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The telecom regulator (TRAI) convened a meeting of the Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) on May 21 at its New Delhi headquarters to study regulatory implications in the digital world and to collaboratively work on regulations, especially around Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC).
In its latest report, GSMA said that India must analyse the cost benefit of the 6 GHz range and consider the impact of reduced mobile performance and penetration against any perceived benefits of competing uses for the upper 6 GHz band.
The draft guidelines to curb unsolicited business communication are ready and were discussed in a meeting on May 10
The telecom department has directed all private telcos to start proof of concept trials for CNAP in a month
OneWeb is expected to get an interim spectrum allocation to launch commercial satcom service in the country. Elon Musk’s Starlink has, so far, only tapped lightly regulated markets. India mandates gateways, legal interceptions and licences from the telecom department and IN-SPACe.
This comes after a thorough investigation by a number of law enforcement organisations to identify instances of financial fraud and cybercrime involving the exploitation of mobile networks.
The discussions are taking place to raise Rs 25,000 crore and additional non-fund-based facilities of up to Rs 10,000 crore.
The tariff hike should focus on usage-based consumption — those who use more should pay more, CEO Moondra says
Vodafone Idea intends to cover 40 percent of its revenue base with its 5G services in the next 24-30 months
The company is targeting to create a capacity of almost 25 million in the Delhi NCR region in the first phase. The capex for this is going to be almost $30 million without land and building.
In the previous spectrum auction, the telecom department received an earnest money deposit of Rs 21,800 crore
The company has a long growth runway owing to massive opportunities in the industry, but the stock is expensive
Airtel said it is currently operating private 5G networks for eight to nine private networks, though it described the opportunity in this space as "niche."
Bharti Airtel managing director says India has been a 'brutally competitive' marketplace ever since the company has been around
Airtel said it has stopped all investments in 4G, and the entire capacity enhancement is now only happening in 5G services.
The DoT also issued an advisory about WhatsApp calls from foreign-origin mobile numbers (like +92-xxxxxxxxxx) impersonating government officials and duping the people.
Intel recently launched its new artificial intelligence chip, the Gaudi 3, to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI semiconductors. It has commercial deals with Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Ola/Krutrim to deploy the Gaudi accelerator solutions in India
Through this collaboration, the two companies are targeting the large and growing Indian public cloud services market, which is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2027, according to IDC.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the tablet market witnessed growth due to higher content consumption and creation, and an increase in use cases, like e-learning and video communication, which drove the demand for larger-screen devices.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) further analyzed and found that a staggering 20 lakh numbers were used with these mobile handsets.
In the letter, Moondra informed Vodafone Idea customers about the telco’s recently concluded Rs 18,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO).
The telco is also confident of increasing its ARPU further by continuously upgrading its subscribers from 2G to 4G. It expects to be 5G-ready by the end of FY26 and thereby onboard more customers, thereby upselling premium plans.
The company's consolidated revenue from operations declined about 39 percent to Rs 1,140 crore during the quarter from Rs 1,872 crore in the March 2023 quarter.
European vendors Nokia and Ericsson will face some competition from American vendor Mavenir and South Korea’s Samsung which have been running pilots of OpenRAN and vRAN technologies, respectively, in a few circles.
For the whole year, the standalone PAT was 28 percent at Rs 1,004 crore compared to Rs 785 crore in FY 23.
