Telecom Infrastructure

Indian telecom sector brutally challenging, yet offers ample opportunities, says senior govt official

Sundararajan said $100 billion sectoral investment enshrined in the national digital communications policy is not an over-estimate.

Debt laden RCom files plea in Supreme Court to lift bar on Rs 25,000-cr assets sale deal with Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio, telecom arm of Reliance Industries (RIL) promoted by Ambani’s elder brother Mukesh, had in December 2017 clinched the deal with Reliance Group to buy debt laden company’s mobile business, towers and optical fibre network.

Telecom service providers commit to invest over Rs 74,000 crore in infrastructure upgradation to counter call drops

Officials of major telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, on Tuesday, met the secretary to discuss the call drop issue.

SBI's Arundhati Bhattacharya calls for better telecom infra to drive govt's digital payments agenda

Bhattacharya said having dedicated spectrum for financial transactions will also ensure better security.

Will Reducing Telco Costs Lure Offshoring To SA?

Gareth Pritchard, Interim CEO - BPeSA outlines the rationale for offshoring operations in South Africa

TRAI seeks inputs on telecom infrastructure sharing in urban spaces

TRAI released a consultation paper seeking feedback about telecom infrastructure sharing in commercial and residential complexes.

DoT may go slow on spectrum auction, if operators do not fix call-drop issues

The Department of Telecom may go slow for auction of spectrum next year if operators do not invest in infrastructure to make optimum use of available airwaves and improve quality of services, sources said.

Telecom deal with Bharti implies unprecedented muscle for Reliance Jio

Will the market be disrupted by Reliance, now that it has gained unprecedented muscle? Does this mean a back end infrastructure giant will gain monopolistic control over a deeply fragmented front end business of telecom as well? Should other telecom players be scared of the new behemoth?

Ambani, Mittal spat over? Decoding Bharti Airtel, Reliance deal

Shares of Bharti Infratel, one of the largest tower infrastructure providers in India, surged over 4 percent in morning trade today after its parent Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom player, entered into an infrastructure-sharing deal with the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, creating a somewhat unlikely alliance between two rival groups.<br /><br />

Reliance Jio, Airtel pact could drive up prices in Jan telecom bid

This mega deal, which is even bigger than the infrastructure sharing Reliance Infocomm has signed with Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications, is unprecedented. It will mean sharing of infrastruture for a whole range of telecom services and not just in one state but across the country.<br /><br />