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HC calls Juhi Chawla's suit against 5G defective, says filed for publicity

The Delhi High Court termed as defective the suit of actress-environmentalist Juhi Chawla against setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country and said it was filed for media publicity.

DoT allocates spectrum for 5G trials to telecom service providers

Chinese telecom gear makers have been kept out of the 5G trial list

Mobile users may soon be able to switch from postpaid to prepaid using OTP

Mobile phone subscribers may soon be allowed to switch from a postpaid connection to prepaid and vice versa by using an OTP-based authentication and without a need to change SIM card

Airtel says ready for 5G; deploys additional spectrum in Karnataka, TN

Bharti Airtel on Monday said its network is fully ready for 5G and also announced deployment of additional spectrum in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to boost network quality. The company has deployed 11.2 Megahertz (Mhz) additional spectrum in Karnataka and 5 Mhz in Tamil Nadu, both in 1800 Mhz band, popularly known as 2G spectrum. "Airtel had acquired the 11.2 Mhz spectrum for Karnataka during the recent auctions conducted by the Government of India. With this fresh spectrum, Airtel has the largest spectrum bank of 68.8 Mhz in Karnataka. "With its diverse spectrum holdings across 2300, 2100, 1800, 900 bands, the company is well positioned to serve the growing demand for high speed data services and its network is fully ready for 5G," the company said in a statement. Airtel claims to have over 3.03 crore customers in Karnataka and its network covers 97.5 per cent population of the state. "Airtel now has the largest spectrum bank in Karnataka and our future ready network is well positio

Covid puts financial stress but expecting recovery soon: Airtel CEO

Bharti Airtel is experiencing financial pressures in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but expects the recovery to start soon, a top company official said on Tuesday.

Bharti Airtel reports consolidated net profit of Rs 759 crore in Q4

The telecom operator had posted a loss of Rs 5,237 crore in the corresponding period of 2019-20

Mumbai helps Vodafone Idea add 1.56 million subscribers after 20 months

The company's subscriber base in Mumbai went up from 8.9 million in January this year to 10.47 million in February

India can have 40 mn 5G users in 1st year once service available: Ericsson

India can potentially have 40 million 5G users in the first year when the next-generation service is made available to them, a report released by telecom company Ericsson said on Wednesday.

Jio Platforms fourth quarter net profit zooms 47.5% to Rs 3,508 crore

Its revenue from operations came in at Rs 18,278 crore

Indus Towers says demand strong, 5G to make infra space even relevant

Indus Towers on Friday said the race towards 5G would make infrastructure space even more relevant

Nokia joins LG Uplus to install indoor 5G equipment in South Korea

Nokia, a Finnish telecom equipment giant, said on Monday it has signed an agreement with South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus to install its next-generation indoor 5G equipment in the country

Vi appoints senior executives in marketing, technology security roles

Vivek Jain returns to Vi as EVP of marketing. He worked as head of Maharashtra circle in his previous stint till October 2019

Bharti Airtel to merge digital arm with itself in corporate revamp

With this, Bharti Airtel will house all digital assets such as Wynk Music, Airtel X stream, Airtel Thanks, among others, and all future digital products and services

Vodafone Idea to pay balance license fee by April 15 with interest

DoT had last week issued a show-cause notice to the telco over non-payment of license fee for the fourth quarter of FY21

Recovery sustains in telcos' operating metrics; debt a big impediment: ICRA

ICRA on Monday said it expects steady recovery in telecom sector to sustain by way of ARPU expansion which is likely to boost revenues

Will send suitable clarification to DoT over show-cause notice: VodaIdea

Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) on Monday said it will be sending a "suitable clarification" to the telecom department

DoT to issue guidelines for implementation of PLI in telecom within week

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to issue guidelines on implementation of production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for manufacturers in the sector

Vi Business forays into integrated IoT, plans expansion of cloud services

Vodafone Idea announced foray into integrated Internet of Things space for enterprises segment as it looks to transform itself from a traditional connectivity service provider to a technology company.

Vi launches new IoT offering, eyes digital India, smart city projects

Competition heats up in enterprise segment with Airtel having launched its IoT solution on Wednesday

Telcos get approval to share active infrastructure as DoT amends UASL norms

The move is expected to give a big boost to sharing of backhaul spectrum between operators to power the towers