Focus shifts to RIL's non-oil operationsReliance Industries' March quarter results saw oil and gas businesses face pressure. Digital, telecom, and retail segments provided support...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.29 AM IST
Boost R&D or lag in 6G race, MoS Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani tells telcos as revenues surgeMinister Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani urged Indian telecom operators to boost R&D spending to shape next-generation mobile networks, noting the...
25 Apr, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Norms soon to let telcos lease 5G to private networksTelecom operators have been struggling to monetise 5G due to a lack of demand for enterprise use cases. Retail customers have been using 5G...
05 Jan, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
Juniper eyes aviation industry as a part of captive 5G play"We are in talks with many players including large airport operators. In some airports, we have a large presence in the IT infrastructure s...
29 Jun, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
L&T Tech to obtain captive 5G spectrum directly, deploy solutions for parentIndia recently issued rules for non-telecom enterprises to acquire spectrum directly from the telecom department for setting up private 5G ...
18 Jul, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
Airtel tests India's first private 5G network at Bengaluru Bosch facilityThe telco has implemented two industrial grade use cases for quality improvement and operational efficiency at Bosch’s manufacturing facili...
15 Jul, 2022, 11.55 PM IST
Captive 5G networks: Now, Broadband India Forum wants level playing fieldThe BIF was countering the Cellular Operators Association of India’s call for a level playing field and the latter's worries that direct sp...
15 Jul, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Rules for 5G spectrum allocation create pricing uncertainty, Tech cos tell DoTBIF president’s letter questions ambiguity over spectrum charge and that govt hasn’t given a time frame yet. BIF counts tech companies such...
30 Jun, 2022, 01.15 AM IST
BIF says DoT rules hazy on pricing of airwaves for captive 5G networksDoT’s new rules on captive private network rollouts say that an enterprise seeking spectrum directly from the government for building capti...
29 Jun, 2022, 04.29 PM IST
Direct spectrum allocation to tech firms may hit 5G airwave demand at auctionThe new rules for captive private network rollouts announced on Monday would degrade the business case for carriers to invest strongly in a...
28 Jun, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
DoT issues norms for captive private network licencesOn the scope of the CNPN licence for enterprises, it said such a licencee may establish indoor/within premise isolated captive non public n...
28 Jun, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Misinformation on private 5G networks not beneficial for digital India: BIFThe debate over public and captive private 5G network heated up on Thursday as Broadband India Forum (BIF) sent a letter to telecommunicati...
23 Jun, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
Telcos may rejig their 5G enterprise business plan: AnalystsBig enterprises with direct access to 5G airwaves will rely less on telcos to build/manage their captive networks. Enterprise services were...
21 Jun, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Confident that telcos will participate with enthusiasm in 5G auctions: VaishnawThe telecom department is all set to hold the auction-related pre-bid conference on Monday (June 20), in the run up to mega auctions schedu...
17 Jun, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
5G spectrum decoded: Setback for telcos, big win for tech companies?Telco executives bemoaned the Cabinet decision, saying it could also lead to carriers losing out to tech players in grabbing lucrative smar...
16 Jun, 2022, 06.37 PM IST
Cabinet clears 5G spectrum auction; no price changes, payment terms easedIn a big setback for telcos and won for tech companies, the Cabinet also allowed enterprises to directly obtain spectrum from the DoT for s...
15 Jun, 2022, 02.18 PM IST
France's Capgemini bats for captive 5G spectrumSpeaking to ET, Monika Gupta, VP, Group 5G, at Capgemini, said telecom operators will have a role to play for private enterprise networks a...
11 Apr, 2022, 02.10 PM IST