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Tanuja K February 21st, 2024 11:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Equipment Makers to Soon Receive Incentives for Local Production: Report

To boost local production, the government had come up with the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom equipment makers. Now, the telecom equipment makers are set to receive Rs 400 crore worth of incentives from the government for increasing local production. As India becomes more self-reliant, the need for imports from other nations will go down. According to a Deccan Chronicle report, one or two companies have already received... Read More

Yashika Goel July 27th, 2023 8:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Government Eases Telecom Equipment Shifting for Telecom Service Providers

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced its decision regarding the transfer and shifting of telecom equipment by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in a bid to bolster the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the Telecom sector. According to a notification released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Communications, telecom operators can now carry out such transfers with greater ease and efficiency. Online Intimation Process The DoT's latest notification grants TSPs... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 14th, 2021 1:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Definition of Local Telecom Equipment Is Wrong: TEMA

The Government of India (GoI) has made it is clear that telcos can’t source telecom equipment from untrusted sources. Further, a lot of emphases has been put on local manufacturing of the equipment. But there’s friction between the local equipment manufacturers and the definition that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set for what constitutes local equipment. According to the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA), DoT’s definition of... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 3rd, 2021 5:37 PM 20 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Operators Upgrading Networks, Replacing Huawei Equipment

Telecom operators are “actively replacing Huawei networks in India,” says Gary Smith, chief executive officer at Ciena, a networking systems, services and software company. Smith said that Ciena has “certainly been the beneficiary” of the telecom operators replacing Huawei equipment from their networks. Further, the chief executive officer at Ciena said that the company has “seen this dynamic for a while” and that “it is clearly a multi-year tailwind” for... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 24th, 2021 6:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Need Of the Hour for the Telecom Industry is a Streamlined Security Clearance System

The National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) has been designated as the apex body in India to scan for any security lapses in the telecom equipment companies and their supply chains. The events from 2018 and beyond in the telecom industry, especially in the United States, have left a bitter taste in the mouth of governments all across the world. Given the due tensions and the especially precarious situation which exists... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 3rd, 2021 8:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telcos Facing Delay on Equipment Security Clearance By NCSC Portal

Indian telecom operators are sceptical of placing orders with the big telecom equipment companies for the fear of delays in delivery. For the unknown, the Indian telecom companies are fearful of delays in the supply chain because of the flagging by the National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC). For the unknown, the telecom companies who want to buy telecom equipment in India have to first show interest in a company. Post... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 13th, 2021 8:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Equipment Providers Exceed DoT Expectations in PLI Investment

The central government’s Production Linked Incentive scheme is touted to be one of the propellors of production of telecom equipment in the country in the coming years. In an environment where the Chinese telecom manufacturers are looked at with raised eyebrows and the European ones are considered too costly given the industry’s current situation, domestic production seems to be the way out. This is the reason why DoT invited proposals... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 11th, 2020 5:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Operators Moved Much Faster to Mitigate Their Exposure to Huawei

Ciena, an American company engaged in telecommunications networking equipment and software services on Thursday said that the Indian telecom operators “moved much faster” in reducing their exposure to Huawei. The development was shared by Gary Smith, president and CEO of Ciena in the fourth quarter earnings call. Smith said that the telecom operators in India have 25% to 30% of their total infrastructure with Huawei. However, Smith said that the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 18th, 2020 2:45 PM 29 COMMENTS

Chinese Vendors Might be Banned from Supplying Critical Telecom Equipment in India

Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE might not have a bright future in the telecom industry of India. The Indian government might amend the license conditions so that telcos in the country can’t take any critical telecom equipment from a Chinese vendor. If this were to happen, Huawei and ZTE would have no impact or contribution on the 5G trials and deployments in India. Would this mean that apart... Read More

Bala Yogesh November 5th, 2020 2:00 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel Continued with Network Expansion Plans Even Under COVID

Ceragon CEO Ira Palti on Monday said in the third quarter earnings call that Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel continued with their network expansion plans “even under COVID.” Palti said that the largest wireless operator in India and the second largest wireless operator in India were both “fully operational” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ceragon Networks, a company that offers wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions on Monday reported “strong revenues” in... Read More

TT Desk November 12th, 2010 3:14 AM 16 COMMENTS

What must India learn from China: Telecom Equipment Manufacturing?

India with more than 672 Million telecom subscribers has seen tremendous growth in the telecom sector. Entrepreneurship and Innovation have been two important pillars of development in this sector,but it has remained confined to services and business models and to an extend handset manufacturing. Most of the telecom operators import virtually all the equipment for setting up a network.Moreover setting the 3G network will fuel demand for telecom equipment worth... Read More