Trai, ministries work on India 5G use casesPD Vaghela, chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said a joint committee of regulators comprising the Reserve Bank of I...
19 Aug, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
DoT official for balanced approach to pricing 5GA balanced approach to charging customers for 5G services will spur the Indian telecom industry's growth in the next 6-7 years till the tel...
18 May, 2023, 01.01 AM IST
GoM okays TCS-led deployment of one lakh BSNL 4G sitesThe roll-out will be overseen by a consortium led by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which will supply the equipment for an estimated INR2...
09 May, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
Bharti Airtel focusing capital investments on 5G, no plans to shut down 2G networkIndia still has some 300-350 million feature phone users using 2G, of which less than 100 million are on the Airtel network. He added that ...
25 Mar, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
India should identify 6 GHz band for 5G expansion: GSMAThis is GSMA's second letter in three months, followed by its top executive calling upon Vaishnaw last month to identify the 6425-7125 MHz ...
21 Feb, 2023, 12.41 PM IST
Verizon's enterprise arm aims to grow revenue by 5% every yearThe enterprise unit of Verizon said that once it gets access to necessary spectrum, it would want to work on captive or non-public 5G netwo...
15 Dec, 2022, 09.47 AM IST
ARPU must rise as Telcos need $10-15 billion to push 5G: Top Bharti executive"Investment is foremost, and a $10-15 billion investment is needed to reach to the masses; that includes $4-5 billion for infrastructure," ...
18 Nov, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
5G trials signal opportunities in India: Minister Devusinh ChauhanThe latest fifth generation (5G) field trials by telecom service providers demonstrates the sector's readiness to embrace next generation t...
16 Dec, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Availability of spectrum, pricing critical for 5G success: TelcosReliance Jio Infocomm said spectrum should be made available across bands for 5G services in one go, which will allow telecom operators to ...
16 Dec, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Make all 5G spectrum available in one go for efficient capex, opex planning: Reliance Jio PresidentMardikar said that the execution of the OpenRAN technology will be crucial and will be done as a "thought through exercise"".
15 Dec, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
India needs to immediately allocate spectrum in mid and mmwave band for 5G: Ericsson India MD“...we have an existing spectrum that can be used to improve the performance of 5g. But for 5G, we also need to have the spectrum in the mi...
25 Feb, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
Jio plans affordable ultra-broadband for enterprise business transformationMathew Oommen took a potshot at India’s older telcos, claiming businesses of every size have been deprived of telecom connectivity so far a...
02 Jan, 2019, 09.56 AM IST
BBNL, BSNL show lack of professionalism, says telecom secretaryTelecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said that a disciplinary action would be taken against officials responsible for non-operational netwo...
16 Nov, 2018, 11.38 PM IST
5G Congress 2018 very timely for industry-wide discussions: Trai Secretary Sunil K GuptaThe broad topics to be covered during the event include— 5G, a reality; network infrastructure readiness; and cross industry applications, ...
20 Aug, 2018, 05.18 PM IST
Telecom, tower companies responsible for deteriorating services: ETTelecom pollThe survey showed 19% believe state governments are accountable for taking restrictive measures that hurt call quality, while 12% blame cit...
15 Sep, 2015, 06.14 AM IST
Eyeing more managed services, LTE deals this year: Sandeep Girotra, Nokia Solutions NetworksI would say that Wi-Fi off-load together with the rest of the overall data technologies is going to be an important piece. We do see busine...
02 Apr, 2014, 12.08 PM IST
The Economic Times unveils telecom news portal ETTelecom.com“Our objective is to make the portal a one-stop destination for industry leaders who want to be updated about the telecom sector in India,"...
31 Oct, 2013, 01.56 PM IST