4G Takes Off: Lays the foundation for a digital economy
For the Indian telecom industry, 2017 was a watershed year that saw 4G services hitting an...
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Category: Conference Highlights
Network Building: Focus on tower sharing to ensure efficient operations
Robust telecom infrastructure is crucial for providing nationwide connectivity and realising...
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Unlocking Asset Value: BSNL opts for collaborative competition
With around 130,000 towers and 800,000 route km of optical fibre cable (OFC) network, Bharat...
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Infrastructure Challenges: Industry calls for focused RoW implementation
These are very interesting times for the Indian telecom sector. Although there are several key...
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Rural Reach: BharatNet enters the second leg of implementation
The government crossed a major milestone in December 2017, when it announced the completion...
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Exploring New Opportunities: Towercos move beyond their traditional focus areas
The recent surge in data demand is driving the need for additional data sites backed by...
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OFC Backbone: Technology of choice for smart cities
The concept of smart cities is part of the urban development vision. It envisages the integration...
Read MoreGrowing Fibre Footprint: Increasing investments in OFC for an enhanced broadband experience
The optic fibre cable (OFC) market in India is on an upward growth trajectory owing to increasing broadband deployments in the backhaul and last mile access networks, and government initiatives such as BharatNet and Network for...
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BharatNet Roll-out: Modified implementation framework for Phase II
The BharatNet project, driven by the objective of providing high speed broadband access (100 Mbps)...
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On a Roll: Fibre gains ground
The upsurge in data services is redefining telecom dynamics across the world. The bandwidth...
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Leveraging OFC: Progress in deployments by telecom arms of PSUs
While pure-play telecom companies are at the forefront of driving optic fibre cable (OFC)...
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Building Bridges: Steps to close the rural-urban digital divide
The country has witnessed an exponential growth in the uptake of mobile services during the past...
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Building Backhaul: Keeping pace with technology evolution
The evolution of technologies on the access side, from 2G to 3G and now 4G, coupled with the...
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Energy Alternatives: Storage solutions to meet distributed energy demand at telecom sites
Mobile network operators and tower companies are exploring ways to minimise or eliminate the use...
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GST Impact : Implications of the new tax regime for telecom
The goods and service tax (GST), which will subsume all indirect taxes and integrate the country...
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Making Cities Smart: Opportunities for telecom players
The Smart Cities Mission was launched by the government in July 2015 to achieve urban...
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Data Deluge: New business avenues for infrastructure providers
Mobile broadband consumption in India has been increasing at a significant pace over the past few...
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Managing Traffic: New infrastructure needs owing to growing data adoption
India is witnessing a surge in high speed data uptake. This can be attributed to factors such as...
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Pooling Pays: Case for active infrastructure sharing
India’s vast size, huge rural population, strained operator margins and 5G/long term evolution...
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Tracking BharatNet: Phase II to focus on improving last-mile connectivity
Under the BharatNet project, the government envisages providing high speed broadband connectivity...
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