Page 13 - Telecom Sector

Airtel World Pass international plans for prepaid, postpaid users announced

The Airtel World Pass international roaming plans offer significantly higher value in terms of data and voice benefits, Airtel said in a statement

Govt to tighten check on imports; set up task forces for telecom production

The government will come up with a methodology to check imports from neighbouring nations, which are non-compliant to trusted source rules of the telecom sector, Union minister for communications and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. The minister had a meeting with over 40 CEOs of telecom gear makers that have qualified for production linked incentive scheme and decided to set up 4-5 task forces to provide market support to them as well as streamline their business for value addition in the economy. Telecom gear makers expressed concern around import of network gear from China, which is being routed through other neighbouring countries. When asked about concerns around such imports, the minister said, "This issue was discussed. Representatives from customs department, finance ministry and other ministries... work will be done on it to devise how to check it in a methodical manner." The minister said that the companies under telecom PLI are close to start export of their gears a

OTT players are 'free riding' on telecom service providers' networks: COAI

BIF on Wednesday wrote a letter to the DoT, saying that if the concept of paying network access charges is to be accepted, the telcos should also pay the OTT platforms

Need separate pan-India licence for Satellite Earth Station Gateways: TRAI

A satellite gateway (also referred to as a teleport or hub) is a ground station that transmits data to and from the satellite to the local area network

GIP plans to acquire Tower Vision India Pvt in a $400-million deal

GIP already owns a significant stake in Indian tower owner Ascend Telecom Infrastructure Pvt. Deliberations are ongoing and GIP could decide not to proceed with a transaction, according to the people

India second among 21 countries in H1 2022 Arpu rise, shows data

Also ranked 6th among 26 countries in data usage growth over same period

TMS Ep312: Tata's Bisleri buyout, India's space start-ups, Markets, ARPU

Why is the Tata group thirsting for Bisleri? Can India launch space firms into higher orbit? With markets near all-time highs, which sectors should you bet on? What does ARPU mean? All answers here

NCLT dismisses bankruptcy proceedings against GTL Infra, GTL Ltd

The court said several companies owe GTL Infrastructure money as it has made claims of Rs 13,393 crore against Aircel and others

Companies may have to pay Rs 1,500 cr to start their own private network

The list of companies that want to establish their own private network includes names like Infosys, Tejas Networks, Capgemini, and Larsen & Toubro

Zoom seeking VoIP licence indicates organisational shift in India: Experts

Zoom Video Communications has sought approval from the government of India to launch its Zoom Phone services in India, according to media reports

Need incentive scheme for data centres, separate economic zones: TRAI

The telecom regulator has also proposed a new data centre readiness survey for states and a new national body for digitisation, sharing and monetisation of data

Big portion of Telecom Bill to be implemented by Trai: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The statement comes in the light of concerns from some stakeholders that the proposed Bill will clip the powers of TRAI

Most of BSNL's 125,000 new 4G towers to come up in rural areas

This is to shake off its image of a lagging government service, multiple officials added

Building 5G use cases needs strong public-private alliance: Nasscom study

Sectors such as healthcare, energy & utilities, manufacturing, and retail are expected to benefit from large-scale 5G adoption, which is expected to power up to 2 per cent of India's GDP by 2030

Deadline extended till Nov 20 for comments on draft Telecom Bill 2022

The Bill is currently in its draft stage and is in the public domain to seek feedback from people.

DoT extends deadline for public comments on draft Telecom Bill to Nov 20

The Department of Telecom has extended the deadline till November 20 for submitting public comments on the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022. The bill proposes to bring internet-based calling and messaging services under the telecom rules as well as strengthen security for consumers. "In response to the requests received from several stakeholders, the ministry has decided to further extend the last date for receipt of comments till 20th November, 2022," the DoT said in an official note on Thursday. The draft of the bill was released on September 21. The last date for comments on the bill was earlier extended from October 20 to October 30. It was further extended to November 10.

Vodafone may have to raise tariffs to meet a Rs 6,400 cr shortfall by Sept

Goldman Sachs said Vi would need a sharp capital raise or a tariff increase to remain competitive. It is the only telco which has not yet given a timeline to launch its 5G services

Govt identifying spectrum bands for machine communication and IoT

With an eye on leveraging IoT, machine to machine communications, and advanced cloud-based services, the government is looking to set aside select spectrum bands for use cases

Vodafone Idea Q2 loss widens to Rs 7,595 crore on higher expenses

Gross revenue in the second quarter of FY23 increased by 12.8 per cent YoY to Rs 10,614 crore

Indian iPhone users may get to use 5G services starting next week

Apple Inc made the commitment at a meeting of key mobile device makers called by the DoT on Wednesday