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India will become a major telecom tech exporter in next 2-3 years | Mint Explains

With two countries already expressing interest in deploying the indigenous telecom stack, this video highlights India's journey towards becoming a leader in the telecom industry.

20 Apr 2023
Industry

Covid-19 lockdown: COAI urges government to provide telcos additional spectrum

COAI has said the additional spectrum should be allocated to all telecom players equally or to no one at allThere has been around 20% increase in internet traffic on wireless network, which will likely rise in the coming days

2 min read25 Mar 2020
Industry

Govt panel meets, but no relief measures for telcos yet

The SC had last year upheld the government’s definition of adjusted gross revenueDigital Communications Commission met on Friday, following a series of meetings between Birla and top government officials.

2 min read29 Feb 2020
Industry

Airtel, Reliance Jio or Vodafone Idea? No clear winner in India’s telecom wars

There is an aggressive new entrant (Reliance Jio), a mature player (Airtel) and a third player which is going through strenuous amalgamation (Vodafone Idea)

3 min read7 Dec 2018
Industry

Should WhatsApp, Skype be regulated in India? Trai seeks to know

Trai has invited comments on a consultation paper for regulating OTT service providers, such as WhatsApp, Google Duo and Skype, which have so far been unregulated in India

2 min read13 Nov 2018
Politics

GST allocation: DG Audit to scrutinise accounting software of banks, telcos

The DG Audit has been asked to give its report within three-four months

3 min read4 Nov 2018
Market

A year after Trai’s IUC cut, mobile connections get pricier for the poor

Trai had justified the IUC cut saying it provides incentives for telcos to upgrade to efficient technologies, which will result in lower costs for consumers. But as far as affordability for low-end users goes, the opposite is already happening

1 min read2 Nov 2018
Industry

How telecom companies will verify new users without Aadhaar

With the Supreme Court barring private companies from seeking Aadhaar data, telecom firms relying on Aadhaar-based authentication to verify customers are in a fix

2 min read4 Oct 2018
Industry

Cabinet approves telecom policy to draw $100 bn investment, create 4 mn jobs

The government aims to provide 50 mbps broadband to all key development institutions and improve connectivity in uncovered areas under the new policy.

2 min read26 Sep 2018
Industry

Telcos move PMO to stop telecom dept from delicensing spectrum in E, V bands

COAI has argued that if E and V band spectrum were delicensed, the airwaves could be used as access spectrum by unlicensed operators and, hence, telcos will lose the opportunity to create adequate backhaul capacity

1 min read10 Jul 2018
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