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CCI to conduct study on telecom sector amid changing market dynamics

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has started the preparatory work for the study about the telecom sector and it is expected to commence in November, says chairman

Tata Communications names Amur Lakshminarayanan as MD, Group CEO designate

Lakshminarayanan comes with 35 years of experience in a broad range of leadership roles across industries and regions across

New FDI norms: Govt plans mega meet to fast-track Make in India

Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has invited all stakeholders in the handset industry for a meeting next month to clear any doubts on the contract manufacturing policy, says sources

A wake-up call for DoT

Exit of the smaller firms, RCom going into bankruptcy, huge losses of incumbent firms, mounting debt and stressed bank assets

Reliance Jio looks to heat up cloud business, sets sight on 10 mn MSMEs

Company plans to bring 5 million retailers and kirana stores on cloud

SoftBank in talks to buy stake in Bharti Airtel's telecom biz, other assets

Talks are in initial stages for direct or indirect holding in telco or other assets

Consumers await 5G, pause on upgrade to smartphones: Gartner report

The report predicts that high-end phone lifespan will increase from 2.6 years to nearly 2.9 years through 2023

CARE downgrades Voda Idea credit rating on weak financial showing

The development comes within two days of another rating agency Crisil downgraded credit value of Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea and Airtel: A tale of two rights issues in telecom sector

While the Airtel stock has soared 72 per cent since the issue, that of Voda Idea has dropped to half of where it started off

The next big thing in telecom

With its enhanced speed, ultra-reliable connectivity and guaranteed service quality, 5G will be a key enabler of industry's digital transformation initiatives

Bharti Airtel posts first quarterly loss in 10 years, at Rs 2,866 crore

Airtel's India revenue is an integrated number comprising wireless, landline, and broadband services

Tale of 2 PSUs: It's at least an 18-month wait before BSNL, MTNL are merged

HR and other issues need to be sorted out by the panel that will decide the fate of the two PSUs

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea oppose free spectrum to railways

Reliance Jio said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication

DoT releases guidelines for 5G trials across all available spectrum bands

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued guidelines for 5G trials across all available spectrum bands and is likely to allocate up to 400 MHz of radio waves for the purpose. The DoT has fixed a uniform fee of Rs 5,000 for the trial licence. However, its validity will range between 3 month and 2 years, depending on the purpose for which the trial is being conducted. For 5G service trials, "quantum of spectrum as may be necessary and/or can be justified to demonstrate technological capabilities. For example, typical values may be up to 100 megahertz in 3.5 Ghz (gigahertz) band, 400 Mhz in 26 Ghz band and other potential millimetre bands," the guidelines dated July 23 said. The government has plans to conduct spectrum auction for 5G services by the end of this year to enable the roll-out of commercial services using the technology in 2020. Indian entities involved in research and development (R&D), manufacturing, telecom operators and academia for the purpose of R&D .

Telecom needs to be put back on its feet

Hyper-competition, leading to significantly squeezed margins, rising debt and falling revenues, is the reason behind telecom sector's acute financial distress

As penalties loom, how true is telecom's financial distress narrative?

According to sources, the DCC asked the Trai to consider reducing recommended penalties on the violators of licence conditions "in view of the health of the sector"

Q1 telco preview: ARPUs to rise; subscriber churn to hit revenues

Analysts also expect the impact of debt reduction and the subsequent decline in finance charges of the operators to start reflecting from Q1 of 2019-20

Telecom sector: Next six months crucial

The industry is showing early signs of a turnaround, but it needs policy support

Telecom sector: Reviving BSNL and MTNL on top of the new govt's agenda

The government may also look at the monetisation of BSNL's real estate assets

Deploying 5G network will be critical for operators, says Sweden's Ericsson

Announces selection by VIL to deploy its Cloud Packet Core to enhance its existing core network.