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Rishi Ranjan Kala
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Spread of fake news: IT ministry may consult PMO before sending second notice to WhatsApp
Fake and provocative rumours circulating on WhatsApp have triggered a spate of violent incidents involving mob fury.
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COAI to Trai: Keep norms on spam calls on hold for now
The industry body wants Trai to first address the concerns related to deployment of blockchain technology and regulating apps, among others, before rolling out the new regulations.
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For 2 straight quarters: Jio fails to meet TRAI norms on customer satisfaction
The performance is said to be ‘worrisome’ and the regulator has directed Jio to ramp up its call centre operations at the earliest.
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Mobile telephony: Numbers speak, and data rules – Rates drop by 90%, average time spent on device up to 240 mins from 190 mins
Rates drop by 90%; average time spent on mobile device up to 240 minutes from 190 minutes.
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Our focus is on partnerships for content, says MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel
With data usage exploding, the competition in the telecom landscape has moved away from tariff, which in anyway is at its lowest, to content as a majority of subscribers use mobile data to watch video.
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Bharti Telecom working on exit route for minority shareholders
Bharti Telecom (BTL), the promoter firm of Bharti Airtel, is working on a capital reduction programme, which provides the company’s minority shareholders an exit route.
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Internet calls plunge 20% in January-March
Data sourced from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) show that during January-March 2018, such calls with total outgoing minutes of 258 million saw a sharp decline of around 20% compared to the preceding quarter.
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‘Making E, V bands licence-exempt can lead to higher economic benefits’
The institute added that many potential users may be individuals and organisations, who would be outside the regulated telecom sector, and placing licensing requirements on them may restrict innovative uses.
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Telecom Commission to take up national telecom policy today
Sources said the meeting of the Telecom Commission will review the NDCP among other issues including some additions to the public Wi-Fi project by the DoT.
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Telecom operators’ AGR drops to five-year low
According to Trai’s latest revenue collection numbers for the period, even though the gross revenue (GR) rose 1.82% Q-o-Q to Rs 62,198 crore, it fell 1.76% on a year-on-year basis.
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Reliance Jio enters a new league, crosses 200 million user mark
Fastest by far to reach the mark; also leads in data but is largely a second connection for most.
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Vodafone-Idea merger to be approved soon
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to clear the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular early next week. Both the companies, however, may have to pay one-time-spectrum-charges (OTSC) dues, though these are under challenge in the court.
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Big step forward! India to have own GPS-like satellite navigation system
India will soon have its own satellite navigation system on the lines of GPS by the US, GLONASS by Russia, European Union’s Galileo and China’s BNS, with the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) in the process of coming out with a tender to invite companies.
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Digidhan Mission: Modi government extends timeline till March 2020
The government has extended the timeline of operations of the Digidhan mission till 2019-20 fiscal with the primary objective of promoting digital payments as well as to increase the acceptance of digital payment infrastructure.
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Call drop situation worsens in April
The call drop situation deteriorated in April 2018 after two consecutive months – February and March – of good performance by telecom operators, the latest Trai data show.
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Faster internet: Land along highways, rail tracks may be reserved for telecom infra
Some officials suggest telecom towers be turned into smart poles. These poles not only have streetlighting, but
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Focus on technology that helps integrate feature phones with digital ecosystem
Even as the drive to digitise the economy is on, the government is worried that the efforts being made to increase digital inclusion are not bearing expected results as a majority of people, especially in rural areas, still use feature phones.
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BSNL Maange More: Give free spectrum, will boost revenues
Not only has BSNL lower rural subscriber market share compared to operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio, its own user base has also a lower rural share.
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Idea gives tough competition to Airtel, Vodafone; tops subscriber addition charts for three months in a row
Idea and Vodafone are in the final stages of merging their operations, post which the combined entity will be the country’s largest telecom services provider, beating Bharti.
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5G launch: DoT to hold stakeholders’ meet tomorrow
The department of telecommunications (DoT) will hold deliberations on Wednesday with stakeholders, including Trai, on standards and regulatory issues related to the launch of 5G services in the country.
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Telcos add 70 m subscribers in Jan-Mar
The top five telecom operators — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio and BSNL — collectively added more than 69.2 million subscribers during the first quarter of the calendar year 2018.
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Bharti Infratel, Indus Tower approach CCI for approval to proposed merger
Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers have approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an approval on their proposed merger, which will create the world’s second-largest telecom tower company with more than 163,000 towers across 22 circles.
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Telecom M&As: Idea-Vodafone merger on fast track, says Telecom Secretary
The Idea-Vodafone merger has been cleared by the stock exchanges, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Competition Commission of India and the National Company Law Tribunal.
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One-time spectrum fee: Idea-Voda may have to pay up for merger OK
It has almost become certain that Idea and Vodafone will also have to pay OTSC before their merger is cleared by the government.
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Govt to use analytics, machine learning to detect objectionable video content
Video analytics is a process through which videos are automatically analysed to extract information from such content using metadata. Through video analytics, various aspects such as when was the video uploaded or how was it circulated can be ascertained.
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Telcos use innovative marketing strategies to cash in on IPL popularity
To cash in on the popularity of the Indian Premier League (IPL), telecom operators are using innovative marketing strategies to give their subscribers the best possible experience of the matches.
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Trai rule on tariff offers could cost telcos Rs 10-12,000 crore
The Trai regulation that telcos can no longer make an offer to select clients — segmented offers, in jargon — but have to extend them to all subscribers could potentially cost the industry Rs 10,000-12,000 crore in a year.
