Page 3 - Telecom Tower
Top headlines: UK flight ban may continue; telecom lobby slams 'sabotage'
Business Standard brings you top news of the evening
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Sabotaging telecom infra as form of protest strongly condemned: COAI
This comes after over 1,500 mobile towers were targeted during farmers' stir in Punjab
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Farmers' protest: Over 1,500 telecom towers damaged in Punjab, services hit
Power supply to towers that relay telecom signals was snapped and cables cut in several parts of the state as farmers vented their anger on the infrastructure owned by Mukesh Ambani's firm Jio
CCEA allows ATC to increase stake in tower business for Rs 2,480 cr
The acquisition follows the exercise of a 'put' option by Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Tata Sons.
 "CCEA allows ATC to increase stake in tower business for Rs 2,480 cr")
Airtel Africa planning to sell 4,500 towers to reduce its $3.5 bn debt
Airtel has a repayment of 750 million euros ($890 million) due in May, while an installment of $505 million is due in March 2023, according to the annual report
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Deleveraging, lower capex and ARPU rise to aid RIL's earnings growth
Analysts see more gains in Reliance Industries stock
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Cyclone Amphan: Odisha to get full power, telecom services on Friday
Vodafone Idea, Airtel say they may even deploy temporary sites in case the damage caused to the existing sites is irreversible
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Book review: B K Syngal's riveting memoir of a tumultuous era in telecom
Brijendra K Syngal, who is approaching the ninth decade of his life, reminds you that telecom policy was just as tumultuous years ago as it is now.
 "Book review: B K Syngal's riveting memoir of a tumultuous era in telecom")
CCI clears Reliance's divestment of Jio telecom tower assets to Brookfield
In a tweet on Monday, the regulator said it "approves subscription of the units of Tower Infrastructure Trust by BIF IV Jarvis India Pte., British Columbia Investment Management and GIC Investors.
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Trai initiates move to fix floor rates for mobile phone calls, data
Trai said comments on floor tariffs are invited by January 17.
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Brookfield Infra buys Indian Telecom Towers; deal equity value is $3.7 bn
Brookfield Infrastructure is acquiring a portfolio of approximately 130,000 communication towers that forms the infrastructure backbone of Reliance Jio's (Jio) telecom business
 "Brookfield Infra buys Indian Telecom Towers; deal equity value is $3.7 bn")
Cart before the horse?
India has no alternative to cable broadband; network assets must reach every home
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Lenders fret on ways to recover dues from ghost telecom companies
Continued losses put a question mark on nearly Rs 7 trn worth of equity investment, including reinvested earnings of operators
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Telecom infrastructure in India may soon get disaster-resilient standards
CDRI is working with telecom players to ensure sector's infrastructure is less vulnerable to natural disasters
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Worrying signal for telecom companies as rentals for towers come down
The joint venture (JV) of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers is expected to create the largest tower firm in India
 "Worrying signal for telecom companies as rentals for towers come down")
