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It will help the railways to shift towards the Automatic Train Protection system. This system, among many other things, can monitor the speed of trains and activate emergency brakes. The new spectrum will also help the railways to increase the line capacity to accommodate more trains using the existing infrastructure.

India may have 88 million 5G connections by 2025: GSMA

There were reportedly close to 750 million unique subscribers at the end of 2018 and expected to reach almost 920 million by 2025.

No plans to review margin rules; ASM for benefit of retail investors: SEBI chief

Ajay Tyagi feels that a robust margin system is important for protecting the interests of retail investors.

2G service quality of 3 telcos below Trai norms in Dec quarter

Telecom operators Aircel, Reliance Communications and Airtel did not meet regulator TRAI's various quality norms for 2G services in multiple licence areas for the quarter ended December 2016.

BSE to phase out weekly and monthly price bands for stocks

To align the periodic price bandrnmechanism with the new graded surveillance measures (GSM)rnframework, the BSE has decided to do away with weekly andrnmonthly price limits for securities listed on its platform.

SC dismisses DoT plea for stay on TDSAT order on Punjab circle

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of Department of Telecom (DoT) seeking a stay on a TDSAT order and asked it to tell the bidders of GSM spectrum for the Punjab circle that the matter was sub-judice.

Telecom sector's revenue growth lowest in last 6 yrs: COAI

At the event, COAI announced new leadership team. Bharti Airtel MD and CEO for India and South Asia Gopal Vittal was elected Chairman, taking over from Kapania.

India to cross 500 million internet users in 2016: Prasad

"India has grown to around 400 million Internet users. If we take Trai numbers then it is somewhere close to 332 million. As per service providers, they were telling me that up to date it is 402 million. We were to have 500 million users by 2017, I feel it will happen this year itself," Prasad said while launching Digital Desh Drive 2.

Top telcos' GSM mobile customers base hits 774 mn: COAI

The GSM subscriber base of leading telecom operators in the country reached 773.92 million in March-end, with telecom major Airtel adding maximum number of customers, according to COAI.

Don't levy Swachh Bharat Cess on telecom services: COAI

The government had imposed SBC at a rate of 0.5 percent on provision of all taxable services with effect from November 15. Further, it was clarified that the credit of SBC cannot be availed and the cess cannot be paid by utilising credit of any other duty or tax.

GSM mobile operators add 64.9 lakh subscribers in Dec: COAI

The GSM subscriber base stood at 74.91 crore at the end of November, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said.

Telcos add 96 lakh GSM subscribers in Nov to reach 74.9 cr

Country's top operator Bharti Airtel added 28 lakh new subscribers in November to take its base to over 24 crore with a market share of 32.14 percent.

Aircel to boost infra in East to minimise call drops

Virad Kaul said Aircel would also roll out 4G services in RoB by December. He declined to comment about Kolkata circle where it does not hold 4G spectrum. Vodafone would launch the services from December in the circle along with Airtel which is already offering it.

BSNL launches special tariff vouchers for Diwali

The STV of Rs 35 provides 20 paise per minute calls to any network for all local and STD voice call with a validity of 2 days whereas STV of Rs 48 provides 80 minutes of calls to any network (local and STD) with a validity of 3 days.

GSM subscriber base rises to 733.14 mn in September: COAI

The GSM subscriber base at the end of August stood at 726.10 million, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said.

Videocon Telecom Q2 operating loss narrows to Rs 47 crore

The company posted consolidated revenue growth of over 27 percent at Rs 621 crore in the reported quarter as compared to about Rs 488 crore registered in the same period a year ago.

Airtel selects Ericsson as LTE network supplier for Gabon

Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has selected Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson as its supplier for deployment of a new LTE network in African nation Gabon. plier for Gabon

GSM telecom operators add 41.4 lk subscribers in June: COAI

The GSM subscriber base stood at 71.62 crore at the end of May, 2015, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said in a statement.

Government should vacate unused spectrum: COAI

The Cellular Operators Association of India, a body of GSM and CDMA mobile service providers, on Friday said that the government should take steps to vacate the unused spectrum lying with various agencies under it.

Rel Comm-Sistema M&A not a win-win move

Sistema-RCom is a merger mandated by the weaknesses of both parties - Sistema due to the loss of licences and sub-optimal operations, and RCom due to excessive debt.. It will be tough to make it work even if one party buys out the other; it could be even tougher if the company has two promoters.

Mobile subscriptions in India likely to touch 1.4bn by 2020

The India appendix of the Ericsson Mobility Report, released today, shows key trends and forecasts on mobile traffic, subscriptions, consumer behaviour and technology uptake in the country. GSM/EDGE subscriber base is expected to peak in 2015 and likely to decline thereafter as subscribers migrate to 3G services, the report said.

Telecom Comm finalises views on spectrum trading norms

Call drops may become fewer and consolidation moves among telecom companies get a fillip as the telecom department has given its final clearance to long-awaited rules on sharing and trading of airwaves.

Idea Cellular's Himanshu Kampania becomes COAI chairman

The Cellular Operators Association of India held its annual general meeting on Thursday and elected the new leadership as well as designated its executive council for the new term, it said in a statement.

Telcos gross revenue rises 9.5% in Oct-Dec 2014: Trai

The combined gross revenue of operators was at Rs 58,385 crore in the same period of 2013, according to the TRAI's performance indicator report.

CAG flags financial gap of Rs 31,000 cr in telecom sector

The DoT though failed to implement TRAI's recommendations to levy spectrum usage charge for the combined total of spectrum allocated in different technologies (GSM and CDMA) in specific bands without any reason on record.