Sharma, who claims to be the first Indian woman entrepreneur in the ICT space, after handling an array of telecom projects for last 12 years, started off her own venture VNOW Technologies, which is into manufacturing of smart wearables. But she recollects that it was not an easy journey as Sharma used to face queer attitude of people when she embarked into this business... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), announced the launch of ‘Jionet’ High Speed Wi-Fi service which is now available at MG Road in Vijayawada. This service was inaugurated by Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri N Chandrababu Naidu who is credited with technology-driven policies and development agenda. People visiting MG Road in Vijayawada will be able to use internet through ‘Jionet’ WiFi network. Currently, Jio is providing this service as... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has received a record 24 lakh comments on its consultation papers on differential pricing for data services and about 80% of the replies follow the Facebook ‘templates’. Out of the 24 lakh comments received by the telecom regulator, about 18.94 lakh replies were in support of Free Basics, of which 13.5 lakh were through ‘@supportfreebasics.in’ or sans the senders’ e-mail Ids and about... Read More
Here’s wishing all TT readers a very happy and prosperous 2016. As the year 2015 comes to an end, we at Telecom Talk compiled trends for the coming year. Key trends that dominated 2015 were anticipation around launch of Reliance Jio’s launch; Call drops imbroglio; growing ecosystem of 4G; increasing affordability of smartphones besides regulatory guidelines for spectrum sharing and trading. Many of these trends are likely to continue in... Read More
The Indian telecom industry, which struggled a lot due to issues like 2G scam, regulatory uncertainty, and debt over last few years, finally saw a bright light in the year 2015. This year was indeed an exciting one for the telecom industry, and it saw the biggest ever spectrum auction, followed by the spectrum trading and sharing policy. The telecom market also observed the launch of mass-market 4G services by India’s leading... Read More
Jharkhand state has formed a new tower policy, called Jharkhand Communication Towers and Related Structures Policy, 2015, to achieve greater and inclusive connectivity in the state, especially in rural and remote areas. Aimed at strengthening the communications and information infrastructure in the state, the policy has paved the way for seamless mobile telephony and an efficient communications network in Jharkhand. GSM lobby body COAI has lauded the move by the... Read More
The spectrum auctions are most likely to take place in the first half of 2016 and industry experts say that this time the auctions will once again create history, by even surpassing the record Rs 1.1 trillion ($ 17.6 billion), which the Indian government fetched through the airwaves auctions in March this year. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had released the consultation paper on November 26 on valuation... Read More
SpiceMudra, a prepaid payment wallet developed by Spice Digital, has recorded transactions worth Rs 200 crore in a span of only three months and it targets to cross a transactional value of Rs 600 crore by June 2016. Delhi-NCR contributed the maximum over 47% to the total transactions. The Delhi-NCR region was followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan with 19% and 18% respectively. Saket Agarwal, Global CEO, Spice Digital, said, “We... Read More
The government had allocated 3G spectrum to telecom service providers in the auction in 2010, with specific roll out targets for the winners. Even though BSNL got 3G spectrum without participating in auction, roll out obligation is applicable to BSNL. In view of this, BSNL has published report of cities covered under 3G service as per roll out obligation. 3G spectrum roll-out obligation The roll-out obligations for 3G spectrum mandate that... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), today launched high-speed ‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi service at 55 locations across the Indore city. The service was inaugurated by Honourable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Brilliant Convention Centre, near Vijay Nagar. Visitors will be able to access the Internet through ‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi network. Currently, Jio is providing this service as complimentarily so that customers can experience high-speed internet for free. Reliance ‘Jionet’ Locations In... Read More
Dispelling fears over electromagnetic radiation (EMF), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that radiation from the mobile towers and handsets do not carry enough energy to cause any harm to the human health. The regulator conducted an interactive meeting on EMF radiation of mobile towers today and senior officers of TRAI, TERM Cell officials, a number of state government officials, Resident Welfare Associations, NGOs, Consumer Forums, Builders,... Read More
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has commercially launched its 4G services (also called LTE) in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. With this, the company claims to become the first telecom services provider to introduce superfast 4G speeds in Sri City, thus bringing the fast emerging business hub onto the Digital Superhighway. Venkatesh Vijayraghavan, Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Bharti Airtel, said, “The launch is in line with our... Read More
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