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Telcos need to install atleast 10K 5G towers per week: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Vaishnaw said deadline for receiving comments on draft Telecom bill may be extended to November 10 but not beyond that.

Telecom Bill revisits licence raj, impinges on privacy safeguards

Many global agencies have raised concern that the draft Bill will adversely impact privacy by giving DoT almost unlimited powers to access and endlessly demand all manner of private information

American Tower Corp weighs offer for stake in Vodafone Towers unit

American Tower Corp. is weighing entering the race for a stake in Vodafone Group Plc's €13 billion ($12.6 billion) wireless towers unit, people familiar with the matter said.

Centre allocates Rs 26,000 crore for installing 25,000 telecom towers

State-owned BBNL to take up work that will ensure connectivity across the country

Vi to lose access to towers if it fails to clear dues, says Indus Towers

Vodafone Idea's (Vi) total tower dues exceed Rs 10,000 crore. Out of this, Rs 7,000 crore is owed to Indus Towers alone

Draft telecom Bill recommends Truecaller-like service for users

Vaishnaw says the service will be available for apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram

DGCA writes to telecom dept, flags concern over rollout of 5G services

DGCA's concern comes after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) raised concerns over the last year since telecom operators in the US started rolling out 5G services

New rules allow Telcos to lay infra on private properties without approval

'Where the licensee proposes establishment of overground telegraph infrastructure over any private property, the licensee shall not require any permission from authority'

Mission 2025: Telecom tower firms to invest Rs 2 trillion in 5G infra

Investment in fiberisation of towers etc could hit anything between Rs 5 trn-Rs 7 trn by 2025, says an industry body

5G spectrum auction: Why the 700-MHz band is on telcos' bandwidth

It is 5x more efficient, compared to the 1800 MHz for rural area coverage, and twice as efficient as 900 MHz

DoT clears path for backhaul of towers before 5G network rollout

Allots two carriers of 250 MHz each in E band to telcos at administrative price

Indus Tower tanks 8% on heavy volume; stock nears 52-week low

The stock traded close to its 52-week low of Rs 194.25 touched on August 5, 2021.

Jio not to pursue tower installation project inside Gir, Girnar sanctuaries

Reliance Jio Infocomm has conveyed its decision not to pursue its project to intsall telecom towers inside Gir and Girnar wildlife sanctuaries, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

Long-awaited 5G spectrum auction expected in April-May 2022: Official

According to the DoT, 5G is expected to deliver download speed 10 times faster than 4G services

Cabinet okays 32,000-km roads, telecom towers in tribal areas

The Union cabinet approved putting up telecom towers in 7,287 villages in such areas

Signals from mobile network towers cause no harm to health: Experts

Electromagnetic field (EMF) signals emitted from mobile network towers do not cause any harm to health, experts said at a webinar held on Thursday.

Govt eyes Rs 35,100 cr from partial sale of Bharatnet network, tower infra

The government expects to realise Rs 35,100 crore from the partial sale of Bharatnet fibre assets and around 13,500 mobile towers owned by state-run telecom firms

Jio deploys additional 20 MHz spectrum across Odisha to enhance experience

In a bid to enhance subscriber experience in Odisha, Reliance Jio, has successfully completed deployment of additional 20 MHz spectrum acquired in the recent spectrum auctions.

Cyclone Yaas impact on telecom infrastructure minimal, says DoT

Voice messages extensively used to alert people in local languages to reduce damages

Weak signals from Indus Towers on renewal, tenancy ratio concerns

Need for additional towers in question as operators recently added spectrum