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The government has released a draft of the Digital Personal Data Pro­tection Bill, 2022. According to an explanatory note for the bill, it is based on seven principles pertaining to the data economy. As per […]

The government has set up six task forces to provide market support to telecom equipment makers, who have expressed concern about the import of network gear from China. The government will also devise a methodology […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly decided to allocate spectrum worth Rs 620 billion to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Li­mi­ted (BSNL) for rolling out its 5G services by August 2023. A DoT committee has approved […]

Reliance Jio has extended its True-5G services across the entire Delhi-NCR region, including Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and other major locations, as well as Pune. Recently, Jio also launched its True 5G and Jio […]

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 5G services in Guwahati and Patna. Further, the operator recently rolled out its 5G services in Lucknow and Hyderabad, connecting key locations and transport hubs

Airtel has launched 4G mobile service in Kaksar, a border village in the Kargil district in Ladakh. This will introduce mobile broadband coverage across the villages of Kaksar and Latoo.

Jio has set up a telecom tower in Mana village in Uttarakhand. With this, the village, which is the last Indian village on the China border, has been connected to 4G services.

Astrome has announced the deployment of the first indigenously developed E-band radio to provide affordable internet connectivity in rural parts of Karnataka. Further, Astrome was awarded a contract by the Uni­versal Service Obligation Fund to […]

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has received approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to build submarine cable systems for high-capacity and high-speed internet connectivity from Mumbai to Europe and Asia. The cable […]

Nelco, a part of the Tata Group, has applied for a global mobile personal com­munication by satellite (GMPCS) licence with the aim to launch bro­a­dband-from-space services. With this, it has become the fourth company in […]

Nxtra Data Limited has started the construction of its largest data centre in east India, with a planned investment of Rs 6 billion. The 25 MW facility is located in New Town, Kolkata, and will […]

Princeton Digital Group has launched its flagship data centre (MU1) in India. The data centre provides 48 MW of critical IT capacity and has achieved the rare feat of IGBC Platinum certification. At an investment […]