TOTAL BROADBAND CONNECTIONS

The rise of recycled mobile numbers poses challenges for new users, leading to unwanted calls and difficulties in linking numbers to bank accounts. Telecom firms release over 10 million recycled numbers monthly due to limited resources. Lack of coor...

ACT Fibernet plans to expand in tier-1 and tier-2 cities, competing with telco giants. It offers OTT bundled plans and has gained market share in South India. The company invests in network infrastructure, online gaming, and AI technology for traffi...

Reliance Jio Q3 Results: Reliance Industries' telecom venture, Jio, recently released its financial results for the third quarter of December 2023. The company reported a noteworthy 12.3% year-on-year increase in net profit, amounting to Rs 5,208 cr...

A top Rajasthan government official confirmed that Vi provided majority of the mobile connections under the state's Indira Gandhi Smartphone Yojana (IGSY) initiative, with the remaining coming from state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL).

On the other hand, Airtel sees a growing opportunity in the broadband space due to the rising affluence levels and evolving consumer behaviour, which is set to open up 70 million households for broadband connectivity

BT would use AI to deliver better customer service, driven by customer needs, he said, as well as capturing other business opportunities. "We're not going to be in a situation where people feel like they're dealing with a robot," he said. ""We've go...

To provide high-speed digital connectivity on fibre in tribal areas, the Himachal circle of the BSNL is executing a Rs 50 crore state-funded project allotted under Special Assistance to States for CAPEX (capital expenditure) Scheme during the year 2...

The project cost of Rs 26,316 crore includes capex (capital expenditure) and 5-year opex (operational expenditure). Besides covering villages to under 4G saturation project, the government has been running a drive to connect unconnected villages thr...

The report estimates that there will be five billion 5G subscriptions globally, accounting for 55 percent of all subscriptions by the end of 2028.

The proposal is aimed at promoting the proliferation of broadband services across India, especially rural and remote areas. The exemption of licence fee will allow service providers to invest more in fibre, leading to wider coverage via wireline ser...

According to website outage monitoring platform DownDetector.com, the outage which affected millions of users across the country started around 10.30 p.m. on Friday night and was resolved around 1 a.m. on Saturday.

The project was approved in June last year to roll out an optical fibre network under BharatNet in 16 states in a public-private partnership model with a total expense of Rs 29,430 crore.

Satellite broadband was the only big missing link in Reliance’s massive telecom infrastructure including a deep optic fiber footprint across India, which enabled it to become the country’s largest mobile operator within a few years of its disruptive...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has sought this information to have a clear idea on the quantum of mmWave band spectrum that will be available for 5G services before recommending base prices of such airwaves, two people aware of the...

In his first exclusive interaction with media, Bhargava told ET that his immediate mandate, following an hour-long meeting with Musk, is to engage with CEOs of India's top telcos, banks, hospitals, academic institutions and NGOs to ink potential col...

In a 298-page-recommendation unveiled Tuesday to promote broadband connectivity, Trai also suggested a pilot Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme to fuel usage among rural users. It also pushed for making available all spectrum bands used for mob...

The Department of Telecom (DoT) also said that the process for spectrum allocation for 4G services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on pan-India basis, including Delhi and Mumbai, has been initiated and funds have been provisioned in FY2020-21.

Global 4G population coverage will be over 80% at the end of 2020 and is forecast to reach about 95% in 2026. 4G networks are also evolving to deliver increased network capacity and faster data speeds.

India had breached the 50-crore mark in September 2018, and from there the country has, on average, added more than 86 lakh new connections each month.