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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit has potential to boost bilateral trade, investments with Sri Lanka: Assocham
•Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit to India has the potential to impart momentum to bilateral trade and investment ties while leveraging huge geo-cultural commonalities between the two nations, Assocham said on Friday
Egypt will launch its first communication satellite to improve internet service
•The satellite is named after Thebes or Tiba after an ancient city, whose ruins lie in the city of Luxor.
Telecom woes: Vodafone Idea to approach govt for relief, waiver of interest, penalty
•Facing over Rs 21,000 crore liability in interest and penalty alone after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of telecom revenues, Vodafone Idea on Friday said it will approach the government for relief, including a waiver of interest and penalties
TRAI seeks views on maximum duration for phone calls to ring, move to ensure optimal usage of network
•TRAI'S latest discussion paper on 'Duration of alert for the called party' will also explore the "possibility of customisation of ringing duration" by the phone users, according to a statement.
Amit Shah holds meet with CMs of Naxal-affected states, says Centre committed to uproot Left-Wing Extremism
•The Centre and the Naxalism-affected states on Monday resolved to jointly fight the Left Wing Extremism, with Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that the Maoists are against the idea of democracy.
CERC allows Power Grid to offer towers to telecos for BTS installation; move to address deficiency of telecom coverage
•The power utility had approached the commission to "engage in other business for optimum utilisation of the assets".
German federal agents investigate China's Huawei for potential security risks
•Germany currently has no own information on whether Huawei could be a security threat.
Charges against Huawei and trade talks with China are 'two different issues': US
•On 28 January, the United States announced criminal charges against Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer.
How Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 'father of modern telecommunication in India', transformed the sector
Fp Staff •In 1999, there were under 10 million connections, which doubled every year after that for the next five to six years
Trump govt to block China Mobile in the US citing national security risks
•The United States is set to impose tariffs on $34 billion worth of goods from China on July 6.