The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has elected India as co-chair of its Digital Innovation Board, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said on Thursday.
In a major setback to telecom operators in India, the Supreme Court has passed an order recognising the payment of entry fee as well as variable annual licence fee under New Telecom Policy of 1999 as capital expenditure.
US-based telecommunications company AT&T has achieved a noteworthy milestone by successfully completing the first-ever two-way audio call using satellites with a standard smartphone.
The prime minister said this at the inauguration of the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Area office & Innovation Centre at the Vigyan Bhawan.
5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach around 31 million by the end of this year, as telecom providers like Jio and Airtel continue to roll out 5G services across the country.
Harassed by tardy maintenance of the MTNL’s transmission lines and underground cable thefts, its subscribers migrated gradually to other telecom service providers.
This is for the first time MSTC has been selected for handling spectrum auction.
Last week witnessed a flurry of meetings in the national capital between senior executives of the telecom firms and the government representatives.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre, told the court the disruption was only for four hours on December 19 and was no longer continuing.
Birla indicated that his group will not invest any money in the company in the absence of relief from the government.
