India's own 5G stack will be ready around September-October, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a CII event, Sunil Mittal noted that the company has been through many ups and downs, including regulatory challenges and market competition, and is now better placed in the market.
The Network Operations Control Center was created under the DoT to control the transmissions from ground segment (satellite earth stations) along with the master control facility under Department of Space to manage the operation of satellites in orbit
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had recommended a base price for this frequency range and suggested that it can be used for both mobile as well as satellite services.
The minister said that the Department of Telecom is working as per expected timeline and the process is on to resolve industry concerns around spectrum pricing.
Industry body COAI, however, has expressed deep disappointment over Trai’s 5G recommendations, and termed the spectrum pricing suggested by the regulator as “too high”.
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The move comes as the Centre is gearing up for the next-generation 5G airwaves auction later this year, which is expected to see participation from the country's three main carriers – Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel Ltd, and Reliance Industries Ltd's Jio.
Ashwini Vaishnaw's affirmation comes at a time when telecom regulator TRAI’s 5G recommendations on spectrum pricing and other nuances, which were widely expected to come by March-end, have spilled over by a few days to early April.
The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, chaired by Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor, in its report expressed concern about the 5G rollout delay that will deprive the country of taking advantage of various benefits of 5G when other countries of the world have made noticeable progress in the deployment of the technology.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Secretary V Raghunandan told PTI that the spectrum reference given to the regulator spanned multiple bands and thereby involved detailed and exhaustive deliberations.
Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel, said that gigabit speeds and millisecond latency of 5G is set to transform the way entertainment is consumed.
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The sector has been saddled with debt due to complications such as the 'Adjusted Gross Revenue' (AGR) case verdict, which brought in a huge immediate liability on the books of telecom operators.
Without naming the company, India's Ministry of Finance said that a major telecoms group "failed to provide any substantial and appropriate justification" on tax claims during income tax raids on its offices in three Indian cities last month.
Expectations are high from this year's MWC after the 2021 event was moved online and the 2020 one scrapped because of the coronavirus outbreak
The promoters of the joint venture Indus Towers, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Group, currently hold 41.73 percent and 28.12 percent stake in the company, respectively. Vodafone Idea (Vi), promoted by Vodafone Group and the Aditya Birla Group, desperately needs capital infusion to revive its operations
The Reliance Jio new plans with a Disney+ Hotstar Premium subscription come with a starting price of Rs 1,499.
Airtel said it is participating as a "major investor" in the SEA-ME-WE-6 and is anchoring 20 per cent of the overall investment in the cable system, which will go live in 2025.
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The telecom company said it witnessed a decline in users following the announcement of tariff hikes for its mobile plans in November. The telecom giant said this could be due to the quality of the subscriber base or challenges in monetising its new plans.
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Of the Rs 1.17 lakh crore, Rs 88,000 crore will be spent on Indus Towers, Rs 15,000 crore on Nxtra, and Rs 14,000 crore on Bharti Hexacom, as per a regulatory filing
The minister -- responding during Question Hour to a query if the government has any equity in private telecom firm Vodafone -- said a one-time option was given to telecom companies to either pay upfront the interest on AGR dues or convert it in the form of equity in lieu of that as part of the structural reforms announced in September last year.
He said that the budget focuses on enhancing research and development of indigenous technology. The minister said that the government will make efforts for 5G services to be rolled out in India in 2022.
