Category: Internet & Broadband News

Mizoram has 54 villages without mobile or internet connectivity, information and communications technology (ICT) minister of Mizoram informed the state assembly, citing data from the Department of Telecommunications. Replying to...

Telecom operators have reportedly urged the government to review the 2016 net neutrality rules and align them with the 5G era. They have sought explicit support for network slicing, which would allow operators to charge a...

The government of Gujarat has exchanged a letter of intent (LoI) with Starlink to cooperate on providing high-speed satellite-based internet connectivity in remote, border and underserved areas of the state. The LoI was...

According to Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), the relief granted to Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) on its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) liabilities has prompted demands for similar government support from...

According to the Union Minister for Communications, in a written response to Parliament of India, Maharashtra is steadily moving towards achieving 100 per cent 4G coverage. He noted that around 1,64,000 4G base transceiver...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is reportedly expected to reduce backhaul spectrum charges by up to 50 per cent, a move that would ease the financial load on telecom operators and enable annual savings of...

Major US technology companies including Amazon, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, Meta, HPE, and Intel, have opposed Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea Limited’s (Vi) call to allocate the upper 6GHz band for mobile (IMT) services. Instead,...

Blue Cloud Softech Solutions has been empanelled as a 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) system integrator for Andhra Pradesh and at the National level to deliver advanced 5G internet leased line (ILL) services. As per the...

Tata Communications has announced that it has deployed its solutions to support Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) nationwide rollout of embedded SIM (eSIM) services. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tata Communications...

The ITU-APT (International Telecommunication Union – Asia-Pacific Telecommunity) Foundation of India (IAFI), in a letter to the minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, urged immediate...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to speed up the development of India’s sovereign cloud ecosystem. The collaboration...

Starlink has taken a step toward launching satellite broadband services in India after securing provisional spectrum for trials, according to sources. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said the company will set up...

The Centre has instructed all telecom service providers to immediately activate intra-circle roaming (ICR) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) until September 2, 2025, following a collapse of telecom services across large parts of...