Telecom

As part of its recommendations for the upcoming Union Budget 2016-17, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has proposed a 10-year tax holiday for mega projects aimed at attracting foreign investment for the Make […]

Bharti Airtel has migrated 40,000 of its network sites to green technology. These green network sites are designed to operate largely on battery hybrid, lithium-ion and solar hybrid solutions with very little diesel consumption. The […]

Telenor India has commercially deployed Huawei’s GSM solution in 28 cities across six operating circles. The technology implementation is part of the operator’s initiative which involves the modernisation of 25,000 network sites. The solution uses […]

The Jharkhand government has released the Communication Towers and Related Structures Policy, 2015, outlining the guidelines to strengthen communications infrastructure in the state. The policy offers single-window clearance for installing new mobile towers and allows […]

Vodafone India has launched its 4G services in Mysuru in Karnataka and in Kozhikode in Kerala. The company is offering free upgrade to 4G for its customers to encourage uptake. It is also planning to […]

Idea Cellular has launched its 4G services in four circles – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In the first phase, 4G services are available across 75 towns including Kochi, Hosur, Kadapa, […]

Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in six new towns in the Punjab circle – Rajpura, Nabha, Zirakpur, Kharar, Rayya and Chaheru. The operator’s 4G services are now available across a total of 15 towns […]

Idea Cellular has launched its 4G services in four circles – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In the first phase, 4G services are available across 75 towns including Kochi, Hosur, Kadapa, […]

RJIL has soft-launched its 4G services, restricting it to the employees of Reliance Industries in the initial phase. The commercial launch date of the services has not yet been formally disclosed. However, it is expected […]

TRAI has asked RCOM to put the Free Basics service of Facebook on hold. In response to this, the operator has submitted a compliance report to the regulator that the service has been stopped. RCOM […]

TRAI is conducting drive tests across seven cities to ascertain if the quality of service has improved, as claimed by operators and the government. These cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Kolkata, Pune, Bhubaneswar and Indore. […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to submit its recommendations on the reserve price of various spectrum bands for the next round of auctions in January 2016. The regulator conducted an open […]

DoT has given approval to the spectrum sharing and trading agreements between Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL). The move will allow RCOM’s subscribers to use RJIL’s 4G services from January 2016. […]

The Ministry of Communications and IT (MoCIT) is likely to receive 150 MHz of spectrum in the 1700 MHz-2000 MHz band from the defence forces by March 2016. According to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), […]