NTT Docomo case, where the latter has sought implementation of a $1.2-billion arbitral award that it had won against the Tata Group. … Read More
To give a push to the “Make in India” initiative by the Indian government; One of the largest chipset makers – MediaTek is working on a new program. It has collaborated with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India, Indian Cellular Association (ICA) and the Ministry of Economic … Read More
Reliance Jio the new entrant in the telecom space has announced its acquisition of a fresh 269.2 MHz of airwaves across the 850/1800/2300 MHz bands and has perhaps emerged to be the only operator which managed to bag some spectrum in either of the bands in all 22 circles in … Read More
Bharti Airtel the largest operator by subscriber base has managed to add a total of 173.8 MHz to its overall spectrum holding at a cost of Rs. 14,244 crore. With this purchase, Airtel now becomes the first operator to possess Pan India 2G/3G/4G spectrum. Through strategic buying, in the latest … Read More
As many as 60 companies have been issued letter of intent (LoI) for the unified Virtual Network Operator’s (VNO) category B license by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), according to a notification by the department. These companies include small businesses from tier-II cities such as Agra, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Surat and … Read More
Google finally unveiled its much reported/leaked smartphone – the Google Pixel. Being one of the most ambitious projects by Google to make a debut in the field of smartphone manufacturing. We are calling it a debut because this is the first smartphone that has been entirely designed by Google with … Read More
In a move to take advantage of the ongoing festive season in India, Xiaomi has launched yet another budget 4G smartphone, dubbed as the Redmi 3S Plus. It is a new variant of the recently launched Redmi 3S, and surprisingly it will be up for offline sale only. The specifications … Read More
Top telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular along with smaller GSM telco Telenor have approached the telecom regulator, Trai, to complain that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio is violating tariff rules by offering free voice calls for life. They have also sought clarification from the regulator on whether Jio’s free … Read More
State-run telecom operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) have joined hands with the Union Tourism Ministry to equip 100 tourist destinations across the country with high speed Wi-Fi hotspots. The Union Tourism Ministry has inked agreements with the state-run telecom service providers for the … Read More
The rift between Reliance Jio and Rajan Mathews, director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) will further escalate following the latter’s rejection of the 4G entrant’s demand for an apology over his recent media statement calling the latter a back-door entrant. Mathews told the Economic Times that … Read More
Ahead of the mega spectrum auction, JS Deepak, Telecom Secretary said that the spectrum auction will end spectrum scarcity in India “once and for all.” The mega spectrum auction will start from October 1 with Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular, Aircel and Tata Tele … Read More
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