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Ashwini Vaishnaw launches 5G service in Odisha; Jio, Airtel demonstrate use cases“Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has earmarked Rs 5,600 crores to deploy 5,000 towers across 7,000 villages in Odisha,” Vaishna...
Digital infrastructure providers body seeks Centre to refund Rs 18,000-crore input tax credit to boost 5G network rollout"The total amount stuck with the government because of the denial of input tax credit on equipment at telecom towers amounting to about Rs ...
Draft policy on key 5G infrastructure by March-endThe development has come on the back of the industry's demands to bring in a uniform policy to boost telecom infrastructure, particularly 5...
DoT advises state chief secretaries to exempt e-pass for access to telecom sitesThe letter from top official come close on the heels of industry groups Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) and the Cellula...
India may use 'street furniture' for 5GOn December 20, 2021, the committee convened its first meeting to see the viability, and is reviewing the quantum of state-owned infrastruc...
Telcos should share active infra: TraiIn August, the regulator issued a consultation paper aimed at reviewing scope of infrastructure providers, or IP-I entities, which provide ...
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...
Tower companies look to new public infra projects for revenue growthThe tower industry is facing a decline in tenancy ratios due ongoing consolidation in the telecom industry.
Call drops in Delhi to rise as MCD seals 566 towersThere are 11,500 mobile towers installed in Delhi and 1,150 more are required for seamless coverage but they have been pending for the want...
Digital India in danger! Telecom tower firms caution NHAI for common frameworkDigital India at an initial outlay of Rs 1.13 lakh crore, aims to end digital divide by bringing broadband highways and electronic delivery...
States not aligning mobile tower rules with DoT norms: TAIPADua said that even the existing 4G policy of Gujarat imposes multiple levies like annual renewal fee, security deposit, one-time charges fo...
Cost of providing mobile telephony services would go up by 10%: TaipaThe group has said that under the new GST Act, telecom towers have been specifically excluded from the plant and machinery clause which wou...
Telecom services cost may rise by 10% in absence of tax relief"The passive infrastructure industry is expecting to install around 50,000 towers during coming fiscal year and the taxes paid on each towe...
Narendra Modi’s Gujarat RoW policy favours 4G technology: TaipaTaipa represents mobile tower firms such as Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel, American Tower Corporation (ATC), Tower Vision and GTL Infrastru...
Telcos seek customs duty exemption on 4G gearThe phone companies have also sought a cut in the withholding tax on discounts extended to prepaid distributors among key recommendations i...
Long power cut may disrupt mobile services in Delhi: TAIPADelhi Pollution Control Committee has imposed ban on generator sets running on petrol, kerosene or diesel till March next year.
Order to spin off active network elements 'arbitrary', say telecom tower companiesCalling it “arbitrary”, they said this would restrict their business to just deploying passive infrastructure, such as towers, feeder cable...
GST rules for cell towers a 'regressive' step: TAIPAMobile tower companies, in their 15th submission to the government on GST, said the move will either lead to increase in cost of mobile ser...
Tower companies plan to cut fossil fuel useThe sector has already deployed 90,000 diesel-free mobile sites, according to Taipa, a lobby group that represents India’s dominant tower f...
4G expansion to take tower companies to new heightsIndia has an estimated 4.5 lakh telecom towers at present. Dua said the number of mobile towers is likely to grow 5% a year over the next f...