"There is a plan to install 57,559 towers for mobile services in the rural areas during the financial year 2019-20 by telecom service providers," Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
A day after Trai held its ground on spectrum pricing, Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Tuesday said it firmly believes spectrum prices recommended by the telecom regulator are "extremely high" with potential to dampen 5G plans, and urged policymakers to take a calibrated view on the issue.
Outlining an ambitious vision for Digital India 2.0, the minister exhorted Indian IT companies and its apex software body Nasscom to participate in creation of 'Digital Villages' in the country, and supplement the government's efforts in the digital literacy movement.
Spectra has raised the bar in the segment with 1 Gbps packages across the most value intensive packages.
The Internet subscriber base is comprised of broadband Internet subscriber base of 324.89 million and narrowband Internet subscriber base of 104.34 million.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to finalise the new telecom policy by February 2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said here on Tuesday.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is working towards a commercial launch of its home broadband services around Diwali, reports cited people in the know as saying
Day before its free voice, free-data offer ends, Reliance Industries' Jio unit is closing in on 50 million paid users. Out of 100 million-plus free subscribers, nearly 50 million have signed up for its ‘Prime’
Reports suggest that Reliance Industries is already in the process of testing a fibre to the home service that will offer subscribers internet speeds of up to 1Gbps and the launch could come as early as next year.
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Sunday said it has started delivering 4G mobile broadband speed of up to 135 megabits per second (Mbps).The company said data speeds of up to 135 Mbps have
New Delhi : To tackle the issue of call drops, TRAI will hold a survey again in April in a couple of more cities, while also considering over the use of cable connections to deliver
Kolkata: Carving a niche for itself in the Connected India-2020 project, Railtel Corporation's broadband will reach 500,000 households through its Railwire network providing a host of services at the block level in the next two
New Delhi: The Odisha government today asked the Centre to provide full broadband connectivity in 16 districts of the state this year and set up an ‘IT investment region' in Bhubaneswar at a cost of
New Delhi: The NDA government is committed to improve tele-density, voice and broadband penetration and ensure quality of services to both rural and urban areas to achieve the vision of Digital India, Communications and IT
New Delhi: The Indian government should look at maximising broadband connectivity in the country to become a more competitive nation in the digital space."The Indian government should make the broadband happen in the country. And
Bangalore: Cable and broadband service provider Hathway has launched the 50Mbps broadband internet service on its Docsis 3.0 ultra high speed network in the city. Stating that the service is targeted at the mass market,
New Delhi: The much-awaited second generation (2G) spectrum or airwave auction for the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands began Monday.Eight telecom service providers - Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Telewings, Aircel, Tata
NEW DELHI: Aiming to provide seamless state-of-the-art communication network, RailTel - the telecom arm of railways - will launch Railwire, a high capacity broadband service, in rural and remote areas of the country.“Railwire will be
Chennai: The government has lined up investments of about Rs 25,000 crore toward laying of optic- fibre cables to provide broadband connectivity right up to village level by 2015, a top DoT official said today.
New Delhi, June 6: With its telecom business arm Reliance Jio, RIL is betting big on the Indian telecom space, said Mukesh Ambani at the company's AGM. "We are bullish on India's digital markets," he
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