Vi, along with its technology partner, Nokia, has successfully conducted a 5G trial to provide rural broadband connectivity in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The trial utilised 5G in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band allocated by the government […]
TRAI has floated a consultation paper on “Tariff-related issues to SMS and cell broadcast alerts disseminated through the common alerting protocol (CAP) platform during disasters and non-disasters”. Stakeholder views have been sought on the tariff […]
Union Minister for Telecommunications Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that 5G spectrum auctions are likely to take place around April-May 2022. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is currently undertaking consultations on the timeline for […]
DoT has fixed December 31, 2022 as the deadline for transitioning to the new IP address, IPv6. Internet service providers have to customise their networks as well as change modems and routers at customer premises […]
The government has set up a National Broadband Mission (NBM) directorate to keep track of the national broadband expansion target. To this end, a central dashboard will be created on the DoT portal. The NBM […]
Considering telcos’ request for more time to test their 5G networks, DoT has extended the validity of the 5G trials licence granted to Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel for another six months. […]
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly formed a committee to prepare a strategy for the commercialisation and monetisation of 5G and locally developed 5Gi standards. The committee is entrusted with seeking inputs from stakeholders […]
Construction of an 87 km stretch of a cross-border road between Mizoram’s Lawngtlai town and neighbouring Myanmar’s Sittwe port is close to completion. The road is part of the Kaladan multimodal transit transport project, which […]
The government has framed rules that will allow the release of 75 per cent of the amount awarded to contractors against a bank guarantee in cases where a department has challenged an arbitral award. The […]
The Expenditure Finance Committee, Ministry of Finance, granted approval for the implementation of the Nag River pollution abatement project on October 27, 2021. The project involves the rejuvenation of the Nag and Pili rivers by […]
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) has received approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to introduce Phase I of its InvIT. The SPVs of six road projects will be transferred to the […]
As part of its plans to generate revenues from assets worth Rs 1.6 trillion in the next four years, NHAI is looking to come out with more tenders under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, which can […]
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted environment clearance (EC) for Phase III of the Bengaluru-Chennai eight-lane expressway project. The project involves construction from km […]
The annual budget for development works to be carried out by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in Goa has been increased from Rs 20 billion to Rs 50 billion. With several projects […]
The Government of India inaugurated the 341 km Purvanchal Expressway on November 16, 2021, in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The infrastructure project is one of the biggest to be completed by the Uttar Pradesh […]
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will be the anchor investors of the much-awaited infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). They will […]
The Rani Kamalapati railway station, the erstwhile Habibganj station, was inaugurated on November 15, 2021. The station, renamed after the queen of Bhopal’s Gond kingdom, is the first of its kind in India to have […]
The third rake of the Vande Bharat Express is expected to be operational by March 2022. At least five Vande Bharat train shells are at the final stages of construction. The electrics will reportedly be […]
IR is planning to integrate Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) with Ircon International Limited, and for Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited to take over Braithwaite & Company Limited as part of the reorganisation […]
The government is planning to reorganise companies under the Ministry of Railways (MoR), which will result in the development of a single PSU to manufacture rolling stock and locomotives. The present plan is to create […]
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