Telecom

TRAI has recommended the adoption of an aggregator model for mobile phone subscribers in rural areas to help bridge the affordability gap for people residing in these areas and to support the government’s efforts towards […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to hold discussions with telecom and broadcasting companies to draw up and publish an agenda for 2017-18. Through this exercise, TRAI plans to improve regulatory predictability […]

The DoT is also planning to seek the Union cabinet’s approval for the second phase of the BharatNet project. Phase II of the project aims to connect 150,000 gram panchayats by September 2018 and is […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise a comprehensive policy on backhaul spectrum or airwaves that connect mobile towers with each other in 2017. According to DoT, the new policy will spell out […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued demand-cum-show cause notices worth Rs 294.74 billion to six telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices Limited, Reliance Communications and Aircel for under-reporting revenues […]

TRAI has issued recommendations on the ease of doing business in the telecom sector, proposing a faster, time-bound approval of merger and acquisition proposals. Further, options for conforming to spectrum holding limits post a merger […]

BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), in association with the telecom ministry, will provide Wi-Fi facilities at 100 tourist destinations across the country, to be identified within the next six months, and will include […]

Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The operator will be offering services in these states through the 1800 MHz spectrum band. The operator is also offering a free upgrade […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed claims made by telecom companies that radiation levels from cellular towers are within permissible limits. The apex court has asked the central government if there were ways to independently monitor […]

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has signed definitive agreements to merge its wireless operations with Aircel’s wireless business. RCOM and Maxis Communications Berhad (the Malaysia-based parent company of Aircel) will each hold a 50 per cent stake […]

The government has completed the telecom network roll-out in left-wing extremism-affected areas across 10 states. This is part of the government’s Pragati Programme which seeks to boost development in these areas. The project was undertaken […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued letters of intent to 60 firms, including Ritz Communication, Ambica Telecom Service, AXN Telecom, Ratna Telenet, AIMR Communication and Richa Telecom, for a virtual network operator (VNO) licence. […]

The government has received Rs 657.89 billion from the sale of 964.8 MHz of spectrum in the recent auction. The government was able to sell about 20 per cent of the airwaves in the 800 […]

Telenor India has launched its 4G services in Guntur and Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. The launch follows the successful test pilot of Telenor’s 4G services across several cities in its six circles – Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, […]

Vodafone India has launched its Vodafone SuperNet 4G service in Surat, Gujarat, on the 1800 MHz band. The operator will roll out 4G services across Gujarat over the next few months. The launch in Surat […]

RCOM has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) order that mandated the payment of termination charges for SMSs at Re 0.10 per message. TDSAT had passed […]

Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G advanced carrier aggregation (CA) services in Bengaluru. The technology will combine the 2300 MHz time division long term evolution (LTE) and 1800 MHz frequency division duplexing LTE bandwidth capacities […]

RJIL has signed agreements for leasing base transceiver stations with a number of tower companies including Indus Towers, the American Tower Corporation (ATC) and GTL Infrastructure. Through these collaborations, RJIL aims to plug gaps in […]

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has announced the launch of full-scale services in the country. As an introductory offer, the operator will offer free access to voice and data services to all users for three […]

TRAI is likely to penalise Vodafone India and Reliance Communications (RCOM) for violating the differential pricing norms that were released in February 2016. TRAI will reportedly impose a ban on the offers given by Vodafone […]