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Vi has adequate and competitive spectrum to fuel growth, it said, adding that the telco has sufficient spectrum to support migration of the entire 4G subscribe base to 5G.
Analysts also dismissed the likelihood of a bidding war among leading telecom operators in the sub-GHz bands as the government decided not to offer airwaves in the 600/700 MHz bands.
Union Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the spectrum regulatory sandbox will give easy portal-based permission to engineering colleges to test telecom equipment.
DoT has set up one hundred 5G Use case labs within 100 institutes across India with the objective to build competencies and engagement in 5G technologies for students and startup communities.
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.
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.
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
Tata Communications, managing the TGN cable, has confirmed that its cable near Yemen sustained damage, leading to service disruptions or rerouting
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 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
Industry experts said the tender will allow multinational and domestic telecom equipment makers to generate additional revenues.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The spectrum allocation for transport systems including railways has been done to improve passenger safety and operations of these transportation systems.
Vodafone Idea urged the TRAl to disregard "rhetoric comments" of sunset date for legacy technologies
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.
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.
