Relief package gives new lifeline to telcos
Cabinet approves four-year moratorium on spectrum payments, AGR dues; 100% FDI through automatic route.
Cabinet approves four-year moratorium on spectrum payments, AGR dues; 100% FDI through automatic route.
While technologies such as self-driving vehicles will take time to go mainstream in India, intelligent networks will be crucial in supporting the next wave of 5G-enabled wireless connectivity.
India has everything in its favour to be a 5G enabler and it can unlock its benefits to the world. All it needs to do is to follow these simple guidelines.
The telecom sector has seen radical changes in the last few years, and is now poised to transition into a 5G world. The budget, therefore, needs to recognise these and give it a much needed impetus.
Editor’s letter from the March 2020 issue.
Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, and Reliance Jio are fighting a bruising battle for the top spot in the market. The jury is out on who will win the price war unleashed by Jio’s rock-bottom rates .
Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan speaks to Fortune India about the 5G roadmap and the aim of giving every citizen 50 mbps of data by 2022 under the new telecom policy expected in June.
Even as heavy consolidation in the telecom space signals more job losses to come, the Department of Telecom says it is working on opening up new job opportunities.