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Top Headlines: Unrealistic deadlines for EVs, Mistry's demise, and more

Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons and scion of the Shapoorji Pallonji group, died in a car accident near Mumbai on Sunday.

Top 10 in broadband? India needs to go from 1.95% to 40% adoption

Mukesh Ambani wants to achieve the target by deploying 5G fixed wireless access to homes

Captive 5G play: BIF refutes claims on backdoor entry of tech companies

Industry body Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Friday said suggestions that captive networks should bid for spectrum in auctions is "extremely irrational". BIF refuted the "misinformation" being propagated to demand a level playing field between two completely different sets of services, public and private networks. The comments came a day after telcos' body COAI - which represents Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea - claimed that administrative allocation of spectrum for private 5G networks will be against tenets of fairness. The Celluar Operators' Association of India (COAI) had lauded use of open bidding and transparent auction route by companies seeking 5G airwaves. COAI had alleged that administrative allocation of spectrum for captive 5G networks is against principles of level playing field and effectively provides a "backdoor entry" to big technology players to provide 5G services and solutions to enterprises in India without equivalent regulatory compliance and

Govt must review private network guidelines: Broadband India Forum

Group says policy announcement gives no predictability to industry about 'way forward'

5G rollout unviable if captive private networks allowed, telcos tell govt

Telcos point to global trends and contend that 40 per cent of 5G revenues are expected from the enterprise segment and captive 5G networks will make 5G rollout unviable

Netplus Broadband keep Rs 300 crore capex for FY23; focus on rural coverage

Netplus has earmarked Rs 300 crore capital expenditure for current financial year, out of which most of investment will be made in expanding the network in rural areas, a senior company official said

Hope to start broadband internet service on SpiceJet aircraft soon: CMD

SpiceJet will induct more Boeing 737 Max aircraft over the next few months and it hopes to start broadband internet service on its planes soon, its Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Ajay Singh said

Govt cancels Rs 19,000-crore BBNL tender for connecting villages

The Centre had approved a viability gap fund of Rs 19,041 crore for the project that aimed to connect 3.61 lakh villages across 16 states

Govt cancels Rs 19,000-cr tender for connecting villages with broadband

Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd has cancelled a Rs 19,000-crore tender that was floated for connecting villages across 16 states with an optical fibre-based high-speed broadband network

Reliance's Jio Platforms, SES announce JV for satellite broadband services

Jio Platforms and SES will own 51 per cent and 49 per cent equity stake in the joint venture respectively.

66% broadband and fibre users face disruption, finds survey

53% say it takes more than 24 hours for the service provider to resolve the issue

Airtel internet services suffer outage, firm says 'technical glitch'

While 50 per cent users reported facing total blackout, 34 per cent had problems with mobile Internet and 16 per cent had no signal, according to Downdetector.

Ex-Starlink India head now plans a white paper on broadband, poverty

Sanjay Bhargava on Wednesday revealed that he now plans to write a white paper on how to ensure countrywide broadband access by 2023 and end poverty by 2030.

Speed up broadband roll-out

War over USO fund should be resolved transparently

Over 93% of villages in country have mobile broadband coverage: Chauhan

More than 1.66 lakh gram panchayats have also been made service-ready as of November 1

Crucial to define norms of internet governance, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the Internet is the most important part of economy and society

Musk's Starlink to explore collaboration with Indian telcos for broadband

Elon Musk-led SpaceX's satellite broadband arm Starlink is planning to explore collaboration with telecom companies in India to expand broadband services in the country

Bharti-backed OneWeb, Neom Tech form $200 mn JV for satellite network

The joint venture firm will see the deployment of OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to provide connectivity to enable Neom's ecosystem of cognitive technologies.

Elon Musk's Starlink aims to start broadband service in India from Dec 2022

Starlink said that its service is available in many countries and it will be easier for it to get government approvals if it has a high number of pre-orders from India

Sanjay Bhargava to join Musk's Starlink as India Country Director

PayPal veteran Sanjay Bhargava has announced that he is all set to serve tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX as Starlink Country Director India starting October 1.