Independence Day 2022: Akash Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm, made a statement, earlier this week stating that the company is planning to celebrate 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' with a pan-India 5G rollout.
"5G-enabled Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is a killer use-case for bridging this digital divide and providing connectivity where fibre or even DSL has not yet reached," said the report.
With regards to signal booster/repeater, the department said it is unlawful to possess, sale and/or use mobile signal repeater/booster by any individual/ entity other than the licensed telecom service providers.
"The latest Ericsson Mobility Report confirms 5G as the fastest growing mobile technology generation ever, and Ericsson is playing a key role in making it happen," Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Networks, Ericsson, said in a statement.
5G is set to rollout in the coming months and in the first stage, the network will be made available in cities- Delhi, Jamnagar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Pune, Gurugram and Kolkata.
Airtel has launched the most affordable recharge plan Rs 99 which will be valid for 28 days and will offer number of benefits to the user
The new 4 days unlimited calling plan is eligible to customers living in the Assam and Northeast region. Places like Karbi Anglong East, Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong West, Cachar in Assam and Hojai- will be liable to avail of the benefits from Jio.
More than 95% of mobile subscribers have registered on the DND (Do Not Disturb) list of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). They further stated that even after setting the DND list, they still get several unwanted calls from different phone numbers.
The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by a total of eight institutes, led by IIT Madras.
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier this month said the Trai has informed that it will submit its recommendations for the 5G auction by March and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is simultaneously firming up other processes to hold the auction at the earliest.
Reliance Jio has completed the 5G coverage planning for India, in the top 1,000 cities of the country. Jio is likely to roll out 5G in phases, as DoT has mentioned that 5G services will initially be available in only 13 major cities, in the first phase.
As per the report from TRAI, Jio is reportedly leading the fixed-line broadband segment with a 4.34 million customer base in November 2021 from 4.16 million in October 2021.
The TRAI said the technical framework is the first step to define an indigenous set of specifications in line with international standards, and it is expected to bring “several important benefits” to the television broadcasting sector as well as the consumers.
Telecom regulator Trai on Wednesday started consultation to re-examine its suggestion to exempt fixed broadband service from licence fee to proliferate digital connectivity across the country.
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has made it mandatory to prefix 0 before dialling any mobile number from your landline January 1 onwards. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) had in May recommended a '0' prefix for all such calls to create sufficient numbering space for telecom service providers.
The panel will also record the evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications' Department of Telecommunications and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the subject
Telecom regulator Trai has decided to drop proceedings against Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) in priority plan matter after the telco withdrew contentious claims on faster speed and modified its offering.
Trai grants Voda Idea time till Sep 8 to respond to priority plan show-cause notice New Delhi, Sept 6 (PTI) Telecom regulator Trai has granted additional time, till September 8, to Vodafone Idea to reply to its show-cause notice on priority plan, after the company sought more time to respond. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) last month had slapped a show-cause notice on Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) over its pay-more-for-priority treatment mobile plan, saying the tariff offer "lacks transparency" and is "misleading" and not in compliance with the regulatory framework.
The telecom industry lost around 56.11 lakh wireless subscribers in May amid the lockdown, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data reveals. The overall telecom subscriber base for wireless connections stood at over 114.39 crore in May, compared to 114.95 crore in April.
Responding to questions raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) over the priority plan, Vodafone Idea argued that a new tariff plan is not a new service.
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