Rs 61-cr telecom package for Lakshadweep gets nod"With this, Lakshadweep's bandwidth is set to increase to 100 GBps from the available bandwidth of 1.71 GBps," the administration said in a...
27 May, 2022, 10.17 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
BSNL employees union opposes monetisation of telecom assets; to hold demonstration on FridayIf monetisation of these assets is allowed, then the government's next target will be to monetise 7 lakh route kilometre length of optic fi...
26 Aug, 2021, 08.18 PM IST
Optic fibre contributes major part of telecom carriers' infrastructure spend: Sterlite TechFollowing the demand triggered by service providers' aggressive Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) strategy, and upcoming fifth generation (5G) netwo...
14 Jan, 2021, 10.47 PM IST
Optical fibre laying speed needs to go up nearly 4 times to achieve PM's vision: TaipaAccording to Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (Taipa) , approximately 28 lakh kilometer of optical fibre cables has been laid...
05 Jan, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
Sterlite Technologies plans ₹300-cr optic fibre cable capacity expansionReliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are aggressively deploying their fibre based networks following the massive surge in data con...
29 Dec, 2020, 09.43 AM 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
Bharti Airtel plans InvIT for optic fibre assets to raise $2 billionThe company has sent feelers to investment bankers on the proposed $2 billion fund raise.
13 Sep, 2019, 01.15 PM IST
Airtel and Voda Idea in talks to turn fibre JV into infra investment trustThe move is aimed at reducing debt to free up cash to compete with Reliance Jio Infocomm..
12 Jun, 2019, 07.05 AM IST
Vodafone Idea in talks to sell mobile tower stake, optical fibre assets for Rs 20k croreThe company is also planning to raise Rs 25,000 crore through a rights issue to fund its capital expenditure and pare debt.
17 Feb, 2019, 02.57 PM IST
CCI clears RCom's plans to sell infra assets to Jio"@CCI_India approves acquisition of RCOM's towers, optic fiber cable, right to use spectrum and media convergence nodes by RJIO," the anti-...
09 Mar, 2018, 06.00 PM IST
Telecom tower companies turn to small cells and fibre networksATC, which has invested in fibre networks in Mexico, is looking to bring those learnings to India, its Asia president Amit Sharma has said.
18 Jan, 2017, 12.13 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
Bharti Airtel to terminate JV with Alcatel-Lucent; to approach Idea, Vodafone for new ventureBharti Airtel's exit comes shortly after Reliance Communications decided to extend and enhance its partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.
06 Feb, 2013, 07.29 AM IST
- Why Anil Ambani decided to dial GTL?
The $11-billion GTL-RCOM deal is being hailed as the beginning of an era of collaboration over competition.
28 Jun, 2010, 12.44 PM IST
- RCOM holds on to optic fibre network
The $11-billion deal involves only passive infrastructure, (read telecom towers ), and not the pan-India optic fibre capability.
28 Jun, 2010, 11.17 AM IST
- Unitech, Videocon & Shyam telecom in talks for infrastructure sharing
State-owned transmission network operator PowerGrid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is all set to enter the lucrative national long-distance (...
18 Apr, 2008, 01.26 AM IST