Category: Wireless

According to a regulatory filing, Vodafone Idea has demerged its fibre infrastructure by transferring the assets to its wholly owned subsidiary, Vodafone Towers Limited (VTL). This will help the telecom company to monetise its...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has released a statement denying any plans to shut down the company and has said that it will continue to offer telecom services in the country. BSNL’s statement has come in response to the...

In a recent development, the government has approved Huawei’s participation in the 5G use case demonstrations to be conducted at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2019. However, the government has not yet taken any final decision...

Britain based BT has announced plans to launch 5G services in more than 20 towns and cities in an effort to provide its consumer and business customers fastest connections across both fixed line and mobile. Earlier in May 2019,...

ITI Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) in an effort to strengthen the electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem in the country....

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has assigned spectrum in the 3400-3600 MHz band range to Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. The telcos will use this spectrum to demonstrate India-specific 5G use cases in...

According to Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio’s decision to recover interconnect user charge (IUC) money by charging customers has been taken in haste and was diverting attention from the real issue at hand, which is sector’s poor...

Bharti Airtel has reportedly raised $750 million through subordinated perpetual security bonds issued by its subsidiary Network i2i Limited.Airtel plans to use the proceedings for reducing its debt and strengthening the balance...

The finance ministry has reportedly suggested the shutdown of public sector undertakings (PSUs) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). The development comes after the finance ministry...

Nokia has signed a deal with OmniClouds for deployment of Nuage Networks’ SD-WAN 2.0 solution throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. OmniClouds will be using Nuage Networks’ SD-WAN 2.0 as an overlay to existing...

Reliance Jio has urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to abstain from regulatory intervention in ringing call duration and added that the matter should be kept under forbearance. As per Jio, TRAI can fix a...

As per industry sources, the government is planning to present the initial public offering (IPO) proposal for divestment of stake in Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) for cabinet approval soon. The government...

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have reportedly reduced the ring duration for outgoing calls from their networks to 25 seconds from 35-40 seconds. The move comes after Reliance Jio had recently reduced its ringing duration to...

Reliance Communications’ (RCOM) shareholders have asked its resolution professional (RP) for the details of its resolution plan. Shareholders have further enquired about the haircut they would have to take and asked the RP from...

UK-based Vodafone Group’s chairman Gerard Kleisterlee and chief executive officer (CEO) Nick Read recently met the telecom secretary Anshu Prakash and sought a two year moratorium on deferred spectrum payments along with other...

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside a plea to initiate insolvency proceedings against Intex Technologies India Limited by one of its creditors. The move has been taken after observing a...

Reliance Jio has increased the ring duration for outgoing calls from its network to 25 seconds from 20 seconds earlier. The move comes after Bharti Airtel had recently written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)...