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Fixed broadband, digital investments must for sustained growth: Trai chief

Calling for modification of building bylaws to accomodate telecom infrastructure, the Trai chief said telecom must become as essential as electricity and water pipes.

RailTel broadband RailWire's subscriber base up 1.5 times in 4 months

RailTel's retail broadband service RailWire is a collaborative platform that ropes in local cable operators and entrepreneurs to provide last-mile connectivity to households and small businesses

Letter to BS: Slashing AGR licence fee for broadband is a welcome move

Work from home getting wi­der acceptance amid Covid-19 could be the right catalyst for in­creasing the wireline broadband penetration

Hughes looking to start retailing satellite broadband services in India

GSAT-20 is expected to have about 60 to 70 gigabits of capacity and is considered 10 times more powerful than any satellite ISRO has launched

Cable operators feel the Covid-19 lockdown pinch, lose subscribers

Though TV viewership surged during lockdown, subscribers deleted channels from their package to cut costs

The telecom test

A nationwide lockdown is putting pressure on network

Indians opt for mobile data over broadband in early days of lockdown: Study

India went into a 21-day lockdown beginning Tuesday as concerns over spread of coronavirus increase

Reliance Jio offers free broadband, double data amid Covid-19 lockdown

Jio has also doubled data limits for top-up voucher and bundle-free calling minutes to non-Jio networks in these vouchers.

Broadband Mission: Govt promises internet services in all villages by 2022

The mission unveiled by Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will also aim at significantly improving quality of services for mobile and internet.

Reliance Jio's broadband offers won't impact wireless tariff growth

Jio's non-wireless services are unlikely to be able to meaningfully offset any slowdown in wireless revenue growth as the prices are largely non-disruptive

Reliance Jio unlikely to disrupt home broadband space, say analysts

May not affect Airtel's business significantly in terms of customer churn

Jio Fibre launch today: From offers to registration, all you need to know

JioFibre customers will get free voice calls for life from landline, 100 mbps to 1 gigabit per second broadband speed for subscription starting from Rs 700 a month

Reliance Jio Fibre launch on Sept 5, plans start at Rs 700 per month

The plans will come bundled with subscriptions to most leading premium Over The Top applications

Consolidation gains steam in broadband as Mukesh Ambani's RIL readies entry

At the heart of it all is the clamour for last-mile connectivity, prompting deep-pocketed players such as RIL to go after cable companies

Broadband stocks fall as RIL announces launch of JioGigaFibre

Hathway Cable & Datacom hit a 52-week low of Rs 19.85, down 18% on the BSE in intra-day trade. Den Networks plunged 11% to Rs 66.05, trading close to its 52-week low of Rs 65.

Broadband connectivity in gram panchayats delayed by 3 years

The aim is to provide 2-20 Mbps bandwidth to individual houses