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Bala Yogesh May 11th, 2020 5:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

India Adds 3.85 Million Connections in February, Overall Tele-Density at 88.95%

India has added 3.85 million telephone connections in February as the total number of connections in the country increased to 1179.67 million, the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), said in a report. According to the data from the DoT, Uttar Pradesh East circle registered a maximum increase in the number of telephone connections in February with the addition of 6,05,446 connections. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu completed the top three circles... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 29th, 2020 4:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL to Change 4G Tender Conditions for Procurement of Equipment

The state-owned telecom operator, BSNL will revise the conditions and structure of its 4G expansion tender for the procurement of 4G equipment. As the ministry of commerce marked DoT officials earlier and stated that strict actions would be taken against the telco for not following the public procurement policy and encourage Make in India Initiative. The revised bidding conditions of the 4G expansion tender will now be formulated as per... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2020 11:22 AM 0 COMMENTS

Telephone Connections Increase by 4.39 Million in January, Thanks to Jammu and Kashmir

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday said in a report that the number of telephone connections in January increased by 4.39 million. The Monthly Telecom Scenario report said that India had 1175.82 million telephone connections at the end of January as compared to 1171.43 million in December 2019. The DoT said that Jammu and Kashmir circle recorded a maximum rise in connections with over 1.2 million subscribers being added... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 21st, 2020 5:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

100 Mbps Annual Broadband Plans of BSNL, Airtel, Act Fibernet, Hathway and Jio

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday released its monthly telecom report for December which indicated that the number of broadband subscribers in India grew 0.10% between November and December. The total number of broadband subscribers including those on wired, fixed wireless and mobile wireless at the end of December were 661.94 million as compared to 661.27 million in November. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its report... Read More

Chakri K April 15th, 2020 9:45 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Believes Telcos Should Extend the Validity of Current Prepaid Plans

The demand for mobile connectivity has soared and reached a new level. People are consuming more content than ever because of being forced to stay inside their homes during the lockdown. The lockdown was further extended by PM Modi yesterday until May 3, 2020. This is why Trai believes telcos should extend the validity of current prepaid plans. Even though this is not an absolute liability for the telcos, they... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 14th, 2020 1:51 PM 3 COMMENTS

Government Might Activate New SIMs in Lockdown Period

Telecom operators have been working hard to provide seamless network connectivity to users amid the lockdown period. Since the government of India extended the lockdown period until May 3, 2020, people have to stay at homes for 19 more days. To ensure that telecom subscribers add more subscribers, the government might allow telcos to activate new SIM cards in the lockdown period, a new report by ET Telecom says. COAI... Read More

Chakri K April 10th, 2020 7:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Users Might Face Network Issues Due to Delay in Payment to Infrastructure Providers

BSNL is said to have not cleared its dues to infrastructure providers due to which the subscribers of the telco might face network issues. Tower & Infrastructure Providers Association (Taipa), which represents a group of infrastructure providers, says the government-owned has not cleared Rs 1,500 crore worth of dues. Taipa has reached out to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to immediately take action as BSNL subscribers might face service disruption.... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 8th, 2020 12:21 PM 4 COMMENTS

Average Indian User Consuming 9GB Data per Month, Says DoT

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday has released its annual report for the financial year 2019-20 highlighting that India is now the global leader in monthly data consumption. According to the report, the average consumption per subscriber per month has increased from 62MB in 2014 to 9.06GB in 2019, representing a growth of 146 times. Further, it was said that the cost of data has seen an dramatic decrease... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 31st, 2020 1:32 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Clears Rs 9,000 Crore Towards VRS Payments

BSNL and MTNL have recently cleared VRS payments worth Rs 10,050 crore of their 93,000 employees. Nearly 78,000 employees from BSNL and 15,000 employees from MTNL has opted for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) which is saving a massive amount of cash in terms of salaries. BSNL approximately cleared Rs 9,000 crore towards VRS payments out of which Rs 4,100 crore has been released as the ex-gratia payment and Rs 4,900... Read More

Chakri K March 27th, 2020 3:15 PM 6 COMMENTS

Telcos Seek Additional Spectrum from DoT for Handling Increased Data Demand

Telecom operators in the country have approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) seeking additional spectrum to handle the growing data needs of consumers. In reply to telcos, the DoT has reportedly asked them to submit additional spectrum allocation request to Wireless Planning Commission (WPC). During the ongoing 21-day lockdown period in India, citizens are supposed to sit at the homes and work. This will result in an upsurge of data... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 25th, 2020 5:22 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Get Huge Relief from AGR Dues Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak

The global spread of Covid-19 has created instability in various industries around the world, including the Indian telecom sector. Indian Government has recently declared 21 days lockdown to fight back the deadly virus. Telecom Industry which is worst hit by Covid-19 is also facing operational issues as millions of people are using networks at the same time. According to an ET Telecom report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has subsided... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 18th, 2020 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Plans to Enhance Network Quality by building In-house Platforms

DoT has been collecting call records of the masses to check the poor network quality. To enhance the network quality, the Department of Telecommunications or DoT is planning to build in-house platforms which would be backed by the big data analytics collected by the telecom department. However, the call data collection by DoT has been criticised by various telecom operators as they consider it as unnecessary. But as per DoT,... Read More