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New Delhi: The auction of 5G spectrum for ultra-high-speed internet services entered day four on Friday after garnering bids worth Rs 1,49,623 crore in 16 rounds of bidding conducted so far. The high interest for spectrum in the 1800 MHz band in Uttar Pradesh East circle saw Jio and Airtel locked in intense bidding on […]

New Delhi: India is in the final stage of rolling out high-speed 5G telecom services with the much-anticipated auction for the spectrum likely to be completed today. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently approved the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s 5G spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to bidders […]

The change in the shareholding pattern in Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), with the Central government becoming the largest shareholder with 35.8% equity, may have come as a rescuing act for the ailing telecom company but sends confusing signals. There are unanswered questions regarding the future role of the government in the company. One wonders what […]

Mumbai: The Government of India will control 35.8 per cent stake in Vodafone Idea as the company’s board has approved conversion of dues into equity, Vodafone Idea said on Tuesday. The debt-laden Vodafone Idea, a joint venture of UK-based Vodafone Group and Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group, has opted for conversion of interest on […]

Hyderabad: After Airtel and Vodafone Idea announced an increase in their tariff plans for prepaid customers, Reliance Jio has joined the bandwagon. As per reports, these three operators – which cover 90 per cent of users – have increased their tariff plans by 20-25 per cent. While Airtel announced that its new tariff plans will […]

New Delhi: After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, India’s largest mobile operator Reliance Jio on Sunday announced up to 21 per cent hike in its prepaid tariffs from next month. The tariff hikes entail JioPhone Plan, Unlimited Plans, and data add on, and range between 19.6 per cent and 21.3 per cent. “In line with […]

For the trial, the brand has connected small cells and macrocells with "fiber-like" speed through the E-band (60GHz to 90GHz) spectrum.

Reliance Jio gained 65.1 lakh subscribers in July cementing its market lead, while Bharti Airtel added 19.42 lakh customers during the month.

Mumbai: Telecom operator, Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) on Sunday claimed that it has achieved peak speed in excess of 3.7 Gbps with very low latency on the mmWave spectrum band in its 5G trials. The company is conducting 5G trials on government allocated 5G spectrum in the cities of Pune and Gandhinagar, along with its […]

he applicant TSPs (Telecom Service Providers) include Bharti Airtel Ltd, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd, Vodafone Idea Ltd and MTNL

The telco has acquired 355.45 MHz spectrum across Sub GHz, mid band and 2300 MHz bands, giving it "most formidable" spectrum holding in the country, Airtel said in a statement.

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea had submitted a total earnest money deposit (EMD) of Rs 13,475 crore for the spectrum auctions.

The company had posted a loss of Rs 6,438.8 crore in the same quarter a year ago.

Jio and Bharti now have 19 lakh and 27 lakh fixed broadband subscribers, respectively.

DoT asks companies to submit queries by January 15

Jio, in a statement noted that as per the telecom regulator's directions, 'Bill and Keep regime' is being implemented in the country from January 1, 2021, thereby ending IUC rates for all domestic voice calls

VIL shares gained 8.31 per cent to close at Rs 10.04 on the BSE.

Trai plans to introduce differential licensing via unbundling of various layers

The report comes following a study, across 49 cities, released by private firm OpenSignal in September declaring Bharti Airtel to have the fastest download speed in India.

Vodafone Idea has a need for large scale data transformation with a focus on architecture modernisation, open-source adoption and using predictive analytics for data modernisation.