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Views of Anil Kumar Lahoti: “Satcom must become a part of mainstream broadband solutions”
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 […]
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Growing Reach: Status of government projects to increase broadband proliferation
As per latest estimates from the Internet and Mobile Association of India, the number of internet users in the country has surpassed 834 million as of June 2023, a 10.7 per cent increase from the […]
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Key Statistics: Growth in internet and broadband adoption
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 […]
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Tracking BharatNet: Phase II to focus on improving last-mile connectivity
Under the BharatNet project, the government envisages providing high speed broadband connectivity (about 100 Mbps bandwidth) to 250,000 gram panchayats. The scope of the project involves laying of incremental fibre from the fibre point of […]
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Building Partnerships: Changing times call for new operator-towerco relationships
Telecom operators’ migration to data networks is creating opportunities for infrastructure providers. Besides providing plain tower services, these companies are now exploring opportunities in the areas of in-building solutions (IBS), fiberisation of sites, microcells and […]
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Operator Concerns: Recommendations to overcome industry challenges
The past year was an eventful one for the telecom infrastructure industry, with several positives on the policy front, and an exponential increase in data demand that led to an accelerated roll-out of towers and […]
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Ram Sewak Sharma: “A countrywide public Wi-Fi grid can be transformational”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been instrumental in aligning the interests of the industry with those of the government. It has actively engaged all the stakeholders through consultation processes on various issues […]