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In a breather to telcos, DoT may lighten debt burden by relaxing timelines

The effort would be to firm up measures so that the telecom sector does not go down any further, an official said

Second Covid wave: April sees sharp fall in new telecom users, says Trai

State governments had imposed lockdowns to curb the spread of the pathogen in April - a move that derailed economic activity.

DCC clears satellite connectivity for telecom networks: DoT Secretary

The DCC has cleared a provision of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks to provide services in remote areas where it is difficult to lay optical fibre network

Sky-high battle between satellite service providers and telcos for spectrum

Satellite companies are demanding spectrum free or at a nominal administered price as is done in other parts of the world. The move is being vehemently opposed by telcos through the COAI

Telcos sustain growth but FY21 revenue still far from FY16 peak

Report combined net sales of Rs 1.87 trn as against Rs 2.24 trn posted 5 years ago

Voda Idea cuts loss by 39.5% to Rs 7,022 cr on lower exceptional expenses

Posts highest-ever EBITDA margin, on the back of lower operating and exceptional expenses; lags peer on ARPU

Reliance Industries: Key financial ratios fall to three-decade low in FY21

On a consolidated basis, firm's RoCE declined to 7.8% in the fiscal

Electronics firm Foxconn, others among 29 register under telecom PLI

The scheme will be effective from April 1, 2021.

Axiata, Telenor sign $15.8 billion deal to merge Malaysian telecoms units

Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group Bhd and Norway's Telenor ASA sealed an agreement to merge their mobile operations in Malaysia in a $15.8 billion deal, forming a new market leader

Samsung set to unleash the power of 5G, bets big on 6G tech

Samsung is all set to showcase its continued innovations around 5G and what lies ahead on the 6G cellular technology

Where did Juhi Chawla go wrong?

Where Ms Chawla seems to have erred is that she has not been able to build the desired credibility required to champion the cause she took to court

Sam Pitroda's leap of faith

Book review of Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action

PLI scheme for telecom: DoT issues guidelines, caps expenditure on R&D

If a company invests Rs 100 crore, it can account for Rs 5 crore as technology transfer and Rs 15 crore as R&D expenditure.

PLI: DoT sets norms for Rs 12,195-cr telecom gear manufacturing scheme

The registration process for the scheme will begin on Friday and remain open for 30 days till July 3

Bharti Airtel's subsidiary sells tower portfolio in Tanzania for $175 mn

The tower portfolio in Airtel Tanzania comprises about 1,400 towers that form part of the group's wireless telecommunications infrastructure network.

TAIPA seeks DoT's intervention for priority telecom personnel vaccination

Industry body TAIPA has written to DoT seeking priority vaccination of telecom field personnel, amid a growing chorus for inoculation of these workers

Reliance Jio adds 4.2 million subscribers in February: Trai data

Reliance Jio widened its mobile subscriber base to 414.9 million in February, with healthy addition of 4.2 million users, as it managed a comfortable lead in the market, according to TRAI data.

Huawei Technologies seeks reboot after losing out on 5G spectrum trials

Analysts say that, between 2016-20, telcos put in a capex of over $19 billion to build their 4G radio access networks.

DoT seeks 'frontline' tag for telco field force amid Covid-19 pandemic

This has been done on the suggestion of the Cellular Operators Association of India

DoT approves telcos' applications for 5G trials; no Chinese tech for trials

The Department of Telecom on Tuesday approved applications of Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and MTNL