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2025 February


Jio expansion drives 5G standalone availability in India to 52%: Ookla

Jio expansion drives 5G standalone availability in India to 52%: Ookla

According to Ookla's study, there are a limited number of countries with multiple telcos offering commercial 5G SA services, resulting in "highly asymmetric access" to the technology across subscribers.


TRAI proposes broadcast fee overhaul under new authorisation regime

TRAI proposes broadcast fee overhaul under new authorisation regime

The regulator has also recommended that television distribution platforms should strive to adopt interoperable set-top boxes (STBs), enabling consumers to switch service providers without changing their STB.


How synthetic data is unlocking new opportunities for intelligent video

How synthetic data is unlocking new opportunities for intelligent video

The AI model developed through this process shows promising results to alert rescue teams if and when a person falls into the harbour, increasing the chances of survival by minimising response times and reducing cold water exposure.


Sunil Bharti Mittal receives Honorary Knighthood by British High Commission

Sunil Bharti Mittal receives Honorary Knighthood by British High Commission

This honor follows the announcement in 2024 that His Majesty The King had graciously conferred the Honorary Knighthood upon Mittal for his significant contributions to UK-India business relations, as stated by the British High Commission in New Delhi.


Airtel completes landing of SEA-ME-WE-6 submarine cable in Chennai

Airtel completes landing of SEA-ME-WE-6 submarine cable in Chennai

This complements our existing network strength of 400,000 Rkms across 50 countries," Sinha said, adding that the move underlines Bharti Airtel's commitment to address Digital India's growing demand for global connectivity and data with additional routes, diversity and capacity.


To check spam, Trai plans to regulate telemarketers

To check spam, Trai plans to regulate telemarketers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) plan follows strong criticism by Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea that argued that main stakeholders like telemarketers and OTT players have been kept out of the ambit of its latest regulations to check spam.


DoT asks Voda Idea to pay Rs 6,091-cr bank guarantee or Rs 5,493 cr cash by March 10

DoT asks Voda Idea to pay Rs 6,091-cr bank guarantee or Rs 5,493 cr cash by March 10

As on December 2024, the outstanding debt from banks (including interest accrued but not due) of the group is Rs 2,345.1 crore and deferred payment obligation towards spectrum payable over the years till FY 2044 and AGR (including interest accrued but not due) payable over the years till FY 2031 of the group aggregates to over Rs 2.27 lakh crore.


SC deals big blow to Vodafone Idea, Airtel on AGR dues miscalculation plea

SC deals big blow to Vodafone Idea, Airtel on AGR dues miscalculation plea

The telecom companies then took the matter to the court again, claiming there were multiple errors in calculating the AGR dues, which exceeded Rs 1 lakh crore.


Agentic AI accelerating the journey to autonomous networks

Agentic AI accelerating the journey to autonomous networks

Agentic AI is poised to accelerate the industry's transformation into fully autonomous operations by empowering networks to make complex, real-time decisions across multivendor ecosystems.


AIoT breakthrough: Enhancing home security with MSF-Net

AIoT breakthrough: Enhancing home security with MSF-Net

Researchers at Incheon National University have developed the Multiple Spectrogram Fusion Network (MSF-Net), an Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) framework aimed at enhancing smart home security through WiFi-based human activity recognition.


Airtel capex to fall sharply as 5G rollout comes to an end

Airtel capex to fall sharply as 5G rollout comes to an end

Bharti Airtel’s annual capital expenditure will fall sharply in FY25 and FY26 compared with the record Rs 33,000 crore seen in FY24, as the nation’s second-largest telco has concluded its 5G rollout and won’t be spending extra cash on 4G capacity expansion going forward, its vice-chairman and managing director Gopal Vittal said.


Airtel rings alarm for further tariff tune-up to power telecom growth

Airtel rings alarm for further tariff tune-up to power telecom growth

In a statement released alongside its third quarter earnings results, the company noted that tariff revisions are crucial to sustaining growth in the sector and supporting future infrastructure investments.