As a licensor, the power to impose fines or cancel licenses rests with the DCC, which can request recommendations from Trai, but in this case it was not. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to eventually reject the recommendation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to impose …
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The lack of a reliable ecosystem and the high price of the coveted 5G spectrum will deter Bharti Airtel from participating in the auctions if they take place next year. Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal said the company would stay away from 5G auctions, if they happened next year, as …
Read More »20,000 rupees cr tax dispute: Vodafone wins arbitration case against India
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the conduct of India’s Income Tax Department violates ‘fair and equitable’ treatment TopicsVodafone idea | Arbitration BS Web Team | New Delhi Last Updated on September 25, 2020 4:22 PM IST The UK’s Vodafone Group Plc won an international arbitration …
Read More »44% of China’s ZTE’s BSNL mobile network team, 9% of Huawei
More than 44 percent of state-owned BSNL’s mobile network equipment comes from Chinese firm ZTE and 9 percent from Huawei, Parliament was informed on Thursday. Responding to a question about the market share of Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei in India, State Minister for Communications Sanjay Dhotre said that the …
Read More »The blockade boosts 4G coverage of telecommunications companies
The loss of millions of 2G customers during the lockdown could become a blessing in disguise for telcos, allowing them to accelerate their 4G coverage by reusing unused spectrum to improve technology. According to experts, while telcos were already on the way to upgrade their networks to 4G by reorganizing …
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