BSNL to commence roll out of 4G services from November 2022; expects to gradually upgrade it to 5G by August 2023
According to P.K. Purwar, chairman and managing director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the...
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Airtel working with finance firms to spur smartphone adoption; aims to launch 5G tariff plan soon
Bharti Airtel has informed that it is closely working with financing companies to spur feature phone to smartphone conversion. Meanwhile, Airtel is also planning to work closely with smartphone original equipment manufacturers...
Read MoreVi urges government to slash levies to help telcos invest in capex-heavy 5G networks
Akshaya Moondra, CEO, Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), has urged the government to cut the hefty levies to enable telecom operators to boost cash generation and invest in capital-intensive 5G networks. According to Moondra, the total...
Read MoreJio in talks with global firms for supply of 5G stack
Reliance Jio is in talks with global operators to supply its locally developed end-to-end 5G stack. The company is currently holding technical discussions with some international carriers for the stack, which has been developed...
Read MoreVi partners CareGame to launch 5G mobile cloud gaming in India
Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has partnered with Paris-based CareGame to launch 5G mobile cloud gaming in India. Making AAA mobile gaming accessible to Vi users, the partnership will enable mobile gaming enthusiasts to enjoy...
Read MoreAirtel launches 5G services across 8 cities; aims to cover the entire country by March 2024
Bharti Airtel has launched 5G services in eight cities. These include Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Siliguri and Varanasi. With this, Airtel has become the first company to launch 5G services in the...
Read MoreVi partners OnePlus to make 5G accessible to smartphones users
Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has partnered with OnePlus to make 5G accessible to smartphone users in...
Read MoreGovernment grants Rs 190 billion sovereign guarantee to BSNL to allow debt restructuring
According to industry sources, the government has granted a Rs 190 billion sovereign guarantee to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to allow the telco to restructure its debt and that of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited...
Read MoreJio and Airtel added 2.94 million and 0.51 million subscribers respectively during July 2022, says TRAI data
As per the latest subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI),...
Read MoreTelcos urge TRAI to scrap BGs to free up working capital for expansion needs
The telecom operators have requested the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to scrap bank guarantees (BGs) of all types as this would help telcos to free up more working capital for the upcoming expansion of mobile...
Read MoreAirtel and IBM to work together to bring secured edge cloud services to enterprises in India
IBM and Bharti Airtel have announced their intent to work together to deploy Airtel’s edge computing platform in India, which will include 120 network data centres across 20 cities. Once deployed, the platform is designed to...
Read MoreTelcos comply with TRAI order to offer full month tariff plans
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has confirmed that mobile operators have heeded to its directive that required them to offer at least one plan voucher (PV), one special tariff voucher (STV) and one combo voucher...
Read MoreGovernment to acquire Vi stakes after share price stabilises at Rs 10 or above
According to industry sources, the government will acquire stakes in Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) subject to the stability of its stock price at Rs 10 or above. Vi board has offered a stake to the government at a par value of Rs...
Read MoreGovernment releases first tranche of Rs 50 billion under recently announced revival package for BSNL
According to industry sources, the government has released the first tranche of Rs 50 billion from the recently announced Rs 1.64 trillion revival package for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The Rs 1.64 trillion revival...
Read MoreAirtel partners TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited to offer bill payment solutions
Bharti Airtel has partnered with TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited to offer bill payment solutions to more than 2 million registered customers of the utility on a pilot basis. The initiative will mobilise the 4,000 banking...
Read MoreTelecom operators submit differing views on DoT’s consultation paper on new legal framework for telecommunications
Telecom operators have submitted differing views on the Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT)...
Read MoreVi prepays Rs 27 billion loan to SBI
According to industry sources, Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has prepaid a short-term loan of about Rs 27 billion to State Bank of India (SBI). The move is expected to shore up lenders’ confidence as the operator urgently...
Read MoreTelcos demand single act to regulate OTT and DTH services
Telecom companies have demanded a single act to regulate various services including over-the-top...
Read MoreAirtel introduces edge CDN ahead of 5G launch; plans specialised cloud products for multiple business segments
Bharti Airtel has announced multiple new products in its cloud portfolio ahead of the 5G service launch. The new cloud offerings will fall under the edge cloud portfolio and will include edge content delivery network (CDN)....
Read MoreVi’s 5G rollout to depend on use cases, demand from customers, capacity requirements and competitive dynamics
During the annual general meeting (AGM), Ravinder Takkar, non-executive chairman, Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), informed that Vi’s 5G rollout will depend on the factors such as the use cases, demand from customers, capacity...
Read MoreJio partners Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Cisco for 5G network and Google for ultra-affordable 5G smartphone
Reliance Jio has partnered with Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and Cisco for the deployment of its 5G network in India. In addition, the telco is collaborating with Google on Google Cloud to develop an ultra-affordable 5G smartphone....
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