Govt taken all possible measures to support Vi, back fundraising plan: Ashwini Vaishnaw
The loss-making telco on March 5 invited its shareholders to participate in the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on April 2 to approve the company’s Rs 20,000 crore equity fund-raising plan.
Fair share: Telcos to seek govt intervention; get GSMA support
Telecom operators said that the increasing data traffic from OTTs necessitates significant capital investments to sustain telecom networks, suggesting that OTTs should contribute to these costs by sharing their revenues.
Vodafone Idea meets 5G minimum roll-out obligations in 4 circles
Under Department of Telecom guidelines, telcos have to launch services commercially, in both metro and non-metro circles, within the first year of acquiring 5G spectrum. Vodafone Idead acquired spectrum in 2022
MC Explains | How does the damage to undersea cables in Red Sea impact India?
Tata Communications, managing the TGN cable, has confirmed that its cable near Yemen sustained damage, leading to service disruptions or rerouting
Nokia, STL team up to target government-driven connectivity projects in India
Both companies said they would address enterprises' emerging requirements across multiple industry verticals to focus on use cases for a superior customer experience like multi-service premise edge connectivity, intelligent premises, and predictive operations.
US-based Mavenir expects commercial OpenRAN 5G business from Vodafone Idea later this year
On Feb 23, Vodafone Idea said that its Open RAN network was carrying live commercial data traffic ahead of a planned large-scale deployment of its 5G network
Govt may not immediately look at divestment in Vodafone Idea: DoT secretary
Without providing a specific timeline, Neeraj Mittal, Telecom Secretary, said, the Government of India will look at the right opportunity to pare its stake in the cash-strapped Vodafone Idea.
Telecommunications Act, 2023, will need to address concerns of government interception and surveillance
The Telecommunications Act, 2023, is a part of larger slew of measures to modernise and update the digital and communications industry, but it is essential that the concerns on government surveillance and interception be given due attention
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
