Telecom

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has been playing a crucial role in promoting the expansion of optical fibre cable (OFC) networks in India. Government initiatives such as the easing of right-of-way (RoW) access for telecom […]

Trends in broadband adoption The internet and broadband subscriber base has grown exponentially in the past 25 years from a mere 0.14 million in December 1998 to a substantial 865.9 million in December 2022. While […]

Growth in wireless subscribers During the past 25 years, the telecom sector’s journey has been momentous. Owing to a series of key policy and regulatory refor­ms, increased private sector participation and growing affordability of services, […]

Telecom, which emerged as a sunrise in­dustry in the late 1990s, has now be­co­me one of the mainstays of India’s economy. As the dust of time settles on the past quarter-century, the Indian telecom landscape […]

During the past three years, rural internet connectivity has been expanding at an un­precedented rate due to the rising af­fordability of smartphones, affordable data ta­riffs, increasing government focus on expanding digital connectivity in rural areas […]

Given that 6G is the next step that the telecom industry will take once 5G roll-outs are completed, a lot of re­search and development (R&D) work is already being undertaken by industry leaders towards 6G. […]