Telecom Sector News

Interview with Akhil Gupta: “Everybody has to adopt AI”

March 6, 2026

The Indian telecom sector stands at a critical juncture, with 5G monetisation, satcom operationalisation, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven efficiency and infrastructure sharing emerging as key priorities. In an interview with Indian Infrastructure, Akhil Gupta, Vice Chairman, […]

Protecting Personal Data: DPDP Rules set strong safeguards, but some concerns remain

January 9, 2026

More than two years after the passage of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act in August 2023, the DPDP Rules, 2025 were notified on November 14, 2025. This gives the DPDP Act both the […]

High-growth Phase: Data centre expansion to drive India’s trillion-dollar digital vision

December 10, 2025

Unaise Urfi, Partner, KPMG in India India is building up data centre facilities, which will create the infrastructure that will support the country’s trillion-dollar digital economy. For decades, the development of the data centre space […]

Digital Backbone: Data centres emerge as a strategic infrastructure asset

December 10, 2025

Swapnil Srivastava, Director, TMT, EY Parthenon Recently, there have been a slew of multi-billion-dollar investment announcements in the data centre space in India – be it from global hyperscalers, Indian conglomerates or centre and state […]

Designing for Density: Scaling up data centres to meet compute-intensive workloads

December 10, 2025

India’s data centre ecosystem is entering a new phase. What used to be a market centred on basic cloud hosting has evolved into one where power availability, cooling efficiency and regional reach matter as much […]

Powering the AI Era: Why efficiency standards must guide India’s data centre build-out

December 10, 2025

Nitin Bajpai, Consultant, and Venugopal Mothkoor, Climate and Energy Modelling Specialist, NITI Aayog India is quietly becoming one of the world’s key data centre markets. Every time an Indian user streams a movie, uploads data […]

Rewiring Infrastructure: New AI workloads redefine India’s data centre blueprint

December 10, 2025

As enterprises move deeper into generative artificial intelligence (AI), large language models and accelerator-driven workloads, the requirements for compute, power and cooling have expanded far beyond what conventional data centre facilities were designed to deliver. […]

Driving the Shift: Next-gen technologies accelerate edge data centre adoption

December 10, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, a wave of new technologies is emerging across India. The growing popularity of extended reality (XR) and virtual reality (VR) products is enhancing the user experience, enabling functionalities such […]

Localisation Drive: Telecom sector seeks to build homegrown resilience

November 9, 2025

India’s telecom sector has steadily pushed for localisation, in line with the central government’s goal of self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat). Telecom equipment spans core networks, radio access network (RAN), semiconductors, optical fibre, 5G gear, edge devices […]

Telecom Trends: Technology and infrastructure advances set the stage for accelerated growth

September 19, 2025

India’s telecom sector witnessed significant policy, technology and infrastructure developments in the past year. […]

Positive Signals: Key developments in the telecom sector

September 19, 2025

India’s telecom sector witnessed many policy and regulatory changes in 2024-25, the most important being the release of the draft National Telecom Policy, 2025 (NTP 25) for public consultation. Other key developments included the formulation […]

Views of Anil Kumar Lahoti: “Satcom must become a part of mainstream broadband solutions”

September 19, 2025

Addressing the Space Policy Conference 2025, organised by the ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI), Anil Kumar Lahoti, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), underscored the transformative potential of space technology in driving scientific, economic […]

Data Surge: Faster speeds, growing consumption

September 19, 2025

The Indian telecom sector has witnessed several important developments during the past year, marked by the introduction of the draft National Telecom Policy, 2025 and the National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0. Industry experts discuss the […]

Key Statistics: Trends in subscriber growth and teledensity

September 19, 2025

Key Statistics: Trends in internet subscriber growth and 5G BTS deployments

September 19, 2025

On a Strong Footing: Jio and Airtel post promising financial and operational results

July 7, 2025

The near duopoly in telecom services continued in financial year 2024-25, with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel leading the market and the third private operator, Vodafone Idea (Vi), lagging far behind. Meanwhile, the government remains […]

New Frontier: Satcom set to bridge the gap in network coverage

April 7, 2025

Using satellite communications (Satcom) to provide internet services could be a new frontier for India’s telecom service industry. While the government seems committed to the entry of satellite internet services, a clear policy has not […]

A Wireless Future: Technological innovations drive Wi-Fi’s continued growth

January 6, 2025

As data consumption continues to rise, mobile networks are becoming increasingly congested, creating a need to provide high speed communication services through alternative mediums. In this context, Wi-Fi offers a promising solution by providing fast […]

Data Centre Surge: Key growth drivers and investment trends

December 3, 2024

The Indian data centre (DC) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by factors such as data localisation requirements, affordable data plans, adoption of emerging technologies, widespread use of budget-friendly smartphones and a rapidly expanding user […]

Green Data Centres: Scaling up sustainability measures

December 3, 2024

Data centres have become critical components of digital infrastructure, which is central to economic growth. India’s data centre capacity is expected to cross 1,300 MW by the end of 2024. The total capacity is projected […]