Bharti Airtel has announced the roll-out of LTE-Advanced services in Kerala, becoming the first operator to commercially launch these services. Airtel has partnered with Nokia Networks to use the latter’s carrier aggregation technology across time […]
Idea Cellular has awarded a contract to Ericsson for deploying its long term evolution (LTE) network and upgrading its 2G and 3G infrastructure. The contract covers equipment, software and a range of services, including project […]
The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises is planning to seek cabinet permission to shut down loss-making telecom cable maker Hindustan Cables by offering voluntary retirement to its employees. This is in light of […]
Vodafone India has selected Ericsson to manage its OFC network in 10 telecom circles. The three-year contract covers operations and maintenance of Vodafone’s OFC across east and west India, spanning a distance of approximately 45,000 […]
According to the performance indicator report (PIR) released by TRAI, the performance of telecom operators in terms of call drop rates for the worst-affected cells deteriorated during the quarter ended September 2015 compared to the […]
The CAG has said that six major telecom companies – Reliance Communications, the Tata Group, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Aircel – understated their gross revenue of over Rs 460 billion earned between […]
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has stated that operators can sell or share spectrum in the 800 MHz band in the Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu circles by paying the base price […]
DoT has amended the Unified License Law to allow active infrastructure sharing among telecom operators. According to the amendments, active infrastructure sharing will be limited to antenna, feeder cable, Node B, radio access network and […]
Meanwhile, TRAI has stated that operators should not be asked to surrender excess spectrum if the maximum holding limit in a circle is changed subsequent to spectrum allocation. This comes in response to a clarification […]
The Uttar Pradesh government is in the process of preparing a plan to auction tolling rights to meet funding requirements for under-construction and upcoming road projects. Currently, construction work on the Agra-Lucknow expressway is underway, […]
The MoRTH has announced the formation of an empowered group of state transport ministers to give advice on policy issues to make the transport sector more efficient and transparent. Several state road transport corporations incur […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a code of conduct for toll plaza operators. NHAI contractors/concessionaires are mandated to comply with the prescribed policy guidelines and standards. A uniform dress code has […]
The Maharashtra government has launched a road safety initiative to make the 95 km Mumbai-Pune expressway a zero-fatality corridor in the next five years. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has signed an MoU with […]
The MoRTH has launched a highway advisory system (HAS) on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-8, as a pilot project. HAS is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses the radio to make the travelling experience on […]
The central government has launched the Setu Bharatam programme for building bridges for safe and seamless travel on national highways. The programme aims to make all national highways free of railway level crossings by 2019. […]
Sojitz Corporation-led consortium comprising Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Gayatri Projects Limited secured the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Iqbalgarh-Vadodara stretch of the Western DFC project. It is estimated to cost Rs 4.74 […]
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved seven railway projects comprising six railway lines and one rail overbridge (RoB) at an estimated cost of Rs 107.94 billion, on February 17, 2016. These lines are expected […]
The central government has set up National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRC) for the development and operation of the 534 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail (HSR) project. This is a JV between the MoR […]
The Maharashtra Forest Department has dereserved 58.15 hectares of forest land for the Western DFC project by issuing a final order on February 29, 2016. Of the total land dereserved, 10.86 hectares belongs to the […]
The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has proposed the development of four additional dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) in order to increase its share in freight movement. The four additional freight corridors are the 2,330 km East-West […]
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