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Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

BBNL invites global bids for Rs 19,041 crore BharatNet broadband project

Special purpose vehicle BBNL on Tuesday invited bids for Rs 19,041 crore BharatNet project to roll out high-speed broadband services in the rural areas across 16 states.

Centre announces Rs 19,000 cr more for BharatNet broadband project

The initiative which is implemented in a public private partnership model has been delayed to a great extent and has missed deadlines so far.

Active internet users in India likely to reach 900 mn by 2025: IAMAI

The report suggests that even though the internet penetration in urban India is over two times than rural areas, the usership in rural areas has been growing at a faster rate on a year-on-year basis.

India had highest number of Internet shutdowns at 109 in 2020: report

This is the third consecutive year India has topped the global charts on this score, a new report by digital rights and privacy organisation Access Now has found

Pre-booking for Elon Musk's Starlink Internet opens in India

Pre-booking for Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink Internet Service has opened for several places

12,000 U'khand villages to get net connectivity under BharatNet project 2.0

Twelve thousand villages of Uttarakhand will get internet connectivity in the second phase of the BharatNet project

Reliance Jio looks beyond mobile operations to monetise digital platforms

With subscriber additions slowing, the price-competitive player is looking beyond its mobile operations to monetising its digital platforms. But that's where the competition is acute

Toscafund to buy UK broadband firm TalkTalk in $1.5 billion deal

The buyers said TalkTalk would be able to access more debt and equity options as a private company and would not face the regulatory burdens of being listed

Den Networks Q2 consolidated net profit declines 61.4% to Rs 36 cr

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 95.30 crore in the September 2019 quarter, Den Networks said in a regulatory filing

Policy to improve broadband proliferation in offing: DoT official

K Ramchand, Member (Technology), Department of Telecom, said a policy to enhance number of public wifi hotspots across the country is also in the offing

Digital commission likely to clear pitch for broadband connectivity for all

Proposal in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on August 15 to connect in a thousand days over six-lakh villages

Bharti Airtel launches 'unlimited' broadband plans starting at Rs 499

Airtel said its new and revised plans will be rolled out from September 7 across 125 cities where the company has operations, and in new cities where it will gradually expand its footprint

Reliance Jio offering JioFiber free for 30 days, announces tariff plan

JioFiber has partnered with several over-the-top platforms and is offering free subscription for up to 12 such OTT apps

Trai seeks answers to increase broadband connectivity, ramp up speeds

A consultation paper by Trai follows a request from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) with the aim to promote broadband connectivity in the country

Fixed broadband, digital investments must for sustained growth: Trai chief

Calling for modification of building bylaws to accomodate telecom infrastructure, the Trai chief said telecom must become as essential as electricity and water pipes.

Sterlite gains on Modi's rural connectivity plans, strong order book

A buy call from CLSA acted as a key trigger

RailTel broadband RailWire's subscriber base up 1.5 times in 4 months

RailTel's retail broadband service RailWire is a collaborative platform that ropes in local cable operators and entrepreneurs to provide last-mile connectivity to households and small businesses

Data surge, 4G transition lift telecom firms out of Covid-19 blues

The last of the five-part series looks at the sector that was relatively unaffected by the Covid-induced lockdown

Hughes looking to start retailing satellite broadband services in India

GSAT-20 is expected to have about 60 to 70 gigabits of capacity and is considered 10 times more powerful than any satellite ISRO has launched