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From February 1, DTH and cable TV rates set to rise by 30%

In November, Trai amended the new tariff order 2.0 as part of which it restored the MRP of a TV…

January 28, 2023 06:15 IST

Jio Q3 net profit up 3.2% at Rs 4,881 crore; Arpu at Rs 178.2

As on December 31, the company’s total subscribers were at 432.9 million, up from 427.6 million as of September end.

January 21, 2023 02:20 IST

Defence Ministry eases rules for telecom infrastructure roll out in its area

A copy of the new rules uploaded on Gati Shakti Portal on Thursday replaces “shared communication tower and other telecom…

Updated: January 20, 2023 14:38 IST

Should Trai mandate caller ID?

While the proposal to display caller names despite not having the contact information of the caller is well-intentioned, the potential…

January 17, 2023 04:30 IST

Loss-making BSNL comes to DoT’s aid

Turning 26% shortfall to a 29% surplus through spectrum allotment to the PSU.

January 16, 2023 02:10 IST

Trai starts consultation for telecom infra, spectrum sharing

Currently, the telecom operators are only allowed to share active infrastructure such as antenna, feeder cable, radio access network, and…

January 14, 2023 01:40 IST

Excitel targets 7 cr urban households with fibre broadband

Excitel currently serves over 850,000 homes, and aims to increase its reach to 1.2 million households by the end of…

Updated: January 17, 2023 23:49 IST

What the telecom sector needs

A simplified version of licences is required. It is important to streamline the different types of licences. We can even…

January 9, 2023 04:30 IST

6 Ghz spectrum vital for quality telecom services beyond 2025: COAI

Indian telecom operators will need 2 GHz of the mid-band spectrum in 2025–2030.

December 29, 2022 02:35 IST

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Robust internet governance for India

The Personal Data Protection Bill and the IT Act can act as deterrents, and come into effect primarily after a…

Updated: December 21, 2022 07:47 IST

After telcos, Google turns to startups

The comments come at a time when the government is in the midst of formulating laws on data protection and…

December 20, 2022 05:45 IST

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Mobile user base falls for second straight month, down 1.8 million in October

VIL lost 3.5 million users, Jio tops additions for seventh straight month

December 20, 2022 02:50 IST

Village broadband pilot project on in 600 blocks

The BharatNet project aims at providing broadband connectivity to over 250,000 gram panchayats. As on December 7, a total of…

December 17, 2022 08:58 IST

Do not prejudge telecom Bill before it’s finalised: Sunil Mittal

As part of the public consultation process on the draft telecom Bill, the government has received about 900 comments from…

November 30, 2022 01:45 IST

COAI: Govt should empower telcos to levy network usage charge on OTTs

According to IAMAI, the proposal for a revenue-sharing mechanism between OTTs and telcos would leave the startup ecosystem vulnerable to…

November 30, 2022 01:15 IST

Telecom Bill: Deadline for comments extended

The deadline for submission of comments was November 10.This is the third time the government extended the deadline for receiving…

Updated: November 11, 2022 08:10 IST

DoT urges states to expedite permissions for BSNL 4G in uncovered villages

The government aims to provide connectivity and facilitate digital inclusion of nearly 30,000 villages in the next one year.

November 8, 2022 01:45 IST

STL turns positive after 3 quarters, reports net profit of Rs 44 cr in Q2

Consolidated revenues for the second quarter rose 17.24% year-on-year to Rs 1,768 crore while net profit was down 58.10% y-o-y…

November 6, 2022 04:00 IST

Govt to Vodafone Idea: Equity conversion after 5G rollout

Telco says unaware of reason for hold-up, engaging with DoT,

November 5, 2022 05:30 IST

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One Bill to rule them all?

The need of the hour is three separate but complementary Bills to regulate carriage, content, and applications

Updated: November 2, 2022 08:09 IST

Telecom products PLI: Samsung, Nokia among 42 selected

Out of the 42 companies, 17 got approval under the design-linked manufacturing scheme, which was launched in June 2022 under…

November 1, 2022 01:30 IST

Airtel Africa Q2 profit drops 18.4% to $133 m

While the net profit fell, the company’s revenue from operation rose 4% QoQ to $1.31 billion in the September quarter…

Updated: October 27, 2022 19:12 IST

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Domestic market ended the truncated week on a note of optimism, with the 50 bps rate cut by RBI leading…

October 3, 2015 19:41 IST

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Market Capitalisation, FDI in telecom, Narendra Modi, Commodity exchanges, more

Even after fag-end buying from operators and investors on hopes of interest rate cut by Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)…

August 16, 2015 20:44 IST

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