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5G network slicing: India's digital highway or a recipe for discrimination?India's 5G rollout is accelerating with network slicing. This technology creates dedicated network lanes for different services. It ensures...14 May, 2026, 01.05 AM IST- Indian Railways fast-tracks safety with ₹1,364 cr Kavach pushIndian Railways has approved projects totaling over ₹1,300 crore to enhance safety and communication systems. These initiatives include the...07 Apr, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
- Lightstorm raises Rs 700 cr to expand fibre connectivityLightstorm Telecom Connectivity raised ₹700 crore from NIIF to invest in enterprise fibre connectivity for AI data centres and digital high...18 Feb, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
- More than just optics! Data centres, 5G push powering fibre cable boomThe rapid growth of data centres and 5G rollouts is boosting the optic fibre cables industry. India is investing heavily in fibre deploymen...03 Nov, 2024, 08.59 AM IST
- Italy to test Starlink satellites to boost internet penetration, official saysThe country is pursuing a broader plan to ensure homes and businesses across Italy have access to fixed-line internet speeds of at least 1 ...15 Oct, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
- Fibre rollout pace jumps 6-fold since 5G launch; still trails target, global marketsThe government has introduced amendments to facilitate faster telecom infrastructure deployment, but challenges from local entities are hin...01 Sep, 2023, 02.06 PM IST
- Telcos, infrastructure companies say low fiberisation may pose challenge to India’s 5G ambitionAs per the telecom department's statistics, there are 7,05,131 telecom towers and 23,25,948 base transceiver stations while merely less tha...28 Apr, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
- DoT sets up directorate to track national broadband expansion goals“The NBM directorate will function under the overall supervision of the DG, Telecom, who in turn, will submit a monthly report on the progr...09 Nov, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
- DoT to launch dashboard to track national broadband progress targetsThe DoT is targeting a combination of 100% broadband connectivity in the villages, 55% fiberisation of mobile towers, average broadband spe...17 Jun, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
- Companies may buy more from local cable firmsIndian OFC manufacturers, however, expect finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s proposal to encourage telecom companies to source the fibre...08 Jul, 2019, 10.03 AM IST
- Telcos' network roll out costs may rise a tad on fibre duty hikeFibre is the most significant component to enhance broadband network connectivity.05 Jul, 2019, 04.34 PM IST
- High GST rate may leave small synthetic fibre companies in tattersSince manmade fibres comprise of more than two-third of Indian textiles sector, industry bodies fear of mass closing down of small non-inte...17 Jun, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
- Government must give revenue assurance for success of PPP under BharatNet: Anand AgarwalSterlite Technologies, a Vedanta group company, is betting on optic fibre rollouts amid the government’s nationwide optic fibre network pro...24 Mar, 2016, 02.20 AM IST
- Broadband: Department of Telecommunications seeks time from PMO to complete nation-wide projectDoT has approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a nine-month extension of the national broadband project rollout deadline to Decem...05 Jan, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
- 'India lags behind in connectivity via optical fibre'In countries with highspeed Internet connectivity, there is a much wider opticfibre network. In the US or China, for example, Agarwal said ...10 Dec, 2014, 02.48 PM IST
- DoT asks state governments to waive right of way charges for speeding up NOFN rolloutState governments must "contribute by not levying any RoW charges toward optic fibre rollout" as they will be leveraging NOFN to launch mul...02 Sep, 2014, 05.29 AM IST
- Tulip Tele may bask in fibre gloryStock trades at nearly 10 times its earnings for the trailing 12 months.10 Aug, 2010, 01.11 AM IST
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