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  • Govt spectrum usage charge collection halves to Rs 811 crore, AGR up 14% in December quarter May 31, 2023 09:17 PM IST

    Govt spectrum usage charge collection halves to Rs 811 crore, AGR up 14% in December quarter

    The telecom service provider paid Rs 1,760 crore as spectrum usage charge in December 2021 quarter, according to performance indicator report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

  • Go First and beyond: Is Indian aviation going the telecom way? May 30, 2023 06:29 AM IST

    Go First and beyond: Is Indian aviation going the telecom way?

    Historically, any airline that has suspended operations in India has never restarted.

  • India will be able to become $5-trillion economy by 2027: Sunil Mittal May 27, 2023 05:55 PM IST

    India will be able to become $5-trillion economy by 2027: Sunil Mittal

    Mittal said that India, according to him, is the most advanced country in the world as far as telecom is concerned.

  • BSNL 4G network to go live in 2 weeks, says Ashwini Vaishnaw May 25, 2023 10:12 AM IST

    BSNL 4G network to go live in 2 weeks, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

    BSNL's 4G network would be upgraded to 5G by November-December, the minister has said.

  • Reliance Jio adds 30.5 lakh mobile users in March; Vi loses 12 lakh users May 22, 2023 09:06 PM IST

    Reliance Jio adds 30.5 lakh mobile users in March; Vi loses 12 lakh users

    Reliance Jio added 30.5 lakh subscribers in March, as its subscriber count exceeded 43 crore, compared to 42.71 crore in February.

  • DoT disconnects 30,000 SIMs made using fake documents in Mumbai May 17, 2023 03:34 PM IST

    DoT disconnects 30,000 SIMs made using fake documents in Mumbai

    A total of six FIRs have been lodged so far, and the DoT suspects “connivance” at point of sale or from SIM sellers, especially in areas where density of the dupe was high

  • Ericsson completes charging consolidation programme for Vodafone Idea May 15, 2023 04:25 PM IST

    Ericsson completes charging consolidation programme for Vodafone Idea

    VIL now has a simplified prepaid charging stack, which means uniformity of architecture in charging and data policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), customer experience, among others.

  • Every village to be connected with 4G by 2024: says Devusinh Chauhan, MoS Telecom April 29, 2023 01:24 PM IST

    Every village to be connected with 4G by 2024: says Devusinh Chauhan, MoS Telecom

    The minister said that 4G network in all uncovered villages will lead to socio-economic transformation and bridge digital divides.

  • Tech Mahindra CEO Gurnani bets big on futuristic tech, IT service resurgence April 28, 2023 06:42 AM IST

    Tech Mahindra CEO Gurnani bets big on futuristic tech, IT service resurgence

    The IT services firm reported an order book of $592 million for Q4FY23, down by 25.5 percent QoQ from $795 million in Q3.

  • Reliance Jio FY23 EBITDA up a solid 24.2% on strong revenue growth of 17.9% April 21, 2023 09:22 PM IST

    Reliance Jio FY23 EBITDA up a solid 24.2% on strong revenue growth of 17.9%

    Reliance Jio Q4 results: Net profit came in at Rs 4,716 crore, rising 13 percent YoY while revenue rose 12 percent YoY to Rs 23,394 crore.

  • Kumar Mangalam Birla back as non-executive director of Vodafone Idea, 2 years after his exit April 21, 2023 07:36 AM IST

    Kumar Mangalam Birla back as non-executive director of Vodafone Idea, 2 years after his exit

    The announcement came shortly after Vodafone Idea confirmed the resignation of Krishna Kumar Maheshwari, who was Aditya Birla Group's representative on its board, as a non-executive director.

  • China Plus One theory is playing out in India's favour, says Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla April 12, 2023 11:10 AM IST

    China Plus One theory is playing out in India's favour, says Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla

    The Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group also spoke about Vodafone Idea's plans to begin its 5G rollout and said that the telecom company plans to roll out its 5G service soon.

  • India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link now operational: Ashwini Vaishnaw March 27, 2023 12:10 PM IST

    India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link now operational: Ashwini Vaishnaw

    While speaking at the first international quantum enclave, Vaishnaw said that the quantum communication link is now operational between Sanchar Bhawan and National Informatics Centre office located in CGO Complex in the national capital.

  • TRAI chairman, telcos to meet on March 27 to find a way out of unsolicited calls menace March 23, 2023 04:30 PM IST

    TRAI chairman, telcos to meet on March 27 to find a way out of unsolicited calls menace

    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's meeting will services providers will explore a multi-pronged approach to address the problem through technical solutions, regulations, directions and close monitoring, the regulator has said

  • India fast becoming big exporter of telecom technology: PM Modi March 22, 2023 01:59 PM IST

    India fast becoming big exporter of telecom technology: PM Modi

    Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area Office and Innovation Centre here, Modi said India is one of countries to have rolled out 5G mobile technology at the fastest pace.

  • Jio 5G roll-out: True 5G reaches 41 more cities, customers can try for free March 21, 2023 03:14 PM IST

    Jio 5G roll-out: True 5G reaches 41 more cities, customers can try for free

    From March 21, 2023, Jio users in the 41 cities will also be able to try out the Jio Welcome Offer to experience Unlimited Data at 1 Gbps+ speeds at no additional cost

  • Bharti Airtel hikes entry-level prepaid tariff in remaining three circles March 14, 2023 09:54 AM IST

    Bharti Airtel hikes entry-level prepaid tariff in remaining three circles

    The tariff hikes began in November 2022 in two circles of Haryana and Odisha, and within five months it has been rolled out across all circles in India.

  • Deutsche Telekom has unfinished business with BT March 03, 2023 05:02 PM IST

    Deutsche Telekom has unfinished business with BT

    The German phone company has lost billions on its BT investment. But it still has options

  • Indian telecom companies surpass 3-year 5G rollout target in six months: Govt official March 01, 2023 12:47 PM IST

    Indian telecom companies surpass 3-year 5G rollout target in six months: Govt official

    Department of Telecom Additional Secretary VL Kantha Rao told PTI at "India Evening" event on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress 2023 that the government has hosted over 50 companies at the India pavilion and the delegation is here to showcase indigenously-developed 4G and 5G technology stack.

  • Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal feels return on capital is low, expects tariff hike by mid-2023 February 28, 2023 08:55 AM IST

    Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal feels return on capital is low, expects tariff hike by mid-2023

    At the Mobile World Congress Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal told PTI that Airtel has a healthy balance sheet with no need to raise any more capital

  • Tech Mahindra expects $7 billion revenue run rate this fiscal, $3 billion from telecom business February 27, 2023 12:46 PM IST

    Tech Mahindra expects $7 billion revenue run rate this fiscal, $3 billion from telecom business

    Tech Mahindra Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer CP Gurnani told PTI that the company has hit a run rate of USD 1 billion (about Rs 8,300 crore), from 5G solutions that it provides to telecom companies.

  • Microsoft unveils suite of cloud tools for telecom firms February 27, 2023 06:32 AM IST

    Microsoft unveils suite of cloud tools for telecom firms

    Operators can benefit from advanced artificial intelligence that helps to unlock new business opportunities from data on and insights into their operations -- including the rollout of high-speed 5G networks -- the company said in a blog post.

  • EU riles Big Tech with telecoms network costs consultation February 23, 2023 09:44 PM IST

    EU riles Big Tech with telecoms network costs consultation

    For more than two decades Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for leading technology companies to contribute to 5G and broadband roll-out.

  • Telcos' body COAI bats for more 5G spectrum; says mid band 6GHz airwaves needed for optimum service quality, costs February 21, 2023 01:07 PM IST

    Telcos' body COAI bats for more 5G spectrum; says mid band 6GHz airwaves needed for optimum service quality, costs

    Radiowaves in 6GHz is a sweetspot for telecom service providers as current spectrum in the mid band is "woefully short of requirement of telcos".

  • Improve telecom service quality immediately, report call drop data at state level too: TRAI to telecom companies February 18, 2023 12:53 PM IST

    Improve telecom service quality immediately, report call drop data at state level too: TRAI to telecom companies

    TRAI has advised players to write to the Telecom Department, to flag the issue of low-quality handsets.