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Chakri K December 25th, 2020 11:28 AM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G: DoT Might Approach PM Office for Tender Finalisation

BSNL's long-awaited 4G services may not launch anytime soon as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) might have to approach Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for finalising the 4G tender. Over the last few weeks, we are hearing news about the possible roadblock for finalising the BSNL 4G tender by the technical committee appointed by DoT. The committee is suggesting BSNL to use the local 4G gear for rolling out the services... Read More

Chakri K December 24th, 2020 9:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Orders E-Commerce Websites to Remove Mobile Signal Booster Listings

Raids carried out by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in South Mumbai over the last couple of days has led to the removal of 68 illegal mobile signal boosters. With this development, the DoT has ordered/asked the e-commerce websites to remove the listings of mobile signal boosters with immediate effect. The DoT said it conducted multiple raids on the back of receiving poor network coverage complaints from the users in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 22nd, 2020 12:55 PM 1 COMMENTS

Government Eyeing to Increase Public Wi-Fi Access in India by End of 2021

The Indian government is working towards building 2 million Wi-Fi hotspots in the country by the end of 2021. Anshu Prakash, secretary of telecom department, said that the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM Wani) initiative is all set to launch and registrations for it will start from the first week of January 2021. The initiative aims to boost the drive of the government’s ‘Digital India’ vision. Very soon,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 18th, 2020 12:27 PM 7 COMMENTS

Telecom Network Gear Might be Sourced from Chinese Vendors Upon a Condition

Since the time border tensions between India and China increased, the government has been trying to push Chinese products and companies out of the Indian market. Supporting that move, telecom operators of the country have been actively removing the Chinese gear and equipment from their network. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) has no plans of awarding or renewing any contracts for ZTE or Huawei. The government hasn’t explicitly put... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 17th, 2020 5:00 PM 53 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Requires Rs 28,000 Crore to Renew Spectrum, Vi Required to Spend Less

Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India is required to spend Rs 28,000 crore in the upcoming spectrum auction expected to be held in March, Motilal Oswal said on Wednesday. The firm engaged in the financial services in a report said that the upcoming spectrum auction “would cater largely to the renewal of expiring spectrum coming up” in the next financial year. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 16th, 2020 2:20 PM 22 COMMENTS

4G Spectrum Auctions Might Take Place in March, 2021

The 4G spectrum auctions might take place in March 2021. The Cabinet has a meeting scheduled on Wednesday wherein it might consider the request made by the telecom department for the auctioning of 4G spectrum. As per a report from ET Telecom, one of the officials related to the matter believes that 4G spectrum auction is likely to happen in March next year. Whereas, for the auction of 5G spectrum,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces India’s First Satellite Based Narrowband-IoT

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has just announced the arrival of India’s first satellite-based narrowband-IoT (Internet of Things). The state-run telco has announced the service in partnership with Skylotech India. With this service, BSNL seeks to honour the vision of Narendra Modi’s truly digital India. The service will be initially provided with the target to help farmers, fishermen, construction, mining and logistics enterprises. With the help of this new solution,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 9th, 2020 2:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s 5G Share in Worldwide Economy to be $1 Trillion by 2035

During the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) event, 2020, Bharat Kumar Jog, an official from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), said that India’s share of economic value worldwide when it comes to 5G will be close to $1 trillion by 2035. But for that, he highlighted, the industry must be availed with 5G spectrum or airwaves at an affordable price. He asked the government to act fast and expedite the process... Read More

Chakri K December 4th, 2020 10:57 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL to DoT: Forcing to Buy Unproven 4G Gear from Local Vendors Will Delay in Network Rollout

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL has once again informed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the procurement of local gear for deploying 4G services would create a lot of issues. As per the latest report by ET Telecom, BSNL has told the DoT that forcing it to purchase 4G telecom gear from local vendors will cause delays in rolling out the next-generation services to customers. BSNL also added that... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 25th, 2020 12:15 PM 7 COMMENTS

Dialling a ‘0’ Mandatory While Calling Via Fixed Line to Mobile Number from January 2021: DoT

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that the users will now have to dial a ‘0’ before entering the mobile number when calling through a fixed landline connection. But this rule isn’t applicable as of yet. The DoT has said through a circular that the new rule will come into effect from January 1, 2021. This decision taken by DoT is so that a space for a fresh number... Read More

Bala Yogesh November 24th, 2020 3:07 PM 17 COMMENTS

Five Indian States Nearly Account for 25% of Total Telephone Connections

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday said in its Monthly Telecom Scenario report for August, 2020, that five Indian states accounted for 24.98% of total telephone connections in India. According to DoT, the number of telephone connections in India increased by 2.14 million in August with the total number of telephone connections hitting 1167.70 million. In the previous month, the total number of telephone connections in India was said... Read More

Chakri K November 18th, 2020 9:44 PM 45 COMMENTS

BSNL Can’t Commit Any Timeline for 4G Launch: Report

Over the last few months, we have seen BSNL Employee Unions blaming the government for not allowing it to launch the 4G services. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is now said to take a final decision on the launch of 4G services by BSNL, according to ET Telecom. However, a senior BSNL official told the publication that the telco can't commit any timeline for rolling out the 4G services. BSNL... Read More