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Tanay Singh Thakur February 2nd, 2022 2:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G Ecosystem to Improve in India Ahead of Budget 2022 Announcements: Industry Experts, Analysts

On February 1, 2022, Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India, made the union budget announcements for the coming financial year. Focusing on the telecom sector and 5G, the finance minister said that the government would come up with a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the manufacturing of 5G equipment as well as confirmed the 5G rollouts for FY23 with the spectrum auctions slated for CY2022. Along with this, Sitharaman... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 28th, 2022 12:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

DIPA, COAI Happy With Tamil Nadu Govt Aligning to Centre’s Telecom RoW Rules

The Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) as well as the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) are very happy with the Tamil Nadu government’s recent decision for adopting the central government’s Right of Way (RoW) Rules 2016. With this, Tamil Nadu has become the 32nd state amongst the 36 states and union territories (UTs) in India to issue RoW rules for easing telecom infrastructure rollout. According to the notification released... Read More

Anupam Sharma January 27th, 2022 7:57 PM 1 COMMENTS

COAI Pursues Maharashtra Government for Aid in Deployment of Aerial OFC Network in Pune

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the Indian non-governmental industry body of telecom operators of India has asked for aid from the Maharashtra Government to evade the network outages in the city of Pune. The issue arises as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued letters/notices to TSPs and cable TV operators demanding payment of charges for the regularization of aerial OFCs within its municipal limits. It is to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 15th, 2022 12:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Want USOF to be Suspended in the Upcoming Budget

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the top telecom operators in India, want the government to remove the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) from the upcoming budget to reduce the burden on their business. USOF was established to financially support the rollout of telecom services in the rural areas of the country. But the telcos have to shell out a significant sum of money towards the fund at... Read More

Anupam Sharma January 13th, 2022 7:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI Applauds the Notification of RoW Policy by Karnataka Government

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which is the leading representative body for the Indian telecommunications industry, has shown appreciation for the notification of the RoW Policy on Urban Municipal Corporation by the Government of Karnataka. The new bylaws will be applicable to all city areas, Municipal Councils, Town Municipal Councils, Town Panchayats and areas under the Jurisdiction of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The policy includes telecom towers as... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 12th, 2022 4:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Safe to Co-Exist With Aviation in India: COAI

5G networks would require spectrum in high-frequency bands. There are concerns, not just in India, whether sub-6 GHz frequencies would be safe to be used for 5G services. On a similar note, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said that the issue of spectrum interference raised by the Federation of Indian Pilots is uncorroborated. The industry body said that there is enough gap in the transmission of frequencies that... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 12th, 2022 12:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

DoT Requests Maharashtra Telecom Infra Policy to be Aligned With Indian Telegraphy RoW Rules 2016

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), telecom industry with the support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) have been working to support the Maharashtra government in facilitating the deployment of telecom infrastructure in the state. One of the biggest issues that the telecom service providers (TSPs) have raised is that the telecom infra policy of multiple states doesn’t align with the Indian Telegraphy RoW Rules 2016. One such state... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 6th, 2022 10:06 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI Urges DoT to Provide Continuous Support for Telecom Services During Pandemic

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has urged the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for providing continuous support for telecom services during the pandemic. The industry body has asked the DoT to write to chief secretaries or administrators of states and union territories for allowing free movement of telecom staff for continuous telecom connectivity. Allow Appropriate Personnel Free Movement During Pandemic, Urges COAI COAI has requested DoT’s support for ensuring... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 6th, 2022 8:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

RoW Rules Silent on Deployment of Small Cells in India: COAI DG, SP Kochhar

A report was launched on Paving the way for 5G readiness in India: A guide for effective policymaking on small cell deployment at a virtual webinar organised by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and GSMA today. Granting easy access to existing street furniture such as traffic lights, bus stops, street lamps, EB Power supply etc., is important to deploy 5G services in India, says SP Kochhar, DG, COAI.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 4th, 2022 2:14 PM 3 COMMENTS

COAI Condemns BBMP Cutting Optical Fibre in Bangalore

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is very unhappy with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for undertaking an optical fibre cutting drive in Bangalore, Karnataka. Because of the actions taken by BBMP, citizens of the city have to face outages and inconveniences. Mind that Bangalore is one of the most heavily populated cities of India and is also known as the IT Hub of the country. BBMP’s move... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 30th, 2021 10:01 PM 4 COMMENTS

COAI Supports Use of Street Furniture to Deploy 5G Small Cells

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has said that it supports the use of street furniture to deploy small cells. According to Lt. Gen. Dr SP Kochhar, Director General, COAI, a key driver in 5G deployment would be the deployment of small cells. Small cells are essential to upgrade and expand the existing 4G networks in India. In line with the same, COAI, along with the members of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 25th, 2021 1:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Wireline Subscribers Grew to 23.13 Million in September 2021

India is seeing an increase in the number of wireline subscribers. From July 19.82 million subscribers in July 2020, the number of wireline subscribers grew to 23.13 million in September 2021. The upward trend in the number of wireline subscribers has been shared by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). COAI said that the telecom industry had seen a boost in the total wireline subscriber base. The industry body... Read More