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New Delhi: India’s decision to allocate satellite spectrum, rather than auction it, will give consumers more choice, the telecoms minister said on Monday, playing down concern by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio that it could lose out to Elon Musk’s Starlink. Starlink has long wanted to launch in India and has in recent months clashed with…
New Delhi: India’s internet and telecom sector is likely to get a new entrant – Elon Musk’s Starlink – a game-changer for internet users in the world’s most populous country. Elon Musk will be taking on behemoths like Mukesh Ambani’s Jio and Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel besides national carrier BSNL to provide ultra-high speed connectivity…
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Reliance Jio has urged telecom regulator TRAI to come up with a revised paper on spectrum allocation for satellite communication alleging that it ignores the key point of ensuring level-playing field between satellite and terrestrial services. In a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman, Anil Kumar Lahoti, Reliance Jio has sought…
After telecom operators, Scindia met telecom equipment makers including Dixon Technologies, Nokia, Ericsson, Sterlite Technologies and VVDN [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Telecom operators in a meeting with Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed concerns over regulator Trai excluding messaging and calling apps like WhatsApp and Telegram in its recommendation on new licensing rules, sources aware…
Jio’s arm Radisys and Tech Mahindra are working with Ghana’s Next-Gen Infrastructure Company (NGIC) to build the infrastructure needed to deliver affordable 5G mobile broadband services in the African country. Representational | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV Ghana has signed deals with a Reliance Jio subsidiary, Tech Mahindra, and other vendors to build 4G and 5G…
Debt-laden telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd. has raised ₹18,000 crore. | Photo Credit: Reuters Telecom operator Vodafone Idea’s (VIL) board has fixed the follow-on public offering (FPO) offer price at ₹11 per equity share, according to a regulatory filing. The anchor investor offer price of ₹11 per equity share has also been greenlit by the…
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Akash Ambani. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Telecom major Reliance Jio has deployed 85% 5G network in India and has the capability to deploy one 5G cell in every 10 seconds,” the company’s Chairman Akash Ambani said. According to a statement released by broadband speed and quality measurement firm Ookla, the Reliance Jio chairman…
Representational image | Photo Credit: Reuters Jio Infocomm, the telecom wing of Reliance Industries, is in talks to raise up to $2 billion in offshore loans, with BNP Paribas acting as lead arranger, to fund the purchase of 5G network gear from Ericsson, the Economic Times reported on Monday. BNP Paribas will provide $1.9 billion-$2…
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Reliance AGM 2023: JioAirFiber might be introduced on Ganesh Chaturthi, September 19. Unutilized Delhi: Reliance Jio’s 5G services and products marks the fastest-ever rollout of this scale anyplace on the earth, and the corporate is “on track” to barricade all the nation with the extremely high-speed community by means of December this month, RIL Chairman…