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Mumbai helps Vodafone Idea add 1.56 million subscribers after 20 months

The company's subscriber base in Mumbai went up from 8.9 million in January this year to 10.47 million in February

India can have 40 mn 5G users in 1st year once service available: Ericsson

India can potentially have 40 million 5G users in the first year when the next-generation service is made available to them, a report released by telecom company Ericsson said on Wednesday.

Jio Platforms fourth quarter net profit zooms 47.5% to Rs 3,508 crore

Its revenue from operations came in at Rs 18,278 crore

Indus Towers says demand strong, 5G to make infra space even relevant

Indus Towers on Friday said the race towards 5G would make infrastructure space even more relevant

Nokia joins LG Uplus to install indoor 5G equipment in South Korea

Nokia, a Finnish telecom equipment giant, said on Monday it has signed an agreement with South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus to install its next-generation indoor 5G equipment in the country

Vi appoints senior executives in marketing, technology security roles

Vivek Jain returns to Vi as EVP of marketing. He worked as head of Maharashtra circle in his previous stint till October 2019

Bharti Airtel to merge digital arm with itself in corporate revamp

With this, Bharti Airtel will house all digital assets such as Wynk Music, Airtel X stream, Airtel Thanks, among others, and all future digital products and services

Vodafone Idea to pay balance license fee by April 15 with interest

DoT had last week issued a show-cause notice to the telco over non-payment of license fee for the fourth quarter of FY21

Recovery sustains in telcos' operating metrics; debt a big impediment: ICRA

ICRA on Monday said it expects steady recovery in telecom sector to sustain by way of ARPU expansion which is likely to boost revenues

Will send suitable clarification to DoT over show-cause notice: VodaIdea

Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) on Monday said it will be sending a "suitable clarification" to the telecom department

DoT to issue guidelines for implementation of PLI in telecom within week

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to issue guidelines on implementation of production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for manufacturers in the sector

Vi Business forays into integrated IoT, plans expansion of cloud services

Vodafone Idea announced foray into integrated Internet of Things space for enterprises segment as it looks to transform itself from a traditional connectivity service provider to a technology company.

Vi launches new IoT offering, eyes digital India, smart city projects

Competition heats up in enterprise segment with Airtel having launched its IoT solution on Wednesday

Telcos get approval to share active infrastructure as DoT amends UASL norms

The move is expected to give a big boost to sharing of backhaul spectrum between operators to power the towers

No major issues noticed in bulk messages as new norms enforced: Trai

Trai on Thursday asserted that no major incidents of disruption were noticed for commercial messages and OTP generation in sectors

Trai urges RBI to direct banks to comply with norms on bulk messages

The telecom regulator has urged Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue directions to banks to comply with Trai's norms on bulk messages, sources said on Tuesday.

Telecom links failure led to outage; measures being taken to correct: NSE

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday said failure of telecom links as well as that of software area network system led to the outage at the bourse last month.

Airtel Africa explores listing mobile money business in four years

TPG Rise Fund to invest $200 mn in the brand

Home Ministry issued no internet shutdown order in 2020: Dhotre

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) did not issue any order for suspension of internet services in 2020, Dhotre said

OTP communication for payment transactions resumes, no complaints filed

Trai had put on hold the implementation of its regulations to curb unsolicited commercial communication.