Telecom
Trai releases norms for next spectrum auction, timing uncertain
02 Aug 2018
With 5G spectrum making its debut, the regulator has recommended slashing reserve prices across bandwidths, including by almost 43 per cent for 4G airwaves – but this may not be enough to enthuse debt-laden telcos
Apple likely to finally launch dual-SIM handsets
01 Aug 2018
Mobile user base grows to 993.43 mn in June 2018
01 Aug 2018
EU launches four Galileo satellites
27 Jul 2018
Vodafone Idea gets final regulatory approval
26 Jul 2018
Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla will now be the chairman of the country’s biggest telecom company while Balesh Sharma, currently chief operating officer of Vodafone India, will be its CEO
Vodafone India registers 31.3% fall in revenue
26 Jul 2018
Vodafone Idea pay up Rs7,268-cr dues to clear path for merger
24 Jul 2018
While Idea and Vodafone decided to pay up the Rs7,268-cr dues `under protest’ to clear the path for merger, the two companies said they reserve the right to challenge the demand after DoT’s final approval of the merger
Pesky calls: Trai makes registration of telemarketers, subscribers mandatory
20 Jul 2018
The new regulations, intended to put an end to pesky calls and spam messages, make registration of both telemarketers and subscribers mandatory
Trai calls for safeguarding consumer data with telecom firms
17 Jul 2018
Trai has recommended that all entities in the digital ecosystem who control or process personal data of users, should be brought under a data protection framework
BSNL launches first internet telephony service in India
13 Jul 2018
With `Wings’, BSNL will incorporate apps like WhatsApp to its much awaited disruptive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offering, also allowing BSNL subscribers to use rival networks to make voice and video calls
Telecom Commission approves new telecom policy, upholds net neutrality
12 Jul 2018
While the internet will remain open to all and there will be no discrimination on the basis of content, some critical services will remain out of the purview of the net neutrality rules
Vodafone-Idea merger gets DoT’s conditional approved
10 Jul 2018
DoT has been insisting that Vodafone must settle the outstanding demands of more than Rs8,100 crore on account of one-time spectrum charges, an issue that Vodafone had challenged at the telecom tribunal
Samsung to open world's largest mobile factory in UP’s Noida
09 Jul 2018
Samsung has over 10 per cent of its overall production in India and aims to take it to 50 per cent over the next three years
Reliance Jio Infocomm to launch Jio GigaFibre on 15 August
05 Jul 2018
With internet speeds of 1 Gbps, Giga TV set-top box that offers 600 channels and home security and automation features in partnership with Byju, Jio GigaFiber is set to power the fourth industrial revolution, says chairman Mukesh Ambani
Trai penalises Jio, Airtel, Idea and Vodafone
02 Jul 2018
Bharti Infratel-Indus Towers merger gets CCI nod
02 Jul 2018
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