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
Jio, Airtel differ on use of USO Fund for tower fiberisationMarket leader Jio believes that, at present, the cash reserve is being used to fiberise the towers of competitors which "should not happen"...
21 Aug, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
Telcos to splurge around Rs 3 lk cr in capex spends for 5G in IndiaTelcos have to collectively splurge around a whopping Rs 3 lakh-crore in capex spends to adequately fiberise telecom towers, and in turn, e...
30 Jan, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
Telecom gear maker STL to set up US unit for optical cablesCurrently, STL exports about 80% of its optic fibre cable and network products to global markets, including the US and Europe. STL’s market...
02 Oct, 2022, 11.49 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 to install 1.12 lakh towers for rolling out 4G across IndiaThe minister also said the internet connection inside trains can be available only when the 5G network will be rolled out as communications...
06 Apr, 2022, 02.44 PM 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
Trai initiatives like infra sharing to ease telecom industry financial stress: VaghelaVaghela further said that the telecom watchdog would soon come out with its views on RoW and in-building solutions (IBS) deployment which w...
17 Feb, 2021, 12.33 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
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
Telcos want free 5G bandwidth to beef up wireline connectivityTelecom companies have urged the government to allot necessary 5G bandwidth for free to augment wireline connectivity in the wake of a surg...
18 May, 2020, 06.51 AM 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 forced to hive off assets, share network to bear costs of fiberisation: CrisilTelcos saddled under a debt of Rs 4.3 lakh crore as of March 2019 will need investments of up to Rs one lakh crore only in laying fibre net...
24 Jun, 2019, 06.20 PM IST
IoT to unlock revenues worth $11.1 billion by 2022: Study"Fast forward to India 2022, 5 new mobile connections per second are estimated to join the power of internet." said the joint study by Asso...
25 Dec, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
Telcos, tower companies may access BharatNet for Wi-Fi, 4G rolloutCurrently, only 22% of the 4.70 lakh telecom towers in India are fiberised, which is an essential backhaul requirement for highspeed data n...
09 Oct, 2018, 07.06 AM 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