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Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio make big moves in undersea cable system

"Through SEA-ME-WE-6, Airtel will add a significant amount of 100 TBps capacity to its global network," the statement said

Reliance Jio's IAX undersea cable system to land in Maldives

The high capacity and high-speed IAX system will connect Hulhumale, Maldives directly with world's major internet hubs in India and Singapore.

India set for stronger tech, media and telecom IPOs as China falters

While new regulations have severely hit China in the global tech, media & telecom (TMT) IPO market, the Indian TMT IPO pipeline is getting stronger and will continue to gain prominence this year, a new report showed on Friday.

Telecom minister Vaishnaw pitches for deployment of made-in-India products

"We are committed to reduce regulation...that the industry feels committed towards investments," Vaishnaw said

Winning can equal settling for less

An accommodative approach can provide greater gains

Union Budget 2022-23: Telecom firms spar over 5G auction quantum

Airtel wants only interference-free spectrum to be put up for auction

Telecommunication to financial services: How Budget affects key sectors

Spectrum auctions to be conducted in 2022, expected rollout of 5G mobile services within 2022-23

Govt mandates storage of ISD, satphone, message details, others for 2 yrs

The government has mandated storage of international calls, satellite phone calls, conference calls and messages made over normal networks as well as on the internet for a period of at least two years

DoT drops plan on local 5G standards after strong opposition from telcos

As part of the trial for 5G, telcos were asked to test out the 5Gi standards

Avoidable delay

India would have gained from an early 5G roll-out

Jio Platforms' net profit up 8.8% to Rs 3,795 crore in third quarter

Clocks Rs 3,795 cr but sees fall in customers for 2nd quarter

Pricing to licensing policy: India and the 5G network conundrum

As of September 2021, 99 nations were said to have working commercial 5G networks

Telenor partners with Amazon to modernise systems, offer services

Norway's Telenor said it had partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to speed up the modernisation of its telecoms systems

DoT amends telecom licences to enable machine-to-machine communications

The DoT in the licence amendment has incorporated M2M with pan-India permit, limited to circle level and district level, according to a circular

5G will not boost ARPU at once, Voda Idea tells telecom regulator

VIL also pointed out that a similar trend was seen when Indian telcos shifted from 3G to 4G in FY 2016

Telecom companies push for 90-95% cut in base price of 5G spectrum

Telcos seek easy payment terms of 20-25 years, with 5-6 years of moratorium

Commercial 5G services will be rolled out in 13 cities in 2022: DoT

The actual rollout would depend up­on industry preparedness, though the government has been keen on the Ind­e­p­endence Day launch

Trai extends deadline for stakeholders' views on 5G spectrum auction paper

Last date for comments on 5G spectrum auction paper is now Jan 10

Telecoms, airlines agree to share data in an effort to resolve 5G dispute

The groups said in a joint statement on Wednesday that they would exchange "available data from all parties to identify the specific areas of concern for aviation"

Indian telecom companies eye 5G services rollout with better profits

Telecom is a capital-intensive sector requiring continuous technological upgradation