MC Exclusive: Tariffs are going up, need to be at Rs 300 ARPU level, says Sunil Mittal
The Bharti group chairman said that while Elon Musk's Starlink poses competition, the company's business model targets the consumer segment, whereas OneWeb focuses on B2B use cases.
Vodafone Idea running commercial pilot of Open RAN 5G with Mavenir ahead of planned rollout
The cash-strapped telco is working with United States-based telecom gear maker Mavenir for this commercial phase of Open RAN network pilot deployment, which started in September 2023.
Nokia partners with IISc to jointly research on 6G technology, use cases
Nokia and IISc will work together in three core areas of research: 6G radio technologies, 6G architecture and the application of machine learning into 6G air interface
BSNL floats Rs 65,000-crore phase-3 tender for BharatNet
Industry experts said the tender will allow multinational and domestic telecom equipment makers to generate additional revenues.
MC Exclusive: Rakuten using India as a major global innovation hub for OpenRAN and 6G, says top executive
A majority of Rakuten’s 4,000 employees are in India. The company is working closely with the IITs on the development of 6G technology.
BSNL employee union seeks nod to use Vodafone Idea network for 4G launch
Presently, the Government of India is Vodafone Idea Limited's (Vi) largest shareholder, with a 33.1 percent stake, after the accrued interest towards the AGR arrears of Vi was converted into equity in February 2023. UK's Vodafone PIc and India's Aditya Birla Group jointly own 50.4 percent of Vi.
Airtel's Nxtra inks pacts to procure additional 140,208 MWh of renewable energy
As per the agreement, AmpIn Energy and Amplus Energy will set up captive solar and wind power plants of 48 MWdc and 24.3 MW, respectively for Nxtra’s data centres in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha
Telco body COAI seeks manufacturing incentives in AR/VR devices for Metaverse
Indian telecom operators want to tap the Metaverse opportunity with their 5G services. They want to partner with content providers and over-the-top players to enable several use cases.
Spectrum Auction: Vodafone Idea may not bid for new airwaves, given funding crunch
Vi's spectrum renewal is due in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh (West), worth over Rs 1,950 crore.
Cabinet approves telecom spectrum auctions at base price of Rs 96,317.65 crore
The spectrum allocation for transport systems including railways has been done to improve passenger safety and operations of these transportation systems.
Regulatory mandate for forceful 2G/3G shutdown could widen digital divide: Vodafone Idea to Trai
Vodafone Idea urged the TRAl to disregard "rhetoric comments" of sunset date for legacy technologies
6 GHz band critically required for 5G growth and 6G introduction: Reliance Jio to Trai
Jio dismissed the demands made by tech companies to allocate airwaves in this band for WiFi services, and argued that it is not justified to delicense V band and 6 GHz for use in public WiFi networks.
ARPU increase, 5G monetisation will happen with tariff repair: Gopal Vittal, Airtel MD
Airtel currently has 65 million 5G users across the country. Vittal said that 25 percent of the total smartphones in the industry will be 5G-enabled by March 2025.
US-based telecom gear maker Infinera ropes in Vikram Anand to head India operations
Infinera considers India its most significant potential market in Asia and expects the country to contribute over 10% towards its global revenues.
2024's telecom spectrum auction will not be as big as last round of 5G auction: Ashwini Vaishnaw
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will soon issue a notice inviting applications (NIA), the legal document laying down auction rules and processes. Auctions typically start 45–50 days after the NIA is issued.
Industry hopeful of regulatory levies relief in the post-election full budget: COAI
The industry body hailed corpus the budget proposal of Rs 1 lakh crore corpus for the technology sector as a positive measure
Government aims to earn Rs 1.20 lakh crore from communication services
Budget 2024: For FY 23-24, the revenue target has been revised primarily due to prepayments by telecom operators for past spectrum auction instalments.
Excitel aims to ride the 'cord-cutting' trend with new IPTV-broadband bundle service
In television broadcasting, cord-cutting refers to viewers cancelling their cable or DTH subscriptions in favour of online streaming options
Import duty cut on handset parts brings certainty, clarity for industry: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Experts said that the move to slash import duty for components used in manufacturing mobile phones to 10 percent from 15 percent earlier may allow handset makers to slash prices in the entry or budget smartphone segment.
Vodafone Idea's fundraise prospects become bleaker as customer attrition continues
Akshaya Moondra, CEO of Vodafone Idea Limited, on January 29, said that the telco was engaged with various parties for fundraising to make required investments for network expansion, including 5G rollout.
Anil Kumar Lohati appointed as new TRAI chairman
The position of TRAI chairman had been lying vacant for more than three months.
Vodafone Idea loses 10.7 lakh subscribers in November 2023; Jio adds 34.5 lakh: TRAI data
Total wireless subscribers increased from 1,150.98 million in October 2023 to 1,154.17 million in November, registering a monthly growth rate of 0.28%, TRAI data revealed.
Tax reforms, regulatory relief: Indian telecom's call to action in Union Budget 2024-25
By achieving the fastest 5G rollout globally, the Indian telecom industry has showcased its potential to drive the vision of a digitally empowered India.
Vodafone Idea likely to report marginal revenue growth in Q3; subscriber loss to continue: Analysts
However, Vodafone Idea's average revenue per user (ARPU) would increase YoY, led by increased prices for entry-level plans, say analysts.
