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With its planned 4G services launch, public sector firm targets rural market spanning 7% of all villages

Has India figured out a way to regulate OTT communication apps?

Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently said OTT services (Whatsapp, Telegram), will come under the ambit of draft telecom bill. Does this mean India has figured out how to regulate such apps?

The government and Trai have been at odds over the draft telecom bill for the past few weeks

Regulatory overlaps between multiple ministries and overreach by DoT worry stakeholders

The bill provides a regulatory framework for spelling out the govt's role in telecommunication services and networks; telecommunication equipment and infrastructure; and spectrum and its assignment

The official said Tata's recently acquired subsidiaries Tejas Network and Saankhya Labs would also participate in producing necessary equipment as per the deal

It is part of the overhauling exercise being done by the department of telecommunications internally as it looks to simplify procedures and provide ease of doing business to the industry

Average revenue per user (ARPU) improved to Rs 128, up 3.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter from Rs 124 in Q4 of FY22. Telecom companies had taken 20 per cent tariff hikes in November 2021

Indigenous 4G telecom network will soon be rolled out across India with BSNL planning to install about 112,000 towers throughout the country, Telecom Minister said in Lok Sabha

The sector has been saddled with debt due to complications such as the 'Adjusted Gross Revenue' (AGR) case verdict, which brought in a huge immediate liability on the books of telecom operators

The government is planning to roll out 5G testbed in early January to enable small and medium enterprises and other industry players to test their solutions on a working platform

Internet shutdowns bleeding businesses, hitting country's image

Internet shutdowns can throw normal life out of gear. India lost an estimated $2.8 billion last year due to the internet blockades, which was unwanted in most cases. This report finds out more

Vi is expected to raise prices, but Jio's reaction to the hike will be critical: Experts

The debt-ridden telecom firm, on Saturday, reported narrowing of consolidated loss to Rs 4,532.1 crore in Q3FY21, mainly on account of a one-time gain from stake sale in Indus Towers

The verdict given by the arbitration panel says Vodafone was entitled to fair and equitable treatment in respect of its investment in mobile telecommunication in India in line with BIT.

At its current market capitalisation of around $41 billion, Airtel is behind China Mobile whose valuation is $175 billion

Intense competition among telcos had already impacted financial profile of firms and court judgment would now only add pressure to burden of paying interest and principal: Senior executive with SBI

The move to weed out low-revenue users cost the telco 14 million subscribers in Q1 and analysts predict further erosion, as they feel the strategy may have backfired

The capacity on satellites can be used by telecom operators for various kind of services specially in remote areas and places where it is difficult to build network

The GR and AGR declined by 10 and 8.11 per cent, respectively on year-on-year basis