Page 28 - Telecom Industry

GoM seeks presentation from DoT, BSNL to take stock of asset sale

The asset sale exercise is expected to start early next year and the final contours will be decided by the GOM.

Reliance Jio's 5G plan treads the line between optimism and realism

Ambani's target is by no means impossible. The time taken for rolling out networks has been concertinaed since 4G

PM Modi set to deliver inaugural address India Mobile Congress 2020

PM Modi will virtually deliver the inaugural address at the country's telecom industry event, India Mobile Congress, on Tuesday

Bharti Airtel hikes Infratel holding by 4.9%, stake reaches 41.6%

The telecom operator has bought close to 133 million shares in the tower arm at Rs 216 apiece, for a total of Rs 2,870 crore.

Affordable spectrum access to build Digital India critical: Airtel CEO

He said telecom plays a critical role in all aspects - right from ensuring the seamless functioning of payment systems and work-from-home, to ensuring remote access to quality health care

DoT accepts proposal on '0' prefix for all calls from landlines to mobiles

Callers will soon be required to add '0' prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones

Global telecom gear MNCs urge govt to change norms, seek level field

Global equipment manufacturers call for sweeping changes to calculation of value addition norms

Bharti Airtel to stay away from 5G auctions, as prices exorbitant: Vittal

"The 5G ecosystem is yet to develop here and the prices are very high and we can't afford them," Vittal said during the company's post earnings call

Bharti Airtel Q2 loss narrows down to Rs 763 cr; revenue up 22% YoY

The company had posted a loss of Rs 23,044.9 crore in the year-ago period

Telecom a force-multiplier for all sectors, is an essential service: COAI

Telecom sector with transformational powers is set to be a force-multiplier for other sectors, and the government needs to view it as an essential service and enabler for industries, COAI said

Lockdown, potato chips and a lifeline for India's ailing telecom firms

The bundling of something as outlandish as a packet of potato chips with data may have saved the day for key players in this space

VIL gets shareholders' nod to raise borrowing limit, issuance of securities

Shareholders of the company, which was earlier listed as Idea Cellular, had approved a borrowing limit of Rs 25,000 crore at its AGM in September 2014

Vi starts upgrading 3G subscribers to 4G, to continue 2G voice services

This will allow it to offer faster 4G data speeds to its 3G users

TEC providing free access to technical documents, industry lauds move

Domestic telecom gear maker body TEMA appreciated the development, saying this was a long-pending demand of the players

Trai chief calls for creating shareable telecom infra in buildings

Trai Chairman R S Sharma said that contrary to general perception that availability of mobile towers will solve all problems, in-building connectivity still remains a challenge.

Top headlines: Delhi, Mumbai slide in ARPU ranking; MSP raised amid protest

From Delhi, Mumbai sliding in ARPU ranking to govt raising MSP amid farmer protests, here are top headlines this morning

Trai chief advocates robust broadband, open systems, local manufacturing

Sharma exuded confidence that "right environment and incentives" can propel domestic manufacturing in India

Tariffs unsustainable at present, raising important: Vodafone Idea CEO

Vodafone Idea CEO Ravinder Takkar, in a short Q&A session with the media, was emphatic that tariff rise was inevitable to sustain the telecom business. Edited excerpts

10 years to pay AGR dues puts a question mark on Vodafone Idea's survival

Indian telecom sector moving to a virtual duopoly is not a desirable development

How the SC order on use of natural resources could muffle investments

If a resource has become useful only because someone has improved it through an investment, there should be no reason not to let that addition be counted and the valuation determined accordingly