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Top headlines: Automatic nod for China FDI, Govt eyes Rs 6,200 cr in AGR

After being relegated to the second spot in the previous two fiscal years, China again became India's biggest trading partner in the first nine months of FY21. Read top stories with Business Standard

Housing ministry pitches for common duct norms for telecom facilities

Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra on Friday called for making telecom connectivity part of common ducts inside new buildings

Airtel board to consider fund raising plans, financing strategies on Feb 3

The telecom sector is gearing up for spectrum auctions and roll-out of new-age technologies

Telecom sector concerns remain unaddressed: Industry body on Budget

Telecom industry body COAI on Monday expressed disappointment over budget proposals

Best of BS Opinion: Time for statesmanship, Make in America, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Bharti Airtel steals a march on 5G rivals, conducts live testing of service

The company said the full impact of the 5G experience would be available to Airtel customers when adequate spectrum is available and government approvals received

BSNL employees union urges CMD to hold regular interactions for revival

BSNL Employees Union has urged the company's chairman and managing director to hold regular interactions with the unions

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel pip RIL on exchanges, signal fresh contest

Telcos have rallied 28% and 25%, respectively, since October 1, 2020

Govt to hold spectrum auctions from March 1; DoT invites applications

Spectrum will be offered in seven frequency bands - 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, and 2500 MHz

BSNL to test Indian telecom gear before allowing bids for 4G tender

BSNL will test the quality of Indian telecom equipment before letting indigenous manufacturers participate in the 4G tender to be floated by the company

DoT asks e-commerce sites to pull down listings of mobile signal boosters

The DoT has also carried out raids across multiple locations in South Mumbai over the last two days which led to the removal of 68 illegal boosters (or repeaters), it added

ATC sees huge opportunities in a challenging and competitive market

The firm bought out, recently, Tata group's 12.3 per cent stake in ATC Telecom Tower Infrastructure for Rs 2,480 crore, raising its stake to 91 per cent

Govt's check on telco gear makers to hit Chinese equipment companies

Telecom service providers mandated to buy equipment from 'trusted sources'

Nokia starts production of its next generation 5G equipment in India

Telecom gear maker Nokia said it has started production of 5G equipment in India and they are being shipped to countries that are in advanced stages of deploying the next-generation technology

Right call on telecom gear

National security has to be of paramount importance

Bharti Airtel a formidable No 2 in all pricing scenarios, say analysts

ARPU expansion, market share gains expected even if there is no tariff hike

Why are telecom firms so keen to own contentious E and V spectrum bands?

Telcos want them to be auctioned; internet service providers want them to be delicensed. In between is the battle to capture the lucrative and fast-expanding market for data services

Voda Idea, Airtel bat for tariff hike, but Reliance Jio is sitting tight

Few days ago, Jio unleashed a price war in the post-paid mobile space, an area where it has less than one per cent share of the market

Lockdown, potato chips and a lifeline for India's ailing telecom firms

The bundling of something as outlandish as a packet of potato chips with data may have saved the day for key players in this space

Low profile, yet outspoken, Trai's Vaghela knows how to take tough calls

his biggest break came when he returned to the state and was made commissioner (commercial taxes) in 2016