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Anupam Sharma May 17th, 2022 9:52 AM 1 COMMENTS

5G Test Bed Will be Inaugrated by PM Modi on This Date

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching a 5G testbed on Tuesday that has been created for the better sustenance of the country’s telecom industry. The said 5G testbed will also support the startups to validate their products, prototypes and solutions based on the fifth generation as well as next-generation technologies that are yet to come. It has been officially confirmed that the Prime Minister will be addressing a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 13th, 2022 3:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Tops the List for Offering Best Average Download Speeds in April 2022

Reliance Jio has maintained its lead for offering the best average download speeds to users in April 2022. The telco had achieved an average download speed of 23.1 Mbps during the month compared to 21.1 Mbps in March 2022. This is good performance gain by the network of Reliance Jio and the average download speed delivered by the telco is much higher than what its competitors are providing to their... Read More

Anupam Sharma May 10th, 2022 11:02 AM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI Asks Government to Make a Decision on Auction of 28 GHz Spectrum Band

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has stated that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should make a decision on whether the frequencies in the 27.5-28.5 GHz band to be auctioned or allocated administratively. TRAI also added that the 5G airwaves reservation for state-run telco – BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) could be decided soon. The comments from the sector regulator came in response to the telecom department’s back reference... Read More

Anupam Sharma May 8th, 2022 2:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Seeks Stakeholders’ Views on New Tariff Order for Broadcast Services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is looking forward to the opinions and views of the stakeholders on issues related to the regulatory framework of the soon to be released amended order for the TV and broadcasting sector. The move from the sector regulator comes a month before the deadline to implement these orders which are popularly known as NTO 2.0. TRAI has requested stakeholders to submit their views... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 6th, 2022 8:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Stands By Its Recommendations for Satcom in Reply to DCC

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has stood by its recommendations for the satellite communications (satcom) sector. On Thursday, the regulator responded to the queries raised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in which it said that the recommendations for satellite-based connectivity for low bit-rate applications such as IoT (Internet of Things) devices, ATMs, and traffic management are right. TRAI has published its response to give clarifications to the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 5:43 PM 3 COMMENTS

Prepaid ARPU Increased 5.5% QoQ in Q3 FY22 While Wireless Users Declined: TRAI

It looks like the tariff hike helped the telcos in increasing the industry prepaid average revenue per user (ARPU) from wireless services in Q3 FY22. However, at the same time, the drive from Jio to remove inactive subscribers from its portfolio caused a major decline in wireless subscribers from the industry during the quarter. According to the data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), there was a... Read More

Anupam Sharma April 30th, 2022 10:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI’s 5G Airwaves Base Price Recommendations Gets the Nod From Top DoT Body

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recently released its recommendations for the base pricing of the 5G airwaves. In the new development of events, the said recommendations have now been accepted by the highest decision-making body of the Department of Telecommunications on Friday. The decision to auction the spectrum for a period of 20 years has also been made as informed by an official. However, this move comes as bad... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 27th, 2022 12:53 PM 44 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Added New Users in These Circles in February

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, added new wireless subscribers in select circles of the country in February 2022. These circles included Mumbai, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and UP East circle. In Mumbai, Vi added the highest number of wireless subscribers between December 2021 to February 2022. The total number of users added by Vi in the Mumbai circle for the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 21st, 2022 9:06 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Signs First License Agreement for Satellite Broadband With OneWeb

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has just announced that it has signed the first license agreement for satellite broadband services in India with OneWeb. Bharti backed OneWeb will offer broadband internet services via a constellation of low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites making it the first of a kind broadband service delivery platform in India. OneWeb already had plans to commence services by May 2022 in India. Things seem to be rolling for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 20th, 2022 8:51 AM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Delivered Fastest 4G Download Speed in March 2022

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio delivered the fastest average 4G download speed to users in India in March 2022. Vodafone Idea (Vi) lead the category in upload speeds. As per a PTI report, TRAI’s data suggests that both Vi and Airtel delivered 17.9 Mbps and 13.7 Mbps average download speeds to their users. Jio delivered an average download speed of 21.1 Mbps. Vi isn’t... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 19th, 2022 6:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Believes New Category of Skilled Professionals Required for 5G Deployment

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) believes that there is a gap for new types of skilled professionals who can help with deploying the network inside buildings or over buildings in a timely manner. According to TheHinduBusinessline report, TRAI has proposed a dedicated digital connectivity infrastructure (DCI) - designers, engineers, property managers, and evaluators. The digital ecosystem is only going to become more complex from here, and that is... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 19th, 2022 8:24 AM 0 COMMENTS

5G: mmWave Spectrum to Help Telcos in Saving Thousands of Crores

The millimetre wavelength (mmWave) spectrum will help the telecom operators in saving thousands of crores worth of payments in Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC). The mmWave spectrum will be included in the spectrum auction for the first time to help with the 5G rollout in India. Airways in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz band has been recommended to be put in the auction for bidding. These new frequency bands won’t... Read More