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Road safety tech plan hit by telcos-auto turf warIndia's ambitious V2X deployment faces a major hurdle as telcos, tech firms and auto bodies clash over control. Disagreements over licensin...
Trai plan to regulate internet TV triggers pushback from OTT, broadcaster groupsIn a bid to regulate, India's telecom authority TRAI is exploring potential guidelines for online television services, sparking a backlash ...
Telecom industry divided on Airtel's 5G priority plan; Jio, Vi call for regulatory clarityBharti Airtel's new priority 5G service for postpaid customers is causing a stir. Rivals Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio are calling for reg...
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...
Telecom majors likely to plead for review of SC licence fee rulingIndia's top telecom companies are likely to file a review petition against the Supreme Court's ruling that treats license fees as a capital...
Telcos seek refund of Rs 35,000 crore input tax credit, GST waiver on licence fee, SUCAccording to pre-Budget recommendations of telecom industry body COAI, whose members include Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio,...
Sound thinking on telecom sectorA more innovative step would be for the government to convert, in part, at least, the debt the telcos owe it on account of spectrum fees in...
DoT extends minimum rollout compliance deadlines to Sept 30, offering relief to Jio, Airtel, Voda IdeaThe Big 3 telcos were dreading the prospect of stiff penalities of around Rs 50 crore per MRO violation, starting June, as DoT had earlier ...
Telecom companies may see licence fee cutIndustry experts said that while the planned move will give telecos some relief, it might not be enough.
Secretary panel likely to seek licence fee cut, two year freeze on spectrum duesA panel would look at the issue of AGR dues after telcos approached the Supreme Court for relief.
Govt exempts wireless chargers, bluetooth, low range devices from licensing normsThe move is seen as the government's efforts to push ease of doing business for adoption of new technologies like internet of things, machi...
DoT seeks industry view on licensing structure overhaulTelecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan has indicated that the draft New Telecom Policy 2018 will be unveiled by December for comments from st...
Reliance Jio wants Airtel, Vodafone and Idea penalised for paying less in licence feeJio’s argument is that the licence fee the three paid in March was lower than what they paid three months earlier.
- Spectrum auction winners to get unified licences
Mobile phone companies that will win spectrum in the upcoming auction will receive unified licences at the circle level.
- Telcos to seek extension of licences
Service providers are already lobbying hard for long-term extensions at a nominal fee while also adding that they be given the first right ...
- Govt withdraws licence fee cut for telcos
The government has called off its decision to slash the licence fee for telecom operators with large network presence by up to a third from...
- 2G licence fee cut up to 33%, biggies to benefit
Large operators such as BSNL, Bharti Airtel & RCOM will be the biggest beneficiaries. Experts feel telcos will be able to save between Rs 1...
- DoT leeway for foreign telcos in 3G bidding
With the first round of 3G bid just a month or two away, foreign players have told DoT that it will not be possible to enter into JVs with ...
- Foreign telcos can’t launch 3G services with 5 MHz: DoT
The department of telecom has officially admitted that it would not be possible for foreign telcos to launch 3G services with a mere 5 MHz ...
- Finmin wants telcos to pay higher licence renewal fee
The finance ministry now wants the department of telecom (DoT) to consult it on the fee that telcos will have to pay to extend the tenure o...